Guus Beekhof

Background

About Guus Beekhof

In my current role as the VP Internal Control I lead the global independent second-line Internal Control team. The team maintains Adyen’s global internal control framework and provides assurance over its effectiveness. As the Director Corporate Risk at Adyen I was globally responsible for enterprise risk management and internal control. My team worked together with the various specialist risk and compliance functions in the company to build a risk aware culture in the organization. As a Director in the Philips Group Internal Control Office, which manages the Philips internal control system and SOx compliance, I was responsible for ensuring effective internal control design in the new Philips End-2-End process design and ERP implementation in cooperation with the global process owners. I have completed training in Lean and Operational Excellence, FCPA, and GBP. At Crucell I was globally responsible for Internal Control, Internal Audit and SOx Compliance. Next to my normal responsibilities I have lead the purchase-to-pay workstream in the company's Operational Excellence project 'Healthy Ambition' in 2008. Furthermore I have successfully lead the SAP FiCO workstream during the SAP implementation in Crucell. My team of 4 key users, 8 reference users and 3 consultants implemented SAP FiCO in Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands. I have worked at Van der Moolen as the Internal Controls Officer. During 10 years at PwC Advisory and Audit I have worked on financial audits and substantial Sarbanes-Oxley compliance projects. Responsibilities in these projects included project management, development of documentation standards, documentation of controls, Quality Assurance, developing and executing test plans, developing remediation plans, and developing awareness and training. I have a broad international professional experience including the Netherlands, various other European countries, Brazil, Singapore, South Korea and the United States. At PwC I have successfully completed the training for Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Specialties: Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Control, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Process Improvement, Operational Excellence, Six Sigma, Internal Audit.