June 9, 2008

Evaluating, promoting and influencing change at
Cirque du Soleil

By Nancy Hala, KnowledgeLeader contributing writer

Cirque du Soleil (French for “Circus of the Sun”) is an entertainment organization based in Montréal, Québec, Canada with more than 1,000 artists performing in 15 different shows worldwide. In this profile, Louise Rémillard, Cirque du Soleil’s senior director of internal audit and corporate security, talks about staffing an organic and diverse audit team. Rémillard describes the importance for auditors to be ‘people-oriented,’ having the ability to adjust to different cultural situations and working environments – the more than 40 different nationalities in this company requires a great breadth of communication and negotiating skills.