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Matthias De SmetMD

Matthias De Smet

Senior IT Audit, Risk & Cyber Governance Leader

€1,055/day
Merelbeke, BE
8-15 years
Risk Management
Audit
Cybersecurity
Compliance
Project Management

Average response time: 1 hour

About Matthias

Senior IT Audit, Risk & Cyber Governance leader with 12+ years of experience building and scaling assurance and risk capabilities. Expert in NIS2, IT governance and cyber risk, bringing expertise in advising C-suite and Boards on control maturity, regulatory readiness and strategic risk exposure. Recognized for leading complex transformations, developing new audit practices from the ground up, and driving measurable improvements in IT and cybersecurity posture across multinational environments.

  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Merelbeke (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Grant Thornton,
    COMPETENCE LEAD – TECHNOLOGY RISK ASSURANCE
    July 2023 - Today (3 years and 1 month)
    Ghent, OV, Belgium
    • Delivered IT governance, NIS2, DORA and cyber risk engagements and supported Internal/External Audit functions with specialized IT audit coverage.
    • Set up a data-analytics methodology for Journal Entry Testing to replace substantive audit work.
    • Delivered SOC 2 readiness and control assessments, advising clients on remediation and governance improvements.
    • Developed methodology and service offerings for IT audit, cyber governance and assurance.
    Audit Data analysis Cybersecurity Risk Management Tech Lead
  • KPMG Advisory,
    DIGITAL RISK MANAGER
    September 2014 - July 2023 (8 years and 10 months)
    Zaventem, VB, Belgium
    • Executed IT audit procedures in support of financial statements audits
    • Conducted SOC 1/SOC 2 assurance audits
    • Managed the ISO27001 KPMG Certification Body
    Audit Compliance IT-Security Data analysis

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Education

  • CISA, NIS2 Fundamentals, DORA Fundamentals, ITIL 4 Foundation
    CISA, NIS2 Fundamentals, DORA Fundamentals, ITIL 4 Foundation
  • ISO27001:2022 Lead Auditor, ISO42001:2023 Lead Auditor, ISO 20022 Essentials
    ISO27001:2022 Lead Auditor, ISO42001:2023 Lead Auditor, ISO 20022 Essentials
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Skill set

Microsoft Power BI
Data analysis

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