About Norman Marks

Norman Marks, CPA, CRMA is a retired senior executive. He works with individuals and organizations around the world, advising them on risk management, internal audit, corporate governance, enterprise performance, and the value of information. For twenty years he was the chief audit executive of major global corporations and is a globally-recognized thought leader in the professions of internal auditing and risk management.  In addition, he served as chief risk officer, compliance officer, and ethics officer, and led what would now be called the IT governance function (information security, contingency planning, methodologies, standards, etc.) He managed the Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 (SOX) programs and investigation units at several companies.

Norman is the author of 12 audit and risk management booksHe has been profiled by various magazines and in 2018 he was inducted into the IIA’s American Hall of Distinguished Practitioners. Norman can be found at