Good governance
Governing an association of audit, risk and security professionals means meeting the standards we expect of the organisations we audit.
New in the chapter
For fourteen years he was managing partner of Auren's consulting practice and a member of its board. He chaired the World Compliance Association. Today he is Vice President of the Mexican Academy of Systems Science and teaches on the postdoctoral programme of Mexico's National Institute of Public Administration (INAP).
Co-founder of ISACA Madrid
She started in information systems audit in 1979, at an international bank. In 1989 she founded the ISACA chapter in Madrid with a small group of colleagues. She brought the CISA certification to Spain and ran the chapter's certification courses for years. She led the firm Marina Touriño & Asociados and was member number 1 of ISACA Madrid.
He founded the chapter together with Marina Touriño. CISA and CISM. More than twenty years at AENOR, where he was ICT certification manager and strategic IT advisor. He has taught on IT security and audit master's programmes at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid since 2002. Today he is a founding partner of I2SC, a trustee of FIDESOL and Vice President of the Service Management Institute.
It is made up of respected figures from the chapter, and none of its members may sit on the Board or the Extended Board, or be a supplier or sponsor of the chapter. It drafts a ten-point code of good governance, sets the rules on conflicts of interest and proposes to the Board a working group to ensure they are followed. To make it genuinely independent, the President waives the right to sit on the Committee and to appoint its members, powers granted by articles 9 and 32 of the Statutes. These three names are this slate's proposal: if we win, the Board will appoint them, without the President taking part. The Board may not remove its members except on resignation or for a serious breach of the code, and must do so in writing, giving its reasons. It reports to the General Assembly every year.
It has access to the information it needs for its opinions, under a duty of confidentiality and with no access to personal data unless justified. It can issue opinions before sensitive decisions, and if the Board departs from one of them it will have to explain why in writing.
The model
Statutes, articles 18 to 23
The supreme body: all the members.
Statutes, articles 5 to 15
The posts voted on at the General Assembly: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and board members (Statutes, art. 5).
Working committees, article 32
Members with public names and roles who coordinate specific areas and activities for members outside Madrid and international members. It is a new proposal from this slate.
New. Set up by the Board, with no Board members
Respected figures from the chapter, with no Board members. They draft the ten-point code, set the rules and propose to the Board a working group to ensure they are followed.
New. Advisory
Leading figures from the profession, academia and institutions who bring an outside view twice a year.
Initial proposal
This is the starting point we propose to the Ethics and Audit Committee. The Committee itself will approve the final text.
Every decision is made in the interests of members and the profession, not of whoever makes it.
The Statutes require the Association to act “with full independence” (arts. 2, 3 and 8). That includes companies, sponsors and suppliers.
Any relationship that could influence a decision is declared beforehand, in writing.
Anyone with a conflict stays out of the discussion and the vote, and this is recorded in the minutes.
Sponsors receive the same conditions and the same information. No exceptions.
Suppliers are chosen on criteria set before requesting offers, with stricter requirements the larger the amount.
The budget and how it is spent are explained to members in plain language.
No member of a chapter body uses chapter data or activities for their own benefit or their company's.
What is promised is tracked in public, and what is not achieved is explained.
Every Board member, whichever slate they come from, has the same information and the same access.
Conflicts of interest
They apply to the Board, the Extended Board and the committees, with no exceptions and whichever list each person comes from.
Suppliers and sponsorship
Declarations of interest
These are the relationships we are declaring now, and what we are doing about them. Every Board member will sign and publish a full declaration on taking office.
Finances
The money the chapter has accumulated is reinvested in training, certifications, mentoring, knowledge and the members' area, while keeping a prudent reserve.
A reserve fund is kept to guarantee the chapter's solvency in case of the unexpected.
Every budget line has a goal and an indicator of the return for members.
Sponsorship with genuine technical content and specialist courses open to non-members, always under the same rules for everyone.
Keeping the independent review of the accounts and the Treasurer's report at every General Assembly, and also publishing a plain-language summary.
In 2027 we will work with the budget approved by the General Assembly on 26 November. We will publish our investment priorities here and, if needed, propose amendments; our first full budget will be for 2028.
If you cannot attend the General Assembly on Thursday 26 November 2026, you can delegate your vote to any member.
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