CHALLENGE The entrepreneurs and owners of today are sandwiched between cut throat, complex and competitive business environment and the opportunities the environment offers. Indeed, the prospects of today's business tend to make some entrepreneurs and stakeholders greedy enough to achieve something faster. To guard against this over enthusiasm , it is essential for each and every corporate to put in place a sound Fraud Risk Management System which not only acts as a break for the corporate vehicles to control the speed of growth ,it also enables it to run faster ahead of its competitor. PANELIST Mr Ashim is a Chartered Accountant and having a professional experience of over 25 years in various organizations looking after the Finance, Accounts, Project finance & Accounting, ERP implementation, Internal audit and Risk management. He joined Tata group and served over 21 years holding different roles and responsibilities in Internal Auditing and finance function. He has also rendered his services to Ispat group as General Manager-Internal Audit, where he was in-charge of Corporate Audit and Risk Management, TACO (Part of TATA motors) as head Internal Audit and Risk management and at ACME Telepower as Vice President-Internal Audit, covering audit and risk management functions in India, Dubai, Africa and Norway. He was also the co’s Ethics officer. Currently he is with a Big automotive co. in Chennai in Internal Audit function.
 

5.00 pm -6.00pm

CHALLENGE Fraud is any intentional act or omission designed to deceive others, resulting in the victim suffering a loss and/or the perpetrator achieving a gain. All organizations are subject to fraud risks. Large frauds have led to the downfall of entire organizations, massive investment losses, significant legal costs, incarceration of key individuals, and erosion of confidence in capital markets. This webinar offers expert commentary and analysis on the growing fraud threats facing financial institutions in today's climate, and the strategies leading financial institutions are employing to manage these threats effectively. PANELIST Mr Anurag Mittal is a member of ICWAI,CFM(USA),CAIIB, ACFE (USA) and project management methodology from PMI (USA) having more than 18 years of vide experience in several management accounting, statistical and analytic methods, economics, valuation, mergers and acquisitions and various market dynamics. He is proficient in handling operations in compliance to rules & regulation laid by various governing bodies like IFRS, AML-KYC, Basel II, and FCPA. He has received Certificate of Appreciation in May’2011 from the Office of CEO, Grameen Foundation-USA for contribution towards the Aims and Objectives of Grameen Foundation – Risk and Compliance Projects across the Globe. He has also contributed many articles, published white paper and conducted many training workshops in India and outside India.
 

4.00 pm -5.00pm

CHALLENGE Operational Risk Management, one of the key risks faced by Financial institution, is fairly easy to understand but at the same time extremely challenging to address and implement. Basel II regulations require an ORM framework that addresses key risks across business lines as well as maintaining a certain capital adequacy levels to absorb losses from such operational loss events. The webinar discusses some of these key implementation challenges in Operational Risk and how Banks and other Financial Institutions can address them during their implementation. PANELIST Mr. Venkatesh is a Bachelor in Mathematics and a Post graduate diploma in General management -Open University Business School –Milton Keynes. He began his career as a banker and subsequently he transformed himself as a consultant working in BFSI domain.
 

3.00 pm -4.00pm

CHALLENGE Information related risks form a good chunk of the operational risks. There is a growing realization that information related risks are much more than just IT risks and need to be integrated with rest of the risk management program. This webinar will discuss on how information risk governance program should be developed, linkage with the overall risk management program and the use of ISO 27001 standard as a framework. PANELIST Shriram, a former CRO, has extensive global experience in Risk Management, Audit & Controls in the Insurance & Outsourcing Sector. His career highlights have been introducing ERM practices in an Indian Insurance company and managing risks for a UK startup company (recently acquired by a Global financial major) in such a way that all material risks were identified before hand and included in capital assessment. Shriram has overall 20 year experience with more than 15 years in ERM, operational risk management, internal audits, information security, business continuity management areas. He has worked almost a decade in the US in systems & audit areas. His real world experience helps ground the theory of enterprise risk management into practice and highlights the challenges faced by ERM implementers. He is an engineering graduation with an MBA from Illinois State University USA and has qualified for CIA CISA CMA FLMI and MBCI certifications.
 

2.00 pm -3.00pm

CHALLENGE Regulatory Compliance is at its peak today. Regulators across the world are passing major regulatory reforms that have sweeping changes not only in the country of regulation, but in other parts of the world. Regulatory compliance is not a choice, but a mandate that must be executed with zero errors. The webinar today touches upon some of these key trends, challenges and how an organisation can build an effective Compliance Framework. The webinar also addresses some of the challenges in building such compliance framework. PANELIST Mrs Deepa Chandrasekhar holds an MBA degree from the University of Alberta, Canada. She is also CAMS, MICA, ACSI and CFE certified, and has received qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment, UK. She has over 22 years’ experience in the areas of Risk Management, Treasury, Operations, Internal Audit and Compliance. She started her career with Citibank as a foreign exchange dealer, and since then has worked extensively in the Middle East – in Bahrain, Lebanon and the UAE. She was previously Head of Risk at RAKBANK in the UAE where she was actively involved in implementing Basel II. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA), Bahrain Chapter and is also part of the advisory council of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment, Bahrain Chapter.
 

3.00 pm -4.00pm

Mr Jayjit Biswas is an experienced Chartered Accountant (1998) and a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA-2001) with 19 years of rich experience in auditing, management and accounting. He is a specialist in Compliance Function and Forensic and IS Audit in India and abroad. He is actively involved in Institute’s (EIRC-ICAI) work as a co-opted member of different non-standing committees from year 2000 –2004 (February).He was the founder member of ISACA, Kolkata Chapter and acted as the Joint Editor of the Newsletter. He is also associated with writing of articles and has also presented papers for different seminars.
 

4.00 pm -5.00pm

Vidhyadhar Kulkarni is a Chartered Accountant with 20+ years experience in the area of Financial Reporting, Risk Management and Internal Audit. Kulkarni is a strong advocate of Indian professionals playing larger role globally and adoption of best international practices. Kulkarni has worked with reputed financial services groups and Big Four CA firms, in India and Abroad. Currently, he is a freelance consultant with special interests in the area of IFRS and Basel II. He has hands on experience in implementing these initiatives in financial services industry. Kulkarni has been and is a member of the Reserve Bank of India’s IFRS Implementation Working Group, Indian Bank Association’s Basel II Implementation Working Group and ICAI IFRS Study Group (IFRS 8). Kulkarni’s other professional interest include imparting knowledge on IFRS & Basel II and has co-authored IFRS articles in CA Journal.
 

3.00 pm -4.00pm

Mr. Chandrasekhar is a Fellow Member of ICAI and is a qualified CISA (USA), DISA (ICAI), PGDCC & IS (Madras University), CISSP (ISC2), ISO 27001 Lead Auditor (BSI Chennai) . He has worked as a consultant with M/s Tejas Brainware Systems Private LTD where his areas of expertise were Systems Audit of HRMS, Payroll, Core banking solutions, Insurance applications etc. He has participated in DR drills audits for banks and Insurance companies. In addition to his professional work, he has conducted various training programs on topics related to IT Audit and Assurance. He is also a trainer for CISA Program. He has Co- Authored a book titled "Core Banking Solution-Evaluation of Security and Controls", and Authored books "First Lessons in Management Information and Control Systems" and "First Lessons in Information Systems Control and Audit."
 

4.00 pm -5.00pm

A Chartered Accountants and an Information Systems Auditor, Mr. Vinod Kashyap is well versed and involved in corporate reporting. He has over 25 years of rich experience in the field of Assurance & Taxation. He has been advisor to several corporate, both multinational and domestic, covering wide areas like accounting, systems implementation, adoption of good industry practices etc. He is engaged in the business of conducting training courses on XBRL for banks, corporate and finance professionals. He has contributed articles on XBRL in Journals, International Websites. He has made presentation on XBRL at various Seminars organized by professional bodies in India.
 

4.00 pm -5.00pm

Hemant Seigell (MBA, NCFM, PDFM, PMP) is a professional with 16 years of rich experience into diverse Consumer finance/ Lending /Operations/Risk Mgmt across Forex-Travel related Services, BPMS, Consumer Banking, NBFC, Management Consulting, Housing Finance companies in BFSI domain and having successfully managed multi-product environment /Strategic business critical launch projects across varied functional areas: Currently, he is an Independent Management Consultant focusing on Banking. He has worked for companies such as Deutsche Postbank HFL, Accenture, Citifinancial Consumer Finance India Ltd and ABN Amro.
 

5.00 pm -6.00pm

Hemlatha Mohan is a banker with over 34 years of experience in Corporate Finance, Training, Credit , Loan workouts, Operational Risk and banking Operations. She was a Deputy General Manager in Bank of India and later Senior Vice President at ING Vysya Bank. She last worked as Country Head - Operational Risk at ING.

Currently, she is an Independent Consultant for Banking, Credit Appraisals, Risk Management & Asset Status Resolution. She also provides corporate training in Risk Management and general Banking. Hemlatha brings with her a rich experience in Risk Management with a specialisation in Operational Risk (ORM) in Banks.
 

2.00 pm -3.00pm

Shriram, a former CRO, has extensive global experience in Risk Management in the Insurance Sector. His career highlights have been introducing ERM practices in an Indian Insurance company and managing risks for a UK start up company (recently acquired by a Global financial major) in such a way that all risks are identified before hand and managed as a process.

Shriram has more than 15 years experience in ERM, operational risk management, risk based internal audits, information security, business continuity management areas. His real world experience will help ground the theory of enterprise risk management into practice and highlight the challenges faced by ERM implementers. He is an engineering graduation with an MBA from Illinois State University USA.
 

4.00 pm - 5.00pm

He has over 15 years of experience as Company Secretary and has worked in Mphasis BFL Group, BPL Telecom Group in Bangalore and other listed companies in Chennai as head of the secretarial and legal department. 

He specializes in Corporate Law and is based in Bangalore. His practice includes Corporate Governance, Corporate Advisory, Due Diligence Reporting, Corporate Compliance Reporting and counseling clients, both in India and Internationally. He acts for Fortune 500 Companies as well as start-ups operating in IT, Biotechnology, Life sciences

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