Biography
Norman Marks, CPA, CRMA, is a retired senior executive who advises individuals and organizations worldwide on risk management, internal audit, corporate governance, enterprise performance, and the value of information. He served as chief audit executive at major global corporations for 20 years, and additionally as chief risk officer, compliance officer, and ethics officer. He led IT governance functions including information security, contingency planning, methodologies, and standards. Managed Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 programs and investigation units. Author of 12+ books, including 'Auditing at the Speed of Risk' (2022), 'Risk Management for Success' (2020), 'Making Business Sense of Technology Risk' (2019), 'Risk Management in Plain English: A Guide for Executives' (2018), and 'World-Class Risk Management' (2015). Won the IIA's Thurston award in 2004 and 2014. Honored as Fellow of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group, Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management, and inducted into the IIA's American Hall of Distinguished Practitioners (2018).
Areas of expertise
Risk Awareness Week history
Norman has delivered sessions at 7 editions of Risk Awareness Week. Open each archive page for the full programme that year, or visit the original conference site for the session replays.
- RAW 2025The Future of Risk Intelligence
- RAW 2024Don't lose your job to AI — supercharge your risk team
- RAW 2023Take More Risk
- RAW 2022The Psychology of Risk
- RAW 2021ESG & Climate Decisions
- RAW 2020Solidifying RM2
- RAW 2019The Foundation
Books & publications
2022
Risk Management for Success
2020
Making Business Sense of Technology Risk
2019
Risk Management in Plain English: A Guide for Executives
2018
World-Class Risk Management
2015
Awards
- IIA Thurston Award (2004, 2014)
- IIA American Hall of Distinguished Practitioners (2018)
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