Paul J.  Sobel

Paul J. Sobel

Paul J. Sobel, CIA, CRMA is Vice President/Chief Audit Executive for Georgia-Pacific, LLC, a privately owned forest and consumer products company based in Atlanta, GA. He has served as Chief Audit Executive for public companies Mirant Corporation, Aquila, Inc., and Harcourt General’s publishing operations; International Audit Manager for PepsiCo; and Senior Manager in Arthur Andersen’s Business Risk Consulting practice. Paul has published three books: Auditor’s Risk Management Guide: Integrating Auditing and ERM (7th edition); co-author, Internal Auditing: Assurance and Consulting Services (3rd edition); Enterprise Risk Management: Achieving and Sustaining Success. He currently serves on The IIA’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and has served as Chairman of the Board, Senior Vice Chairman, various Vice Chairman roles and as President of The IIA Research Foundation. Paul was recognized in Treasury & Risk Magazine’s 2012 list of 100 Most Influential People in Finance.