Neil Frieser

Neil has over 30 years of experience in internal/external audit, corporate governance, and financial leadership. He spent 15 years as the Chief Audit Executive for Frontier Communications Corporation (FTR), which is a Fortune 500 public company that offers broadband, voice, video, wireless Internet data access, data security solutions, specialized bundles for residential customers, small businesses and home offices, and advanced communications for medium and large businesses in 25 states.

Previously he was Vice President, Internal Audit for Warner Music and was responsible for managing Viacom’s global Sarbanes Oxley compliance function. Earlier in his career, he was Chief Financial Officer for Simon & Schuster’s medical publishing operations and was an audit and transaction support manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he assisted clients on dozens of transactions.

Neil has presented at numerous national and local conferences and has authored multiple articles on corporate governance and compliance. He co-chaired an annual  conference focused on cybersecurity collaboration between the government and the private sector from 2016 to 2019. He previously served as Vice Chairman of the North American Board of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and as a member of the Global Board of the IIA, President of the Westchester/Fairfield IIA chapter and in regional IIA leadership roles. He was a Board member of The Boys & Girls Club of Stamford from 2014 to 2022 and served as Board President from 2017-2019.