Leah White

Leah White is the Partner responsible for Grant Thornton LLP’s Operational Advisory Services within the Maritime region, and resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She facilitates enterprise and business-level risk assessments, evaluates fraud prevention and detection programs and controls, and has extensive experience in conducting risk, control, and IT advisory services for a wide variety of organizations in both the private and public sectors.  A frequent presenter on risk-related topics, Leah helps organizations identify “what keeps them up at night”, and cybersecurity is definitely disrupting the sleep of Boards and management alike, ranking #3 in a recent survey of Board members and senior executives. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor, possesses a Certification in Risk Management Assurance, and is a Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor. Leah also served as the President of the Maritime Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) for five consecutive years.