MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Protiviti Inc., a leading internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm, today announced it has opened an office in Mexico City. The new location is Protiviti's first formal office in the region and will enable the company to better serve its global clients that have operations in Mexico as well as companies based throughout Central America.
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"We are pleased to enhance our ability to address our client's needs in Mexico, one of the largest urban areas in the world and an important manufacturing location for many companies," said Everett Gibbs, managing director for Protiviti. "Protiviti can now deliver on-site services for both multinational and local companies through our highly qualified professionals employed in Mexico City."
Protiviti's Mexico City office is led by Managing Director Roberto Abad. Abad has 25 years of experience in operations, auditing and consulting. Previously he was a risk consulting partner with Arthur Andersen in Mexico City, after which he became a partner in the enterprise risk services practice of another Big Four firm. Abad is a native of Mexico City and has extensive experience in internal audit, business risk consulting and business fraud investigation services.
Protiviti currently employs nearly a dozen full-time professionals in its Mexico City office and plans to increase staff size substantially over the next several months.
Protiviti is a leading international provider of independent risk consulting and internal audit services. The firm helps clients identify, assess and manage operational and technology-related risks encountered in their industries, and assists in the implementation of the processes and controls to enable their continued monitoring. Protiviti also offers a full spectrum of internal audit services focused on bringing the deep skills and technological expertise to enable business risk management and the continual transformation of internal audit functions.
Protiviti, which has more than 45 locations in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI). Founded in 1948, Robert Half International is a member of the S&P 500 index.
Contact information for the Mexico City office:
Protiviti
Paseo de la Reforma 350 Piso 11
Suite 1113 Col. Juarez
Mexico, D.F. 06600
Tel: 9171.1501
Fax: 9171.1499
http://www.protiviti.com.mx/
Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.
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