Speaking of Risk and Audit

About Speaking of Risk and Audit

As organizations face increasingly complex risks, staying ahead requires more than compliance. It demands foresight, strategy, and agility. Hosted by Richard Chambers, ”Speaking of Risk and Audit” is a podcast designed specifically for Risk Managers and Internal Auditors who want to stay abreast of emerging trends and elevate their impact within their organizations.

Publisher

AuditBoard

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Feb 2025

Latest episode

31 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Built by auditors, powered by purpose

   Host Richard Chambers interviews April Crichlow, CMO of Optro, about marketing to the internal audit profession, the company’s customer-driven approach, and the strategy behind renaming AuditBoard to Optro. They discuss how Optro balances cutting-edge AI features with practical outcomes, builds trust with professional bodies, and advises chief audit executives on communicating value to leadership and boards.

2. 

   15 Jul 2026

   From GE Audit to AI

   Richard Chambers talks with Justin Greenberger, Optro's Chief Customer Officer, about his journey from GE internal audit and enterprise IT to leading customer success at a practitioner-founded SaaS company. The episode covers how practitioner experience shapes customer engagement, methods for measuring customer health and proving hard ROI (including reclaimed reporting time and reduced SOX hours), and strategies for aligning audit technology with broader company priorities. They also discuss the practical adoption of agentic AI and autonomous testing—change management, human-in-the-loop governance, traceability to build trust, and tactical advice CAEs can use to start their AI transformation journey.

3. 

   28 May 2026

   Agentic AI Rewrites SOX Testing

   Richard Chambers sits down with Kieran Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Midship, to discuss Midship's acquisition by Optro and their agentic AI that reduces SOX testing from 16 hours to under 15 minutes. They cover how the autonomous testing engine integrates with Optro, preserves Excel workflows, produces auditable evidence, and automates up to 85% of SOX controls—especially ITGCs.The episode also explores where human judgment will remain essential, how auditors should prepare for ad hoc testing and managing AI agents, and what the future of internal audit looks like as agentic AI scales across the profession.

Who has been a guest on Speaking of Risk and Audit

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Margie Bastolla
• Mike Peppers
• Michael Rasmussen
• Renee Murphy
• Sandro Boeri

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100

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Quality

38

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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