Susan Panzer

Senior Advisor - Internal Audit, SOX, Controls

Summary

Susan Panzer has a distinguished career spanning over thirty years. Susan brings a wealth of experience and expertise in internal audit, internal controls, enterprise risk management, compliance, and corporate governance. She brings significant insights from multiple organizational perspectives including  project management, business transformation and integration, and corporate governance in the financial services, supply chain management, and manufacturing market segments.
Susan's career is marked by her leadership roles in some of the world's most respected organizations. Most recently, she served as the Global Chief Audit Executive at Xerox Corporation, where she managed the Internal Audit function and coordinated the Enterprise Risk Management process.

Prior to Xerox, Susan was the Chief Audit Executive Americas at Commerzbank AG. In this role, she managed the Internal Audit function, ensuring alignment with the risk portfolio of the New York Branch and the broader organization. Her focus on BSA/AML and sanctions across transactions, customers, partners, vendors, and multi-jurisdictional activities was instrumental in maintaining the bank's compliance and regulatory standards.

Susan also held significant roles at Computershare Limited, where she served as the Global Chief Audit and Anti-Fraud Executive and the Global Head of Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Audit. She provided leadership and direction in setting global internal audit, anti-fraud, and client and external audit services agenda across the Computershare Group globally. Her efforts in developing and executing a vision surrounding the value of maintaining a sound and transparent control environment were pivotal in enhancing the company's risk management framework.

Susan has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Cornell University and is certified in CAMS and Advanced CAMS Audit. She is fluent in Spanish and German and proficient in audit, risk, and compliance platforms.

Outside the Office

Outside of the office Susan loves spending times exploring the world with her family, the arts, cheering on her favorite sports teams, mentoring, and reading everything she can get her hands-on.