Todd is a highly sought after author and commentator in the fields of risk, governance, internal audit and assurance. He is on the expert panels of Lexis Nexis Butterworth’s Risk Management Today and the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Insights Techtalk.

He is also a regular author and commentator on leading practices in these areas and writes a monthly thought piece in Risk Management Magazine.

Recent Articles and White Papers

TDA’s articles and case studies are now available free of charge via an occasional email newsletter.  A sample is set out below.

• Risk management – part of the problem or part of the solution? | Risk Management | September 2011
• Could internal audit have prevented the News Corp Scandal? | Risk Management | August 2011
• Strategic Risk Management? | Risk Management | July 2011
• Why internal audit practice always lags and GRC snakeoil salesmen are alive and well | Risk Management | May 2011
• Time to Mandate Internal Audit? | Risk Management | April 2011
• Need for change to ASX Corporate Governance Principles – Risk Assurance? | Risk Management Today | March 2011
• All gone to custard – another take on assurance maps | The Davies report | March 2011
• A look back at the top 10 risks for 2010 | The Davies report  | January 2011
• Black Swans, Turkeys, Ostriches and other Christmas Poultry – a tale of Strategic Risk | Risk Management Today  | July 2010
• Is your risk framework adequate? Questions directors, investors and the C-suite should ask | Risk Management Today  | June 2010
• A Look Ahead: Top Risks for 2010 and beyond | Internal Auditor  | February 2010
• AXA, Perpetual, Challenger – As the backloop grows stronger it draws more entities in | resilientfutures.org  | October 2008
• Resilient leadership? | resilientfutures.org  | August 2008
• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme – Main Event or a Side Show? | resilientfutres.org | August 2008
• Shell shocked | Risk Management Magazine | July 2008
• What can we learn from the WA Gas crisis? | resilientfutures.org | June 2008
• GRC – The Great Risk Con | Risk Management Magazine | June 2008
• Allco, ABC, Babcock. Should we have seen these coming? | resilientfutures.org | June 2008
• Are you being a reckless leader without realising it? | reslientfutures.org | May 2008

Public comment

Todd spent two years with the Institute of Internal Auditors as Australia’s inaugural Technical and Policy Director and was their spokesman, technical advisor and author on technical, policy and advocacy matters in relation to governance, risk, control, audit, assurance and related matters in Australia. Some highlights are listed below.

• Auditors are Compromised, Studies Show | An interview with Todd Davies on a range of issues to due with internal audit regulation in Australia. | Australian Financial Review | 3 April 2009
• Engaging with Internal Auditors | Todd explains how to make the Director / Internal Auditor relationship easy and useful for Boards. | The Boardroom Report, AICD | 12 August 2008
• Both sides of the story | Todd quoted on the need for independent directors and learnings form the GFC. | Monash Business Review |  November 2008