Ep 243: Retired CAE Summer Series – Part 1 w/ Robert Brewer

09 Jun 2025 • 35 min • EN
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This week on The Audit Podcast, we’re kicking off our Retired CAE Summer Series with Bob Brewer, former Chief Audit Executive at Las Vegas Sands and former Chief Compliance Officer at Office Depot. With almost two years of retirement under his belt, Bob joins the show to reflect on his career from a fresh perspective. In this episode, he shares what he would do differently if he had the chance to start over, the political lessons he learned as a full-time executive, and the one thing he wishes every auditor would do. We also explore a fun thought experiment: If Bob wrote a book about his career, what would the first and last chapters be about? This series is all about gaining insights from those who have stepped back from the profession—and seeing things with a little more clarity. Be sure to connect with Bob on LinkedIn.   Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes:   2:25 – How a Retired CAE uses LLMs 4:43 – Career Reflections 6:33 – Go-To Audit Resources 10:35 – A Lesson in Audit Politics 19:45 – Top Advice for Auditors 25:50 – The Critical Role of People, Processes, and Technology 33:10 – Final Thoughts   * This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.  Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.

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