PAST EVENT
CHAPTER LUNCHEON

Thursday, March 27, 2008
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Police  Revolver & Athletic Club
1880 North Academy Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90012
TOPIC:  “Assessing the Risk of Fraud in a Global Economy”

SPEAKER:  Dr. Jerry Wald, Ph.D, Ernst & Young, LLP

DESCRIPTION OF SPEECH: Fraud has become a major concern for global corporations and for
any company having business internationally.  Any company doing business internationally
should be increasingly concerned about how they can assess their fraud risk exposure and
putting systems into place to address these risks.  Issues answered will include:

1)     What fraud events and trends led to the heightened awareness of fraud risk
2)     How some companies are going about assessing their risks
3)     What monitoring and control systems are introduced to address these risks

Examples from multiple industries will be used to illustrate the point and ties to the ACFE, AICPA,
and IIA's joint exposure draft regarding guidance to organizations on establishing an approach
to managing the risk of fraud entitled "Managing the Business Risk of Fraud: A Practical Guide"
will also be used.

SPEAKER BIO:  Jerry has over 25 years of corporate experience protecting a company's
intellectual property from misappropriation and products from the risks associated with third-
party manufacturers, counterfeiting and diversion. Since joining EY he leads its Brand Protection
Services team which has conducted numerous assessments of intellectual property, product,
manufacturing operation risk assessments for clients in the Consumer Products, Pharmaceutical,
and Technology Industries.  His team helps clients improve internal business practices, process
controls and measures of effectiveness to reduce these risks.  His team also works with other
Ernst & Young practices to provide ongoing brand and product compliance, intellectual property
rights registration and performance monitoring services.

Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Jerry served in a number of Executive positions with a U.S.
Fortune 100 diversified manufacturing company.  These positions included Director of Business
Development and Technology Strategy, Corporate Director of Intellectual Property Strategy and
Executive Officer of the wholly owned intellectual property company responsible for technology
commercialization through licensing.

Jerry graduated with an A.B. from Princeton, a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and an
MIM from the University of St. Thomas.  He is trained as a Six Sigma Black Belt for Leaders and
holds the CFE certification.
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