About Us

Founded in early 2003, just months after the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), the Sarbanes Oxley Group™ (SOXGAP™) has grown from its modest beginnings (in the NYC area) into a globally recognized brand with tens of thousands of members/subscribers from over 120 countries across all six continents, and thousands of in-person classroom attendees from hundreds of metropolitan areas across dozens of countries. We provide world-class certification training to professionals and executives who are looking to achieve greater success in their SOX, GRC, and ESG initiatives. Products and services that we offer: Globally-Relevant and Industry-Recognized: Research, Education, and Advisory Services; Industry Newsletters; and Training Certifications in SOX, GRC, and ESG.

See below for some of the people that made the above possible:

Founder, Chairperson and CEO

Sanjay Anand

MBA Operations and Strategic Management, MS Finance (summa cum laude equiv.) — Boston College
M.Sc. (Tech.), MS Computer Science (gold medal recipient/summa cum laude equiv.) — BITS Pilani, India
CSOX, CGRC, CESG; CFE; CRMA; CGEIT, CRISC, CDPSE; CDE; CCD

Often referred to as "Mr. Sarbanes Oxley"™ (Mr. SOX™) for his expertise in Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Compliance and Controls (a.k.a. GRC), Mr. Sanjay Anand, Chairperson of the SOX, GRC, and ESG Institutes at the Sarbanes Oxley Group (SOXGAP), is a prolific speaker, consultant, researcher, author, publisher, peer reviewer, and more.

With over 30 years of experience, he brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise across various aspects of business and technology.

He has authored several books (see covers below) on topics related to ERP, SOX and GRC (for such publishers as Wiley, Pearson/Prentice-Hall, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, and Van Haren), and he is the recipient of numerous corporate and industry awards and recognitions, including, but not limited to:

  • J. D. Edwards Consultant of the Year, 100% Club, Teamwork, Leadership, Pioneer, and more

  • OneWorld Special Achievement, OneWorld Recognition

  • Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) Outstanding Performance

  • Most Innovative Products and Services Award (at the World Congress on Total Quality)

  • IOD Award for Leading Contributions to Corporate Governance (see picture on this page)

  • Bits of Success: Top 50 in 50 years (alongside 49 other prominent global academic and industry luminaries such as: the Founder of Microsoft Outlook (formerly Hotmail), and the CEO of Wipro)

Sanjay has been published in several magazines and journals on business and technology, and his half-a-dozen books are read and used by executives, professionals, academics and students at companies and colleges around the world. He is a frequent reviewer of articles, as well as author of articles, for various journals. He has been recognized as a Founding Member of the NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy) Center for Public Trust, and a member of the CEO Roundtable of SOX Compliance Journal. He is also a current member of the global Psychometrics Society devoted to the advancement of quantitative measurement practice, a Community Member of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) dedicated to quality and leadership in online and digital learning, and he has been on the boards and committees of several domestic (US) as well as international (overseas) for- and non-profit organizations/NGOs.

Industry Certifications (grandfathered and/or honorary as-of date):

  • ISACA (Information System Audit and Control Association, Inc. USA):

    • Platinum-Level Membership in ISACA [joined in 2004]

    • Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) [2009]

    • Certified in Risk and Information System Control (CRISC) [2010]

    • Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) [2021]

  • ACFE (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, USA):

    • Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) [2004]

  • IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors, USA):

    • Certified in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) [2013]

      CRMA includes Certified in Control Self Assessment (CCSA)

  • NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors, USA):

    • Certified in Director Education (CDE) [2009]

  • IETE (Affiliate of the IEEE, USA)

    • Lifetime Fellow [1999]

    • Chartered Engineer (the highest level) [2018]

  • WCCG (World Council for Corporate Governance), UK

    • Certified Corporate Directorship (CCD) [2006]

  • JDE (J.D. Edwards then PeopleSoft now Oracle, USA)

    • Product Certified Professional (PCP) [1998]

    • Instructor Certified Professional (ICP) [1998]

  • J.D. Edwards OneWorld: A Beginner’s Guide (with a Foreword by Ed McVaney, Founder, Chair of the Board, and CEO of J.D. Edwards)

  • Sarbanes-Oxley Guide for Finance and Information Technology Professionals

  • Essentials of Sarbanes-Oxley

  • Essentials of Corporate Governance

  • The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: An Introduction (SOXBOK Series)

  • Essentials of the Dodd-Frank Act

  • Sarbanes-Oxley in Leading Economies

  • Contributing author to Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Handbook

  • Anti-Money Laundering (AML): Compliance Officer’s Handbook

  • Our Founder with ex-Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD) c. 2007 accepting the Honorary Chairpersonship of SOX Institute® of the Sarbanes Oxley Group™ (a.k.a. the GRC Group™)

  • Our Founder with ex-Congressman Mike Oxley (R-OH) c. 2007 accepting the Honorary Chairpersonship of SOX Institute® of the Sarbanes Oxley Group™ (a.k.a. the GRC Group™)

  • Messages for the press and for our founder from Congressman Oxley and from Senator Sarbanes respectively (coauthors of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) c. 2007

 

Senior Advisor

Third Edition - Managing the Audit Function - A Corporate Audit Department Procedures Guide - Michael P. Cangemi Tommie W. Singleton Wiley

Michael Cangemi, CPA, CISA, CGMA


Trustee, IIA Research Foundation (IIA-RF)


Past Editor-in-Chief, ISACA IS Control Journal


Past International President of ISACA, and of FEI


Past Board Member of COSO, of IASB, and of FASB

  • Prolific author and speaker for several journals, magazines, radio/TV, newspapers, conferences, symposia etc.

  • Senior Business Advisor to a number of companies

  • President of Cangemi Company LLC (founded in 1968)

  • Focus areas: technology including continuous monitoring, business performance improvement, and Analytics for GRC enhancement

  • Founding Member of the Rutgers Continuous Audit advisory board

  • Senior Fellow for the Rutgers University Continuous Audit Lab

  • Served on the FEI Committee on Finance and Technology (CFIT)

  • Past Board Member, Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO)

  • Editorial Advisory Board of EDPACS

  • Author of the following books:

    • Auditing in An EDP Environment (coauthor, SmartPros, NY, 1991)

    • Corporate Audit Department Procedures Manual (Wiley, 1993)

    • Managing the Audit Function (Wiley, 1996, 2ed 2000, 3ed 2003)
      Subsequently translated into Chinese and Serbian languages

  • Former CAE, President, CEO and Director of Etienne Aigner, a leading designer of women’s accessories), and Director, National Fashion Accessories Association

  • Past Board Member, IASB (International Accounting Standards Board)

  • Past Board Member, FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board)

  • Past President and CEO of FEI (Financial Executives International)

  • Member of Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC)

  • Honorary Inductee, ISACA Hall of Fame 2020

  • Strategic Planning Committee, ISACA-ITGI

  • Partner at BDO Seidman; Corporate VP for IT (CIO) at Phelps Dodge

  • Principal at Ernst & Young

  • ISACA Governance Committee

  • ISACA Strategic Advisory Board; Chairman of the Edison Project (EDI)

 

General Advisor

Irving Frank
ME Engineering, New York University (NYU);
MBA Business, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Research Advisor

Dr. Vikas V. Gupta
B.Tech. (IIT-Bombay India*);
MS, Ph.D. (Columbia University, NY)

* IIT: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Mumbai, India (one of India’s top-ranked global universities).

Asia-Pac Advisor

Professor Mr. Tommy Seah
Board of Regents (Past Vice-Chairman),
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, TX, USA

Membership Operations
and Client Services

Jennifer Tran
BS (with honors) Information Systems
NYU Stern School of Business, New York University

 Public Relations (PR)

Dennis O’Connor
BA in Political Science & Government from Dartmouth College;
Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University, Massachusetts

Marketing Consultant

John P. Engel
International MBA in Business
Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Content Consultant

Sally E. Smith
BA (with Honors) in Psychology
from University of California in Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Other Professionals

Robert J. Schwind (Training and Certification), and
John LaCagnina (Project Manager and Team Lead)
seen here with (in center)
Sanjay Anand (Founder, Chairperson and CEO), and
Jennifer Tran, Membership Ops and Client Services