Louise Labrie

Louise serves as the firm’s national operational internal audit leader and also serves as the Healthcare internal audit leader. With more than 30 years of internal audit, risk management, and SOX advisory experience, Louise brings deep expertise across healthcare, manufacturing, technology, retail, and life sciences.

Louise leads some of Grant Thornton’s largest and most complex client relationships nationwide, advising organizations on operational internal audit, enterprise risk management, and Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) programs. She specializes in evaluating first‑of‑their‑kind initiatives, including process optimization and large‑scale enterprise risk assessments.

She has led complex engagements for both domestic and global organizations and has served as the lead partner on more than 650 operational internal audit projects, including numerous large co‑sourced internal audit and SOX engagements.

Louise has built and leads a high‑performing team of internal audit professionals, helping organizations enhance, mature, and transform their internal audit functions to better support executive leadership and audit committees.

Louise has also played a pivotal role in seven major organizational transformations and more than 70 performance improvement initiatives. Her experience includes optimizing operational and financial processes, such as procure‑to‑pay, revenue, inventory, and financial close, as well as enhancing human resources processes, including training, onboarding, performance management, and payroll. She frequently supports organizations through change by developing effective communication and stakeholder engagement strategies.