Benito Ybarra

Benito Ybarra

Chairman of the Global Board, The IIA, Chief Audit and Compliance Officer, Texas Department of Transportation

United States

DATE: Monday, 10 July
TIME: 9:45-10:45 AM CET
CPEs: 1.2

The State of Internal Audit

The State of Internal Audit

Benito will present with Anthony Pugliese, President and Chief Executive Officer, The IIA Global Headquarters on the State of Internal Audit.

Benito Ybarra is the 2022–23 Chairman of The IIA’s Global Board of Directors and past chair of the North American Board. The theme for his term, “One IIA – Building Trust Together,” has aspired to harness the power of internal audit professionals worldwide and recognize opportunities for collaboration and improvement. Ybarra has 25+ years of audit, compliance, and investigation experience. As Chief Audit and Compliance Officer for the Texas Department of Transportation, he focuses on improving organizational practices, risk management, accountability, and governance through value-driven audits, evaluations, investigations, and advisory services engagements. Ybarra also serves as a Texas State Department Representative to the Southwest Intergovernmental Audit Forum.