The Housing Association Internal Audit Forum as a Promoter of Professional Internal Auditing Synopsis How one sector of internal auditors sold and marketed themselves with their organizations’

regulator and trade bodies, establishing a strong independent forum of experience and knowledge, linked to The IIA, its International Professional Practices Framework and other professional bodies. Its research, training programmes, conferences, meetings and new website have demonstrated a cutting edge approach to enhancing the profession of internal auditing for its members, the organizations they serve and the whole sector.

Contributed by Kelsey Walker, MBA FIIA, an early member and past executive committee postholder of the Forum, with permission from the current Forum Chair.

After Reading the Case Study Consider:

1. How does the promotion of professional internal auditing in your industry sector compare with that of the Forum’s voluntary collective approach and its research, training and marketing strategies?

2. Is internal auditing in your industry sector collectively promoting its professionalism to your regulator(s) and trade bodies?