Shanna St. Martin - Risk Management and Compliance Executive

A risk, internal audit, governance, and compliance expert based in Southlake, Texas, Shanna St. Martin has over 20 years of executive-level experience. A member of the IIA board of governors, Shanna St. Martin also serves as the managing director of risk advisory services at BDO USA, LLP.

At BDO, Ms. St. Martin leads risk advisory teams to deliver internal audit, enterprise risk, and governance projects in industries such as finance, technology, health care, and nonprofit. She ensures high-value services to clients by assigning expert technical teams to projects and developing training and knowledge resources for client executives. She also oversees the recruitment and training of top talent.

Prior to joining BDO, Shanna St. Martin was a director of risk assurance services at PWC LLP’s Dallas office. She led internal audit and compliance teams to complete projects at premier higher education and healthcare organizations for 14 years. In her final 10 years there, she delivered risk assurance and advisory services to global Fortune 250 companies. Ms. St. Martin led over 25 external company fraud investigations, uncovering resource misappropriations and business standards misconduct. She further performed due diligence ahead of mergers and acquisitions while developing risk control frameworks for clients.

Shanna St. Martin has a BS from the University of Oklahoma and an MS in management from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. She is a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Information Systems Auditor, and a Certified Fraud Examiner. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, traveling, and watching college football.