Brian Ballou, Ph. D.

Dr. Brian Ballou, Ph.D., Michigan State University (1996); B.S.B.A., Honors, Accounting, The Ohio State University (1988). Dr. Ballou specializes in business risk-based auditing. He has worked as a senior analyst for LEXIS/NEXIS (1991–92), senior associate for Ernst & Young, LLP (1989–1991), and postgraduate intern at the FASB (1988–89). As a public accountant, licensed in Indiana (not actively practicing), he leads seminars for KPMG interns throughout the United States and has served on the AICPA Risk Assessment Task Force. In addition to coauthoring a book on applying a global Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) approach to auditing, Dr. Ballou has published works on governance, risk management, and reporting (GRMR) in Harvard Business Review, the Journal of Accountancy, Issues in Accounting Education, and Management Accounting Quarterly. He has received GRMR-related grants from the Economic Development Administration, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Dr. Ballou is also a Professor of Accountancy and Co-Director of the Center for Governance, Risk Management, and Reporting at the Farmer School of Business, Miami University of Ohio, and co-instructs the only GRMR course series of its kind in the United States.