Dubai

Torben Hilbertz
VP Internal Audit, Abu Dhabi Airports

In almost 20 years of solid professional experience - at international level - in financial auditing (Arthur Andersen), controlling, corporate finance (Alcatel), a controlling focused management consulting company (Horváth & Partners) as well as in several managerial internal audit roles (IVG Immobilien AG, OC Oerlikon AG & Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.); Torben accumulated a huge knowledge about the functioning of organizations’ in general. This broad background supports him in the definition of a best-practice Internal Audit philosophy and approach. Together with five other financial experts, Torben has established the SWISS Financial Experts Association, in 2012. Since early 2014, Torben is heading up the Internal Audit Division at Abu Dhabi Airports, where he was able to significantly improve Internal Audit performance.

Mohammed A. Aziz
Asst. Vice President,Head of GRC, Riyad Bank

Toby Shore
Senior Director, Group Treasury, Risk & Insurance, EGA

As Senior Director, Group Treasury, Risk and Insurance, Toby’s primary role is to oversee and manage the capital structure and liquidity profile at EGA as it relates to the treasury operations of cash management, counterparty credit risk management, financing, hedging and insurance portfolios. He is responsible for the development and articulation of EGA’s enterprise wide risk management philosophy, the implementation of an integrated risk management framework and platform and has over-arching management responsibility to manage and report on the financial, operational and strategic risks of the company. Toby joined Dubai Aluminium [now part of the EGA Group] in August 2008 as the Senior Credit Risk Officer with the remit of articulating, implementing and managing DUBAL’s credit risk philosophy. In July 2010, Toby’s portfolio was expanded to include the Corporate Treasury responsibilities of Cash Management, Treasury Operations, Accounts Receivable, Credit Control, Credit Risk Analysis and Corporate Insurances. In late 2011 Toby’s portfolio was further expanded to incorporate the portfolio of Chief Risk Officer responsible for implementing and managing the enterprise risk management framework within DUBAL. In January 2014 Toby was appointed to his current role within EGA where he serves on the EGA Risk Management Committee and the DUBAL Supplementary Retirements Savings Scheme Committee and is a Board Member of Dubal America, Inc.. In 2015 Toby’s portfolio was further expanded to include Group Tax. Prior to joining DUBAL, Toby held the position of Executive Manager at Atradius Credit Insurance NV in Sydney, Australia where he was responsible for the credit risk underwriting, claims assessment and insurance debt recovery for Atradius’ operations in Australasia and South East Asia. Toby enjoys rugby and keeping fit. He lives in Dubai with his wife Maria and their two children. He has a Bachelor of International Business, an MBA and holds the Advanced Diploma in Treasury, Risk

Santhana Anandraman
Compliance Manager, Nawah

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.

Senior Practitioner
, ENEC