Philip Sherrill

Philip Sherrill has executive responsibility for supporting management's efforts to maintain and enhance the enterprise's overall internal control framework and its regulatory compliance structure. He is accountable for internal and compliance audit activities, facilitation of a wide range of external audits, investigation of potential healthcare fraud, waste and abuse, regulatory and marketplace compliance activities and elements of operational performance monitoring and reporting. He also is responsible for leading efforts to mature the company's enterprise risk management process. Sherrill joined Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 1993 as an internal auditor. Prior to his current position, he served as the director of Internal Control and Reporting where he was responsible for the annual internal control attestation process, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Member Touchpoint Measures reporting and coordination of the annual financial audit. Sherrill earned his bachelor's degree from Harding University. He is a certified public accountant, a certified internal auditor and a certified health insurance executive through America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Internal Auditors.