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As Chief Audit Executive of the Department of Internal Audit, Brian Newell manages a broad and comprehensive program of internal auditing covering the university, Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and affiliated entities. He is also responsible for the annual development of a risk-based audit plan and for the communication of internal control and compliance risks to the Legal, Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee of the Board of Trustees and senior university leadership.
Brian joined The Ohio State University in 2002. Prior to being named Chief Audit Executive in 2024, Brian served as the Director of Internal Audit where he was responsible for the operations of the department’s three teams – the University Financial/Operational Audit Team, the Medical Center Financial/Operational Audit Team and the Information Systems Audit Team.
Brian previously spent six and a half years at Holbrook & Manter as an audit manager/senior auditor and two years at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation as an internal auditor.
Brian earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Accounting from The Ohio State University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.