Keith Keller Email Address

Managing Director

Milliken's innovation spans textiles, fabrics, plastics to chemicals; combining science with design and insights to create innovative specialty chemicals, floor covering and performance materials and products that do good for the world.

At Grant Thornton, I am the Mid-South market lead for Governance, Risk & Compliance including internal audit, internal controls, enterprise risk management and compliance. I have over 30 years of experience and have extensive experience with capital markets operations, corporate governance, internal auditing, regulatory compliance including Sarbanes-Oxley, risk management and assessment methodologies, and internal control process reviews. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, I led the Internal Audit services practice for Protiviti in the Southeast; Risk Management and Investment Operations Evaluation for Duff and Phelps; and, the Internal Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley, Process Improvement, and Financial Services Practices as a MD/Partner withHuron Consulting/ Callaway Partners in Atlanta. Previously, I served as Deputy Chief Auditor and Senior Vice President at Wachovia Corporation in Charlotte, NC. While there, I was responsible for managing internal audit for all operating businesses of the organization including retail banking, corporate and investment banking, capital and wealth management, operations, and information technology. Before that, I was a Partner in charge of the Sarbanes-Oxley and internal audit practices within the enterprise risk services group for the Southeast at Deloitte & Touche, LLP. In addition I worked as a Partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP in Atlanta and headed the Southeast region for the business process risk consulting group which included internal audit, capital markets and finance and accounting services. My experience with capital markets includes evaluating the processes and internal controls around complex transactions. My focus was on the controls over market risk management, credit risk management, valuation, trade processing and operations, information technology, management reporting and new product initiation. I have extensive knowledge related to the back and mid office operations of trading operations. Specialties: Internal Audit, financial controls, risk management and corporate governance including process improvement, Sox compliance and internal control reviews.