Gartner Expert

Daniel Ryntjes

Sr Principal Analyst

I advise audit, risk, and assurance leaders on how to elevate their functions in an era defined by rapid technological change, emerging threats, and increasing stakeholder expectations. My research and client work focus on AI auditing and assurance, cybersecurity risk and control effectiveness, and critical transformation auditing across digital, cloud, and enterprise‑wide change initiatives. I help Chief Audit Executives and their teams strengthen risk assessment methodologies, modernize audit planning, and build aligned assurance models that improve coordination across risk, compliance, and audit groups. My goal is to equip leaders with practical, forward‑looking insights that enhance resilience, transparency, and trust.

I help clients evaluate AI systems for transparency, reliability, governance maturity, and risk exposure. I help assess cyber risk posture, control effectiveness, and resilience strategies. I support audit teams in providing insight into enterprise‑level transformations, including digital modernization, cloud migration, M&A, and organizational change. I provide information about macro and industry‑level risk shifts and integrate forward‑looking risk intelligence into audit planning. I help improve methodologies for prioritizing audit plans, enhancing risk coverage, and moving toward continuous or real‑time assurance. I support coordination across risk, compliance, and audit groups to reduce silos and build trust with executive stakeholders.

Previous experience

Business and Global Affairs Correspondent, Editor and Producer providing reports from Washington to news clients in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa.

Professional background

Feature Story News, Business News Editor and Washington Correspondent, 11 years

BBC, Broadcast Journalist, 11 years

Areas of coverage
  • Audit Function Strategy and Management

  • Audit Planning and Risk Coverage

Education

Post-Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, University College Falmouth

B.A. English Literature and Language, University of Hull

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Improve risk assessment and audit planning processes and move toward real-time assurance

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Build confidence between assurance groups to catalyze better coordination and collaboration

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Understand key risk trends and audit's role in identifying emerging risk issues

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Tackle urgent talent challenges, including recruitment and retention

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Coverage of AI, including auditing complex AI governance and enterprises uses.