About Francine McKenna
The Roman satirist Juvenal asked, “Sed, quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
But who guards the guardians?
Unprecedented changes in the accounting profession, and professional services in general, mean the current approach to safeguarding shareholder interests, as well as the other stakeholders of the modern publicly traded global enterprise, is no longer efficient nor effective.
re: The Auditors is a blog about the business of the Big 4 audit firms, exploring in an independent, objective, and often critical way the role, responsibility and regulation of the audit/accounting industry in the global capital markets.
Francine McKenna (@retheauditors on Twitter) has more than twenty-five years of experience in a range of industries in the consulting and professional services environment. This extensive experience includes tenure in leadership positions in both in US and abroad at PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG Consulting, BearingPoint, JP Morgan, and Jefferson Wells/Manpower.
She is a freelance writer with credits in the Financial Times, Accountancy Age, Accountancy Magazine, and various financial, media, and technology blogs. She also blogs at The Huffington Post. She has been interviewed by accounting and social marketing/media sites. Her public speaking credits include private training, university teaching, and speeches for the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, and the Maryland Association of CPAs.
Her firm, McKenna Partners LLC, is a specialized consultancy, advising other professional services firms and industry on a limited basis, in particular if they have interests in Mexico/Latin America. She managed the Y2K PMO for JP Morgan in Latin America and was the first female Managing Director for BearingPoint in Latin America, responsible for the Industrial, Automotive and Transportation practice. She was a RVP for Jefferson Wells/Manpower and a Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, auditing the firm itself. She held various positions in accounting and financial management prior to her career in professional services and began her career as an internal auditor at CINB in Chicago.
She is fluent in Spanish, as well as her native English, and can provide services in either language.
Media and Other Requests:
Please contact her at fmckenna@mckennapartners.com for information about writing, speaking or teaching/training opportunities as well as media requests.
Francine McKenna (@retheauditors) has more than twenty years of experience in consulting and professional services including tenure at two Big 4 firms, both in the US and abroad. For more info, check the "About" page.