With 40 years of accounting and auditing experience, John White epitomizes the regulatory compliance expertise of ICS Risk Advisors. John founded ICS Risk Advisors more than 10 years ago, with a mission to provide focused, outsourced...
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With 40 years of accounting and auditing experience, John White epitomizes the regulatory compliance expertise of ICS Risk Advisors. John founded ICS Risk Advisors more than 10 years ago, with a mission to provide focused, outsourced compliance services to the financial services industry. He has a proven history of founding successful businesses in this sector, including Accume Partners, Hanagrove, LLC, and Precision Loan Solutions, LLC.

Previous Experience
Among his other work experience, John has served as an audit partner with one of the Big Four. In this capacity, he led the financial services practice for the organization’s Philadelphia office and served as a member of the executive management team.

John possesses a broad range of general practice experience that he draws upon to ensure ICS Risk Advisors remains at the forefront of regulatory change. This experience includes troubled company restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, debt restructurings, and corporate reorganizations.

Some of his specific project experience includes interim executive management positions, internal control evaluations, SEC filings, Bank Secrecy Act investigations, and investment product reviews.

Education
• Bachelor of Science, LaSalle University
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With more than 25 years of experience in the financial services sector, George Mark brings extensive risk management and accounting expertise to the clients of ICS. He has significant experience working with financial institutions and...
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With more than 25 years of experience in the financial services sector, George Mark brings extensive risk management and accounting expertise to the clients of ICS. He has significant experience working with financial institutions and their related regulators. In addition, he has provided valuable advice and solutions to financial institutions regarding financial, operational, and regulatory issues.

Previous Experience
Previously, George served as Audit Partner and Financial Institutions Industry Leader for a leading global accounting firm, where he led global risk assessments for multibillion-dollar institutions. Prior to that, he was a Partner at one of the Big Four accounting firms and a large international organization. Other positions include Chief Financial Officer for a publicly-traded managed care company and Executive Vice President for a diversified publicly-traded financial institution.

Education
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Temple University
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John Palmer brings more than 30 years of progressive professional experience in the financial services industry in the United States and internationally. Previous Experience Prior to joining ICS Risk Advisors, John served for four yea...
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John Palmer brings more than 30 years of progressive professional experience in the financial services industry in the United States and internationally.

Previous Experience
Prior to joining ICS Risk Advisors, John served for four years as SVP/Risk Manager for a $5 billion publicly traded banking institution. Additionally, John supervised the internal compliance monitoring function for the bank.

Preceding his role as a Risk Manager, John was employed with one of the Big Four for more than 15 years. There, he progressed from a management role in the external audit practice to a Director in the office of the General Counsel in New York, where he provided accounting and auditing advice to in-house and outside counsel.

Professional Affiliations
• Certified Public Accountant
• Chartered Accountant
• Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Education
• Master of Science in Theory of Auditing, Accounting, and Taxation, University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa
• Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa
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Chris B. Harris has more than 35 years of experience in analyzing the financial and operational performance of companies. He is a former audit partner, responsible for quality control within a national accounting firm. Chris has more than...
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Chris B. Harris has more than 35 years of experience in analyzing the financial and operational performance of companies. He is a former audit partner, responsible for quality control within a national accounting firm. Chris has more than 18 years in public accounting, focusing primarily on financial institutions.

Previous Experience
Chris had previously served as Partner of Accume’s banking practice for 12 years, where he managed outsourced internal audit engagements for hundreds of community banks in the mid-Atlantic region.

Professional Affiliations & Credentials
• Member, Financial Executives Institute, Chairman
• Member, AICPA
• Member, PICPA
• Certified Public Accountant

Education
• Graduate of Susquehanna University
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Jan W. Koster possesses more than 20 years of experience in IT risk management, including security, business resumption/disaster recovery, IT and operational risk management, SOX testing and review, and internal audit for the banking,...
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Jan W. Koster possesses more than 20 years of experience in IT risk management, including security, business resumption/disaster recovery, IT and operational risk management, SOX testing and review, and internal audit for the banking, financial services, manufacturing, education, insurance, and healthcare industries. His unique skill set originated in Big Four accounting, professional services companies, and the largest U.S. bank holding company.

Previous Experience
Previously, Jan served as Regional Director and National Practice Leader for a risk management consulting firm, where he was in charge of operational, financial, and IT audit clients. Prior to that, Jan served as Managing Director for a global tax, audit, and business consultancy firm, where he managed client engagements, including SAS70 audits, SOX reviews, financial statement reviews, and other IT and operational audits. Other positions include senior management for two of the Big Four accounting firms and an SVP leading the IT and operational audit team at a major U.S. bank.

Credentials and Memberships
• Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT and Risk Information Systems Control
• Member, ISACA and the IIA

Education
• Graduate of the Business School Netherlands and from the City of London Polytechnic in Business Administration and Information Technology
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For more than 20 years, Dean H. Woodson has committed his professional career to all things audit. He has extensive expertise in compliance and internal auditing and accounting and has lectured on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) issues. Dean is a...
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For more than 20 years, Dean H. Woodson has committed his professional career to all things audit. He has extensive expertise in compliance and internal auditing and accounting and has lectured on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) issues. Dean is a licensed real estate broker and has published articles and has developed numerous training courses related to real estate management. He was also appointed by the Governor of Florida to the Selective Service Board.

Previous Experience
Prior to joining ICS, Dean served as Audit Senior Manager, Audit Director, and Audit Manager for both a national internal audit firm and start-up advisory, where he was responsible for developing/performing risk assessments and annual audit plans and testing internal controls for financial reporting, operational processes, and FDICIA/SOX compliance for financial institutions and real estate developers. He also spent a few years with a national CPA firm as In-charge Auditor, where he provided audit services, operational recommendations, and special project assistance.

Certifications & Memberships
• Certified Public Accountant
• Member; Florida and American Institutes of CPAs
• Member; Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA); formerly sat on the Palm Beach Chapter Board

Education
• Dual B.S. degrees in Accounting and Finance, Florida Atlantic University and the University of Central Florida, respectively
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Tony has more than 30 years of experience in all phases of international bank operations, including internal audit management, regulatory compliance, treasury, settlements, lending, back office processing, information technology, and...
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Tony has more than 30 years of experience in all phases of international bank operations, including internal audit management, regulatory compliance, treasury, settlements, lending, back office processing, information technology, and regulatory coordination. He has extensive special project experience in the development of new activities, policy and procedure development / implementation, management, and training.

Throughout his career, Tony has worked in the international banking area for AAA rated international banks in various audit roles. Prior to ICS Risk Advisors, he spent 12 years as Vice President and Auditor of a major German international bank. Tony has been involved in two international bank start-up operations, as well as a broker dealer start-up operation of an international bank. Additionally, he has completed audits in the broker-dealer area.

Tony is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. He is a founding member of the Association of International Bank Auditors (AIBA), serving as a member of their Board of Directors since inception in 1991. He also serves on the AIBA’s Compliance Committee. He is also a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. Tony taught a college credit economics course at the American Institute of Banking (AIB) from 1984 through 2006 and has conducted seminars in audit and compliance for the AIB. Additionally, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Banking from 1996 through 2006.

He is a graduate of Pace University with an MBA in Business Economics and St. Francis College with a BA in Economics.
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