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GOVERNANCE & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Laurent Gaspoz

Geneva (GE | CH) | Swiss nationality | laurent_gaspoz@hotmail.com | linkedin.com/in/laurent-gaspoz

PROFILE

Certified senior professional with 25+ years of experience in governance, internal audit, risk management, internal control, finance and transformation across public, international and highly regulated organizations. Direct experience working with Audit Committees, Boards of Directors and Executive Management to structure governance, clarify responsibilities, strengthen risk oversight and improve the quality of executive reporting. Ability to turn complex issues into decisions, priorities, indicators and traceable action plans. Governance experience also gained within real-estate and non-profit bodies. CIA, CFE, IIA Quality Assessment accreditation, IMD Board of Directors certificate and MBA with distinction.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Head of Internal Audit / Chief Audit Executive

March 2024 – April 2025

Geneva Home Care Institution (IMAD), Geneva — public institution

  • Lead an independent function reporting to the Audit Committee and advise governing bodies on governance, risk, internal control, compliance and managerial accountability.
  • Structure a multi-year strategy, risk-based plan, charter, manual, evaluation criteria and decision-oriented reporting, aligned with the 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards.
  • Present analyses and recommendations to Executive Management and the Audit Committee, strengthen follow-up on decisions and coordinate relations with the external auditor.
  • Oversee sensitive governance, ethics, HR, IT and fraud matters with a fact-based, confidential and constructive approach.

Lead Internal Auditor / Manager

December 2015 – February 2024

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva

  • Lead governance, strategy, risk, performance, compliance and resilience assignments across 80+ countries, reporting to leadership and institutional stakeholders.
  • Assess decision-making processes, accountabilities, control arrangements, escalation mechanisms, ethical culture and program governance in complex and sensitive environments.
  • Contribute to the analysis of the three lines model and coordination between Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Security, IT and Operations.
  • Turn complex findings and scattered signals into executive messages, decision priorities, recommendations and tracked action plans.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

February 2010 – January 2011

Snowide SA / K&G SA, Geneva

  • Conduct a governance, strategy and operating-model diagnostic of two brands, then define transformation priorities with the Board of Directors.
  • Clarify accountabilities, structure resources and coordinate execution of production, commercial and turnaround plans.

Senior Auditor in charge for Europe and Asia

February 2011 – October 2014

MeadWestvaco, Geneva

  • Build audit coverage for Europe, Asia and the Middle East based on a COSO methodology and present risk, control and performance priorities to leadership.
  • Coordinate teams, experts and providers in a multi-country model, ensuring quality, methodological consistency and follow-up of actions.

Head of Enterprise Risk Audit

June 2004 – January 2010

Richemont International SA, Geneva

  • Implement a risk mapping and assessment methodology linking objectives, risks, key controls, tests, evidence and reporting to the Audit Committee.
  • Conduct strategic brand reviews and support implementation of recommendations on commercial governance, fraud, grey market and brand protection.

Prior experience

January 1996 – February 2004

Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard, Geneva and London

  • Coordinate financial control and SOX methodologies, ERP audits and EMEA planning and reporting processes across 18 countries.
  • Structure analyses, indicators and management arbitrations in international, multi-entity, multi-currency environments.

KEY SKILLS

Board and Committee effectiveness : maturity diagnostics, roles, mandates, agendas, information quality and follow-up of decisions.

Assurance oversight : Internal Audit, risk management, internal control, compliance, three lines model and coordination.

Governance and accountability : charters, delegations, RACI matrices, managerial accountability, transparency and stewardship.

Transformation, data and AI : program governance, data quality, traceability, explainability and human oversight.

Strategy, risk and performance : strategy-risk alignment, risk maps, appetite, KPI/KRI, dashboards and action plans.

Ethics and leadership : integrity, independent judgment, diplomacy, confidentiality, change management and collegial decision-making.

INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENTS AND GOVERNANCE

  • Board member and Chairman of the Housing Committee of a Geneva real-estate foundation managing 300+ housing units: asset governance, case analysis, fair treatment, confidentiality and collegial decision-making.
  • Vice-Chairman of a homeowners' association in Spain representing 260+ housing units: community governance, stakeholder coordination and follow-up of decisions.
  • Chairman of a non-profit association: association governance, running of governing bodies and institutional accountability.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certificate – Board of Directors, International Institute for Management Development (IMD), 2025.
  • Internal Audit Quality Assessment accreditation, The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), 2024.
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), 2022; Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), 2012.
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction, University of Hull, 1995.

LANGUAGES

FrenchNative

EnglishFluent, international professional environment

SpanishIntermediate

GermanBasic school-level knowledge