As more and more little grey hairs develop on my head and as less and less hair are left, I start to see some similarities in my career as an internal auditor and my approach to investments.

In most careers, one starts at the bottom rung of the corporate ladder and slowly works himself or herself up through gaining experience, doing the actual work and learning the ropes of the trade, business or profession. I started out as an audit officer who was the lowest rank for degree holder. I prepared working papers, drafted audit programs for my audit supervisor to review and carried out the detailed audit procedures myself. There was no-one to delegate to and that was how I learnt my internal controls, auditing and interviewing skills and basic draft management letter observation writing.

After two years of doing the “grunt” or ground audit work, I was ...