James Rose is a Managing Director with SunHawk Consulting where he leads the governance, risk and compliance practices with a focus on the healthcare industry. In addition, he leads his own organization The Alastair Group, LLC, which focuses on governance in non-profit and international organizations. Mr. Rose currently serves as an Expert Advisor to the World Health Organization’s Staff Insurance Program as well as Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Advisory Committee of the 100,000+ student Jefferson County Public Schools. Interim roles have included CEO and CFO of the Jewish Family and Career Services – a 100 year our human services agency serving refugees and underserved populations in Louisville. Previously James served for six years on the Audit Committee of the Rome, Italy based United Nations World Food Programme – the last two as Chair.
James began his career as a Foreign Service Officer with the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Agency for International Development, reviewing foreign economic assistance programs in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. He also worked as Director of Financial Audits with the Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and then as Director of Performance Audits, leading the effort to create the department that now conducts performance and operational reviews of all state programs.
In the private sector Mr. Rose served for 15 years as Chief Audit Executive of Humana where he established the Enterprise Risk Management program and led the implementation of the organization’s GRC platform. He served as Director at Navigant, a global regulatory consulting firm, leading the disputes and regulatory U.S. healthcare payer practice. During his tenure at Navigant he worked with some of the largest U.S. health plans, health systems, and pharmaceutical firms – supporting compliance programs, conducting investigations, evaluating billing practices, assessing risk adjustment reporting, and helping with governance organizational design. More recently, at Aperture Credentialing, LLC, Mr. Rose served as the Chief Financial Officer as well as oversaw operations of the organization including development of the information technology strategy. Previously Mr. Rose served as founding co-lead of the Data Analysis and Review Committee of the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Justice.
James currently serves on the Institute of Internal Auditor’s Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee. Previously he served as Vice-Chair of the IIA’s Global Professional Development Committee and as Vice-Chair of the International Professional Issues Committee which drafts the practice guidelines for the profession worldwide. From his home in Louisville, Kentucky James sits on the board of New Roots Fresh Stop Markets – an organization dedicated to bringing fresh organic produce from local farms to urban food deserts in the Louisville area.
James is a proud graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. He has also completed executive programs in Strategic Decisions, Corporate Strategy, and Entrepreneurship at Stanford, the University of Chicago and MIT.
