Piyush Vora

Managing Director: Head Of Internal Audit at GCM Grosvenor

Piyush Vora has extensive work experience in various roles related to internal audit, risk assessment, compliance, and financial advisory.

Piyush is currently the Managing Director and Head of Internal Audit at GCM Grosvenor, a position they started in August 2021.

Before that, they worked at Deloitte from December 2018 to August 2021, where they were involved in risk and financial advisory for banking and financial services. In this role, they advised teams on client engagements, led and developed teams, implemented innovation and automation ideas, and partnered with clients to modernize audit functions. Piyush also co-authored a publication on integrating and coordinating efforts between risk management and internal audit.

Prior to Deloitte, Piyush worked at DLA, LLC as a Managing Director from August 2015 to December 2018. In this role, they led the internal audit team and managed the internal audit practice, providing services such as forensics, valuation, litigation support, compliance, and advisory to various industries.

From December 2013 to August 2015, Piyush worked as the Enterprise Compliance Leader at GE Capital, where they led a team of compliance professionals and managed key aspects of the compliance program. Piyush was responsible for compliance risk assessment, annual compliance plan, and policies and procedures development.

Before GE Capital, they served as the Global Internal Audit/Controls Leader at GE from February 2011 to December 2013. In this role, they established the global internal controls audit and data analytics function and led significant initiatives with the buy-in of senior leadership.

Piyush also has experience working at Deloitte & Touche as a Senior Manager in the Enterprise Risk Services division from January 2004 to February 2011. Piyush led large teams on various engagements, provided guidance to clients in internal audit, compliance, and fraud risk assessments, managed Sarbanes-Oxley projects, and streamlined processes for different organizations.

Prior to that, they worked at Praxair Inc. as a Senior Corporate Auditor and Senior Corporate Accounting Analyst from May 2001 to January 2004. In this role, they conducted international and domestic operational audits, provided process solutions and recommendations, and advised best practices to business units.

Additionally, Piyush had a finance internship at ON Semiconductor from May 2000 to December 2000, where they conducted reviews of accounting policies and procedures.

Piyush'swork experience began in public accounting in India, where they worked as a Senior Analyst from September 1993 to July 1999.

Piyush Vora obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from the University of Mumbai from 1990 to 1995. Piyush then pursued an MBA in International Management (Finance) from Thunderbird School of Global Management from 1999 to 2000. In addition to their formal education, Piyush Vora has obtained various certifications, including the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) from The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc. in August 2008, the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - USA from the Connecticut State Board of Accounting and AICPA in March 2004, and the Chartered Accountant (CA) - India from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in November 1996.

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