French Caldwell
Chief Evangelist, MetricStream
One of the foremost thought leaders in IT, French Caldwell has been decisively shaping the GRC market for the last 12 years. French is a former Fellow and Vice President at Gartner where he led their GRC research, including the influential Gartner Magic Quadrant on GRC, as well as research into disruptive technology. He also worked with the White House and U.S. Naval War College in 2002 to develop the Digital Pearl Harbor war game, the first ever strategic assessment of cyber war strategies. In 2012, the game took on a very real form with the strategic attacks on oil and gas infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. French is also a retired naval officer and a nuclear submariner. Post-retirement, French served as a diplomatic liaison to NATO for the post-Cold War Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces. As an academic, French served as a Federal Executive Fellow at the Brookings Institution, an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and an Adjunct Professor and Graduate Research Advisor at the George Washington University School of Engineering Management. He has written a book on international law, and has over 400 published research papers. French has a MA in International Economics, Strategy and Diplomacy, and a BS in Oceanography.
Aadila Hashim
COO - Risk Management , MMI Holdings Ltd
MMI was formed in 2010 through the merger of Momentum and Metropolitan. Aadila was employed by the Momentum Group in 2001 where she was responsible for various roles in business and technology teams before joining the risk management team in early 2006. Prior to the MMI merger she was involved in a number of risk management initiatives for the Momentum Group including the development and management of enterprise-wide risk frameworks, managing the operational risk portfolio and running the corporate insurance program. After the MMI merger she has held a number of leadership and specialist roles, most notably the subject matter expert for Risk and Governance implementation for Solvency Assessment and Management (SAM, the South African equivalent of Solvency II) in MMI. During 2014 she was appointed to lead the MMI GRC Program. She is currently the Risk Management COO for MMI and has been recently appointed as the MMI Shareholder Segment CRO.
Martins Ogbolu
Group Executive Head Anti Corruption, Risk And Compliance, Vodacom Group South Africa
Over the years Martins Ogbolu has developed expertise in the area of anti-bribery and business risk compliance. In his career journey which spans more than 25 years; he has held the following positions and appointments: 1. Group Executive Head International Vodacom Group South Africa – In charge of both (Franco and Anglo phone West and Central African countries) including the DRC Congo, Nigeria, Cameroun, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone. 2. Director of Legal Affairs and Compliance: Etisalat Telecommunications Nigeria – was responsible for setting up the Compliance and Ethics programme from onset. 3. Head of Legal and Company Secretary and board governance officer: Airtal Nigeria – had an end responsibility to the board and shareholders with regard to board governance and responsibility. He was part of the team that drafted the Code of Corporate Governance for the Nigerian Telecommunication’s industry in Nigeria Has been invited to Chair and moderate in many international Ethics and Compliance workshops, conferences and seminars.
Hemant Kulkarni
VP and Head of Banking Competency , Tech Mahindra
Banking domain professional with 23 years of experience in the Banking and IT consulting industries Have consulted for global Banks and Capital Market firms across geos for over 16 years Business side experience of 7 years with Indian Banks Product selection of Enterprise Payment Hub for a large US banking and custody organization Knowledge Transfer for Managed Testing Services for world’s largest Cross Border Payment platform for a large global bank Collateral Management assessment for Business Banking group for a large US bank in post merger integration scenario Assessment of test coverage for a leading Core Banking Product vendor in NA Definition of Common Customer and Risk aggregation initiative for Basel II compliance for a large east coast bank. Assessment of Outsourcing Program for a Boston based asset management firm with primary focus on Reference Data – Instruments, Counter parties, pricing BPO Due Diligence in Wholesale / Retail Banking area for a mid west bank in USA Definition and build of global Client On Boarding capabilities for a large global bank Evaluation of commercialization of EIPP / EBPP Platform operated by a large global bank Refresh of Online Banking capabilities for a large mid west bank in USA Business Transformation to enhance capabilities across sales, servicing, marketing and origination for a non-wholesale portfolio of a mid-western US bank Business Transformation program to build Customer Reference Data for a US bank with 45+ million customers Risk Ratings Definition for Basel II implementation for a large US Bank
Douglas Montgomery
Director, GRC Solutions, MetricStream
Doug is a Senior Director of GRC Solutions and is responsible for solution architecture, design and implementation oversight for US domestic and international customers for the Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy and Consumer Goods verticals at MetricStream Inc. Doug has extensive mid-market and Big Four consulting experience and holds patents in thermal algorithmic switching, re-formable packaging and printable light diffusion techniques. He was also a finalist for a Malcolm-Baldridge award for the development of mass customization techniques for manufacturing and distribution environments.
Mohamed Reza
Director, Middle East, Africa & APAC Markets, MetricStream
Mohamed Reza is on a mission to bring Governance, Risk, and Compliance professionals, analysts, and experts together on a common forum to discuss and share best practices, challenges, and learnings with each other. At MetricStream, he’s the Director for the Middle East, Africa and APAC region. He is also responsible for driving customer success, building synergies with the partner ecosystem to support customers and driving MetricStream’s corporate marketing and business development for the region. Academically an engineering graduate, Reza has over 10 years of experience in the Consumer and Enterprise Technology space. Prior to MetricStream, he was with Microsoft for five years where he was working closely with the academia to design programs that focused on empowering future technologists and engineers with the right skills and platform to build world-class products. He was also responsible for the launch and adoption of Microsoft Enterprise Development platform in India and driving technology enablement programs for the Big Five System Integrators across India.
Agenda
Registration and Coffee
Opening Keynote:The Past Present and Future of Integrated GRC
French Caldwell , Chief Evangelist , MetricStream
Case Study : MMI Holdings
Panel Discussion- Building a Strong Foundation for Combined Assurance - Best Practices
- Best practices to assess, control, mitigate, and monitor risk while bringing various risk management groups together
- Effective ways to gather, analyze, interpret, and communicate regulatory updates to the organization and plan, execute, report, and certify compliance
- Internal Audit’s role in helping organizations reduce risk, improve controls, and identifying potential efficiencies and cost benefits. The Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit Triangle – The Fundamental Differences and Importance of its Convergence
Lunch & Networking
