Patricia A. Ritchie, MBA, CIA, CPM
Director – Internal Audit Solutions
Relevante Inc.

Patricia Ritchie has provided value added recommendations for improvement to clients during Operational, Financial & IT audits for over 10 years of her career. She is Relevante’s Director of Internal Audit Solutions responsible for the management and oversight of professional services provided to Clients for: Internal Audit Co-sourcing Arrangements, Project Outsourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Staffing, Quality Audit Reviews and Internal Audit Training & Development Programs.

Patricia is a Certified Internal Auditor via the Institute of Internal Auditors, where she served as past Secretary of the North Eastern PA Chapter. She holds an MBA with a Concentration in Accounting from Wilkes University, and attained a Certified Project Manager certificate from the Project Management Leadership Group.

She has delivered numerous presentations on internal auditing to hundreds of companies and groups including the 2009 New York State CPA Conference “Bridging the GAAP to IFRS” where she spoke on the Top Risks of IFRS Conversions & the Roles of Project Management & Internal Auditing. She writes the bi-annual Internal Auditing Newsletter, Relevante’s publication on current trends and updates within the profession. Her career breadth and depth includes roles such as Corporate Manager of Internal Audit, Financial Information Systems Project Manager, and Corporate Controller. Patricia brings working knowledge and expertise in the field of performing risk based operational, financial and IT internal audits including the areas of Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity.