Leadership
John McLaughlin developed the idea of The Audit Exchange, and an affiliated practice named ERM Exchange, with the realization that enterprise risk management, internal auditing and other related business advisory services require a significant amount of collaboration with management to ensure meaningful and lasting outcomes. Over the past 25 years, he recognized that too often, internal auditing and other risk advisory services can be unnecessarily disruptive to business processes owners, management and the Board, when executed by inexperienced individuals with an insufficient business perspective. The Audit Exchange and ERM Exchange were created to ensure the most meaningful exchange of experience and perspective between management, the Board and ourselves as business advisors.
John McLaughlin – Founder and Executive Director
John leads The Audit Exchange and ERM Exchange which provide clients with enterprise risk management, internal auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley, Service Organization Control (“SOC”) 1 & 2 readiness and support, and other governance, risk and reporting compliance (“GRC”) services. John has also served as an expert in matters before the United States District Court relating to internal auditing and internal control.
Prior to founding The Audit Exchange and ERM Exchange, John was a partner with two international accounting firms, and earlier served as an Internal Audit Director for Aramark Corporation, as well as a controller for a national real estate developer. He began his career with two Big 8 accounting firms. John serves on the board of directors of a home care services company and recently served on the Finance Committee of the Board of Mercy Health System in Philadelphia, and as a long-standing member of the Institute of Internal Auditors International Committee of Research & Education Advisors.
Over the past 25 years, John has amassed extensive experience and has serviced a broad range of organizations including but not limited to the following:
| Healthcare & Non-profit | Consumer Products, Manufacturing & Services | Financial Services, Energy & Technology |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization (DVACO) | Quaker Chemical Corp. | Quanta Holdings |
| Public Health Management | Nutrisystem | Eleutherian Trust Company |
| Corporation in Philadelphia | Burlington Stores | Dollar Financial |
| Continuum Health Alliance | OmegaFlex | Berwind Corp. |
| MedQuist | QMES, LLC | Philadelphia Gas Works |
| MedRisk | AmerisourceBergen | General Public Utilities |
| Gaudenzia | AstraZeneca | South Jersey Industries |
| Genesis Healthcare | Auxilium Pharmaceuticals | Artesian Resources |
| University of the Sciences in Philadelphia | Savient Pharmaceuticals | LevelOne |
| Cabrini University | Standard Homeopathic & Hylands Pharmaceuticals | Broadview Networks |
| Drexel University | Endo Pharmaceuticals | BaaN |
| Villanova University | Wyeth Pharmaceuticals | WorldGate Communications |
| Carnegie Institute for Science | AlliedBarton Security | |
| Presbyterian Senior Living | Aramark Corp. | |
| Vertical Screen |