Douglas Hileman is president of his own firm, with over eight years of supporting clients in private and public sector on compliance, risk, and non-financial reporting.  His firm is one of only four that have conducted Independent Private Sector Audits for the SEC’s rule on conflict minerals for three consecutive years.  He is VP Advocacy of the Los Angeles Chapter of the IIA.  He one of only a dozen members of the IIA’s [global] Guidance Development Committee, which writes supplemental guidance (Practice Guides, Practice Advisories, etc.) to the IPPF.  He is a co-author of “Internal Audit and the Second Line of Defense” Practice Guide, published earlier in 2016.  He worked at PwC for six years, has nine years of experience in industry, and did his first compliance audit in 1979.  With experience in operations, corporate compliance, environmental/ safety auditing, support to financial audits, and the assurance engagements for conflict minerals, Doug has experience in four “lines of defense.”