معرفی
Remko Renes is an Assistant Professor at Nyenrode Business University and a member of the Nyenrode Corporate Governance Institute. He specializes in corporate governance, auditing, internal control, and risk management. His expertise includes internal audit, business control, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance frameworks. Renes chairs the Assessment Committee at Nyenrode and has over 20 years of professional experience, including roles at KPMG in audit and assurance services. He holds a Master’s in Economics, a Post Master’s in Accountancy, and a Propedeuse in Sociology from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Research Focus
Renes’ work centers on auditing’s public interest role, commercial incentive challenges in audit markets, and structural reforms to enhance audit quality. Key themes include Audit Board proposals, multidisciplinary audit teams, and open-source audit methodologies. His research critiques the tension between commercial pressures and auditor independence, advocating for systemic changes to improve accountability.
Publications Highlights
Recent works include essays on audit market reform in Critical Perspectives on Accounting and Dutch policy recommendations to eliminate commercial biases in auditing. He co-authored foundational texts on corporate governance and contributed to international comparisons of local government auditing practices.
Additional Contributions
- Chaired 19 stakeholder dialogues on audit reform with 108 participants
- Developed proposals for quasi-governmental Audit Boards
- Active in endurance sports and field hockey refereeing
