Catherine Tornare-Cottet is Director in the Audit Financial services department in Geneva.
Professional experience
Before joining now Grant Thornton, Catherine Tornare-Cottet worked for more than 20 years in a Big4, where she was a certified auditor for banks, securities traders and managers of collective investment schemes. She also worked as Head of Audit for an internal audit section at a cantonal bank in Romandie.
Her responsibilities at Grant Thornton cover a wide range of local and international clients operating in financial services, trading, and non-profit entities. She is highly proficient in auditing in compliance with the requirements of IFRS, Swiss GAAP FER, the Swiss Code of Obligations and regulatory audits.
She also has extensive experience of individual commissions (capital increase, agreed procedures and other certifications) and conducting internal audits for financial companies and expert assessments.
Professional qualifications and memberships
Catherine Tornare-Cottet is a Swiss-certified audit expert licensed by the Federal Audit Oversight Authority (FAOA), a Swiss-certified public accountant and, an agreed auditor for MLA and prudential audits for Supervisory Organization (SOs). In addition, she holds an MSc in Commercial and Industrial Sciences (Corporate Management) and the CAS Compliance in Financial Services, both from the University of Geneva.
Catherine Tornare-Cottet is a member of EXPERTsuisse and its Section Geneva.
Languages
In addition to her native language of French, Catherine Tornare-Cottet speaks fluently English and has a working knowledge of German.
- CAS Compliance in Financial Services
- Audit expert by the Swiss Federal Audit Oversight Authority (FAOA)
- Swiss Certified Public Accountant
- MSc in Commercial and Industrial Sciences
