Thursday March 28 2013
Tim Kuhn Chief internal Auditor for HOLT CAT , spoke to students and faculty at TAMUSA at noon today. Ten faculty members toured HOLT CAT two years ago hosted by Paul Hensley CFO for HOLT.
Tim did a fine job explaining the various entities involved in HOLT CAT. HOLT CAT is the largest CAT
dealer in the USA with 28 locations from Texarkana to Laredo. Surprisingly the internal audit staff consists of three people. The External Auditor is Ernst and Young. Tim was previously with Deloitte in Washington DC and Houston.
Tim went on to describe the risk analysis function of an internal audit group. I was pleased to get some good questions and observations from the audience. Professor Jim Hackard observed that the SA City Manager had described that there were 95 steps in hiring someone for the city, She had cut that number of steps in half and planned to do so again. Jim observed that this was the sort of thing an internal audit department did thereby improving efficiency. Students and faculty stayed after the presentation to visit with Tim.
Professor Judy Lewis related her experience visiting an ethics training seminar at HOLT.
This was the third in our Spring Lecture Series which previously included Bruce Howard from FHK on non verbal communication, and Jessica Wertz on the Certified Management Accountant designation.
Our thanks to Tim for taking time to visit our campus. Did I mention Tim is an Aggie?
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