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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The IT Governance Institute wishes to recognise:
The Board of Trustees Everett C. Johnson, CPA, Deloitte & Touche LLP (retired), USA, International President Abdul Hamid Bin Abdullah, CISA, CPA, Auditor General’s Office, Singapore, Vice President William C. Boni, CISM, Motorola, USA, Vice President Jean-Louis Leignel, MAGE Conseil, France, VicePresident Lucio Augusto Molina Focazzio, CISA, Colombia, Vice President Howard Nicholson, CISA, City of Salisbury, Australia, Vice President Bent Poulsen, CISA, CISM, VP Securities Services, Denmark, Vice President Frank Yam, CISA, CIA, CCP, CFE, CFSA, FFA, FHKCS, Focus Strategic Group, Hong Kong, Vice President Marios Damianides, CISA, CISM, CA, CPA, Ernst & Young LLP, USA, Past InternationalPresident Robert S. Roussey, CPA, University of Southern California, USA, Past International President Emil D’Angelo, CISA, CISM, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, USA, Trustee Ronald Saull, CSP, Great-West Life and IMG Financial, Canada, Trustee Erik Guldentops, CISA, CISM, Belgium, Advisor, IT Governance Institute The ITGI Committee William C. Boni, CISM, Motorola, USA, Chair Jean-Louis Leignel, MAGEConseil, France, Vice Chair Erik Guldentops, CISA, CISM, University of Antwerp Management School, Belgium Tony Hayes, Queensland Health, Australia Anil Jogani, CISA, FCA, Tally Solutions Limited, UK John W. Lainhart IV CISA, CISM, IBM, USA , Michael Schirmbrand, CISA, CISM, CPA, KPMG, Austria Eddy Schuermans, CISA, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Belgium Ronald Saull, CSP, Great-West Life and IMG Financial,...