Linh Truong

Linh Truong has more than 20 years of audit experience including being the former CAE of Kosmos Energy and Alon USA where she built the respective internal audit departments from ground zero including developing all templates for risk assessments, audit programs, audit reports, and Audit Committee presentations.

She has also conducted many special projects including investigations, new country office readiness assessments, and vendor audits. She has spearheaded Fraud Risk Assessments and ERM initiatives at multiple companies. She has implemented first year SOX at three companies and have brought SOX compliance efforts in-house, saving millions of dollars.

She has worked at Hunt Oil, Xerox, Credit Suisse Group, and KPMG. Her audit career has provided her the opportunity to live and work in Germany and Switzerland for 4 years as well as travel throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, parts of Africa and Yemen. She has also founded an Energy CAE Shareforum in 2006 which now has about 30 companies. The members meet in the Spring and Fall to share internal audit best practices.

Linh has been a speaker for the following organizations on various topics including ERM, FCPA compliance audits, and internal audit best practices:

• IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors)
• ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Controls Association)
• MIS Training Institute
  WEN (Women’s Energy Network)
• Energy CAE Shareforum