Samikendra Ghosh

Samikendra Ghosh

Global Head of Third-Party Risk Management, Howden

20+ Years’ Experience – Seasoned and dynamic professional with core experience in operational risk and internal control across varied functional and operational roles involving Operational Risk Management, Supplier Risk / Third Party/ Vendor Management, Operations & Project Management, Business Management covering Strategy and Financial Forecasting. Extensive experience in Enterprise Risk Management and leading teams.

10:40 am - 11:25 am

GEOPOLITICAL DISRUPTION & CONCENTRATION RISK: MANAGING SYSTEMIC EXPOSURE ACROSS NTH-PARTY ECOSYSTEMS – PANEL DISCUSSION

Examining how geopolitical fragmentation and concentration risk amplify systemic exposure across multi-tier third-party ecosystems

  • Identifying geopolitical risks across third- and Nth-party ecosystems, including sanctions, trade restrictions, and regional instability
  • Managing concentration risk across jurisdictions, critical providers, and globally interconnected services
  • Mapping multi-tier dependencies to uncover hidden concentration and systemic exposure across supply chains
  • Understanding how geopolitical events propagate through shared infrastructure, cloud providers, and service hubs
  • Embedding geopolitical intelligence into monitoring, scenario analysis, and strategic decision-making

11:45 am - 2:35 pm

DATA QUALITY – PANEL DISCUSSION

Overcoming poor data quality to meet resilience and supervisory expectations

  • Addressing fragmented vendor inventories and missing contacts
  • Improving tagging, critical mapping between services, processes and suppliers
  • Reconciling internal data sources to support regulatory reporting
  • Enabling real-time situational awareness and decision-making during incidents

11:45 am - 12:35 pm

CONCENTRATION RISK THROUGH THE NTH PARTY LANDSCAPE – PANEL DISCUSSION

Managing risk propagation beyond direct contracts

  • Mapping fourth, fifth and Nth-party dependencies to identify where a single supplier creates a critical concentration point
  • Understanding risk propagation across multi-tier supply chains
  • Identifying concentration risks within shared cloud infrastructure and service hubs
  • Managing accountability and implementing mitigation strategies for risks beyond direct contracts

9:45 am - 10:30 am

DATA QUALITY AND VISIBILITY: BUILDING TRUSTED FOUNDATIONS FOR TPRM AND RESILIENCE – PANEL DISCUSSION

How fragmented data is undermining TPRM and how firms are building real-time visibility to support decisions and resilience

  • Fixing fragmented vendor inventories and incomplete data sets
  • Improving tagging and mapping between services, processes, and suppliers
  • Reconciling multiple internal data sources for regulatory reporting
  • Enabling real-time visibility during incidents and disruptions
  • Moving from data collection to decision-enabling insight
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