Jim DeLoach is Managing Director of Protiviti, Inc. in their Business Risk Solutions division, based in Houston, Texas. He specializes in business risk management audits.

He authored the first book ever written on enterprise-wide risk management, Enterprise-wide Risk Management: Strategies for Linking Risk and Opportunity published by Financial Times in 2000. He also authored Managing Business Risk: An Integrated Approach, a pioneer publication in this field. He designed the first comprehensive risk language, The Business Risk Model, a framework copied by every consultant today. Jim has consulted with and spoken to thousands of executives representing thousands of companies in 26 countries throughout the world.

He has provided advice and counsel to clients for over 32 years. He is Protiviti’s leader in the firm’s market offerings of enterprise-wide risk management and governance services. He writes The Bulletin, Protiviti’s publication on governance-related issues and recently wrote Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Executive Certification Requirements and Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Internal Control Reporting Requirements,

Jim is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of CPAs.