Matthew Leitch

Mr. Leitch writes on risk management and internal control for IRMI.com. Through his research and consulting, he aims to make control less costly, more fun, and more effective. Mr. Leitch is a chartered accountant with a bachelor of science degree in psychology from University College London. Until late 2002, he worked as a consultant in risk management and systems for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he pioneered new methods for designing internal control systems for large-scale business and financial processes, through projects for internationally known clients. Mr. Leitch's interests include risk and uncertainty management, cognitive psychology, mathematics, internal control systems, design, the internet, and human knowledge. Mr. Leitch has published extensively on his own websites and in trade publications. He aims to bring creativity to internal controls design. (See www.internalcontrolsdesign.co.uk, www.managedluck.co.uk, and www.dynamicmanagement.me.uk.)