Ep 199: How to Become a Board Member w/ Katy Rich (Williams)

This week, Katy Rich, the Chief Audit Executive at Williams, joins the show.   In this episode, Katy shares her experience on how to become a board member. Katy discusses how to enhance business acumen, provide insights into the client's perspective on audit reports, and evaluate the effectiveness of technology in an audit department.   Be sure to connect with Katy on LinkedIn.   Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes: 5:47 - Developing a Better Business Acumen 10:44 - How to Become a CAE without an Audit Background 15:03 - The Client's Perspective on Audit Reports 19:04 - GIS Working Within Audit Teams 20:46 - Developing Rapport with your Clients 27:23 - Advice on How to get on a Board 34:28 - The Effectiveness of Tech within an Audit Department 37:27 - Final Thoughts   *   This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.  Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.