McErlean – Senior Manager, Controls Advisory Services, Grant Thornton LLP

Sean McErlean

Mr. McErlean has more than 20 years of experience providing both management consulting and internal audit services to organizations in the insurance/reinsurance industry.

Recently, Sean served as the director of internal audit for Maiden Reinsurance North America. In this position, Sean led the internal audit team in the documentation, assessment and testing of control activities to achieve audit objectives for regulatory compliance, finance, IT, and SOX 404 compliance, including ITGCs. He also participated in the global enterprise risk management quarterly meetings.

Prior to that, Mr. McErlean’s experience was with Grant Thornton in a variety of roles including internal audit, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, project management, as well as in policy and procedure documentation. He has experience evaluating and improving operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Sean has strong hands-on experience in designing, documenting, and testing Sarbanes Oxley programs for SEC registered insurance companies, reinsurance companies, third-party administrators (TPA) and Managing General Agents (MGA).

Mr. McErlean earned a BS in business administration from LaSalle University. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Insurance Internal Audit Group (IIAG) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). Sean is a member of the Society of Insurance Financial Management (SIFM).

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