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Adelani Adesida
Managing Director, Europe
Aravo
As the Managing Director for EMEA at Aravo Solutions, I lead a team of professionals who provide integrated Third-Party risk and resilience solutions to clients across various industries.
With over 13 years of experience in sales and leadership roles, I have a proven track record of driving business growth, building strong relationships, and delivering value to customers.
In addition to my professional career, I am also passionate about giving back to the community. I have been a mentor at the Aleto Foundation since 2011, where I support young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to develop their leadership skills and pursue their dreams.
The Aleto Foundation is a social mobility charity that provides practical support and opportunities to young people with high potential. Through my mentorship, I aim to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders to make a positive impact on society.
Alison Flynn
Global Head of Corporate Affairs
Impla Terminals
Alison is a journalist-trained corporate affairs director with deep experience in managing brands and corporate reputation in complex, highly regulated markets and sectors across the world, including oil and gas, mining, rail transport, commodities and government outsourcing.
Alison’s crisis management experience spans large scale passenger transport accidents, cyber, and bribery and corruption investigations. Alison previously held positions at Railtrack, G4S, Xstrata and Petrofac.
Alison McQuaker
Head of Procurement and Supplier Management
FNZ
Biography coming soon…
Anita Barber
Head of Third Party Management and Operational Integrity and Resilience
Lloyds Banking Group
Anita is an experienced Banking professional having worked for many large corporations such as UBS, Barclays, KPMG and HSBC, in New York, Hong Kong and London.
In her current role as Head of Third Party Management and Operational Integrity & Resilience within Corporate & Institutional Banking at Lloyds Banking Group, Anita leads the bank’s supplier management, market data, incident management, Service Provision and Rectification and Remediation team, driving strategic supplier engagement, operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and cost optimisation across the organisation.
Anita is recognised for building strong executive and supplier partnerships, championing innovation, and ensuring robust operational resilience across complex supplier ecosystems.
Outside of her role, Anita is the founder of Girls Who Bank, a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving financial education and future career opportunities for young people.
Anna Tsopelaki
Outsourcing Officer – Head of Outsourcing & ICT Third-Party Risk
Eurobank
Anna is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience across the banking and telecommunications sectors, specializing in project management, operational risk and outsourcing governance. Currently holding the role of Outsourcing Officer at Eurobank S.A., with responsibility for overseeing third-party arrangements and ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, including the DORA and EBA frameworks.
Career highlights include the successful coordination of cross-functional teams, implementation of risk-based outsourcing controls and the development of governance structures to support third party collaborations. Brings a strategic, solution-driven mindset with a focus on regulatory compliance and effective stakeholder engagement.
Known for a collaborative approach, attention to detail, and ability to navigate high-impact initiatives in fast-evolving environments.
Anne McGowan
Head of Supplier Management
Lloyds Banking Group
Anne McGowan is Head of Supplier Management at Lloyds Banking Group, leading governance, risk and performance across more than 330 of the Group’s most critical technology suppliers. She has led a significant transformation of Supplier Management to strengthen resilience in the face of growing third‑party dependency, geopolitical risk, supplier financial instability and climate considerations.
Previously, Anne led LBG’s central Assurance Team, shaping the assurance framework for critical suppliers across the Group.
Anne has extensive senior‑level experience in Third Party Risk Management across financial services and is passionate about building resilient, value‑driven supplier ecosystems.
Chris Knox
Regulatory Strategy & Policy
Microsoft
Biography coming soon…
Dr Isabela Parisio
Postdoctoral Research Associate,Tech and Policy
King’s College London
Isabela is a dual-qualified lawyer (New York State Bar; São Paulo State Bar) with an international legal background and expertise in tech policy, governance, and regulations. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College London, funded by the Responsible AI UK grant ecosystem.
Before joining King’s, she worked as a policy analyst at Johns Hopkins University within the Office of the President. She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Georgetown University (2023), graduating with honours. During this time, she was a Research Assistant at the Center for AI and Digital Policy (Washington, DC). Isabela also holds a Master’s in Law & Development from FGV DIREITO SP in Brazil (2022). Previously, she worked as a lawyer and collaborated with the Brazilian Society of Public Law and the FGV Research Centre of Competition, Public Policy, Technology, and Innovation.
Dr. Jayne Suess
Consultant
Independent Consultant
Dr. Jayne Suess is a Cyber Security Professional with over 35 years of experience in Information Technology, Internal Audit, Information Security, and Information Assurance. She has worked in the public sector, private sector, including Big-6 Consulting firms, Fortune 500 companies, and small to medium-sized businesses as an employee and consultant. She has also served as the Chief Information Security Officer for small and medium-sized businesses for over 14 years. She holds the following certifications: CISSP, CISA, CCSP, CRISC, CDPSE, and CISM. She is currently serving on Advisory Boards and advising Boards of Directors on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. She also participates in IEEE/ISO/IEC Standards working groups (Zero Trust Security Framework Standard-Editor). She is also an active member of the IEEE AI RSC and IEEE CPSC (approving new AI and Cybersecurity/Privacy standards projects and standards).
Faye Wilde
Operational Risk & Compliance
Independent
I am an experienced Operational Risk and Compliance professional with over 14 years’ experience in financial services, including partnering with Technology, Governance and People functions within the London branch of an international bank and providing oversight of change risk management. I have also contributed to a global Risk working group exploring the adoption and application of generative AI. I have a strong interest in emerging technology and the evolving role of AI in risk management, particularly how organisations can navigate its risks while harnessing its potential to enhance risk capability and decision-making.
Gary Lock
Director, Global Head of Third Party Supplier Assurance
Fidelity International
I have over 25 years of third party / Procurement experience in the Financial Services sector. I have implemented a global TPRM programme at Fidelity where we have oversight across all third-party providers, I have overseen new TPRM tooling and assurance activities as well as shaped how Fidelity manages our third parties. I am a family man and enjoy time with my grown-up children and try and get out and play golf when time allows!
Gemma Stewart
Global Head Third Party Risk Management
Zurich Insurance
Gemma has worked in a variety of third-party management roles over 15 years including procurement transformation and IT portfolio management. Currently leading the group strategy for third party risk management which includes the risk policy third party governance framework and a GRC solution for automated risk management & reporting. Gemma and her team have spent the last 18mths implementing a globally consistent framework and system across 37 countries. A lean black belt with a passion for implementing efficient operating models and using IT solutions to simplify and automate third party risk management.
Hanna Pradera
Global Director, Procurement
Trinseo
Biography coming soon…
Jia Fu
Head of Cybersecurity (CISO)
British Film Institute
Jia leads the Cyber Security function at the British Film Institute (BFI).
With over 15 years of experience in the field, she is a firm believer in culture-led security, aligning protection with context, people, and the business. She is passionate about resilience, phycological safety, and creative thinking as essential layers of modern defence. She values the power of networking and deeply loves the cosy, collaborative, cyber community she’s part of.
The BFI is a leading body in the film industry, a national lottery distributor and major cultural institution, home to the world’s largest film archive, dedicated to promoting the delight of moving image.
Joseph Harrison
Head of Procurement Operations & Third Party Risk
The AA
Biography coming soon…
Julie Gaiaschi
CEO & Co-Founder
Third Party Risk Association (TPRA)
Julie Gaiaschi, CISA, CISM, TPCRA is the CEO & Co-Founder of Third Party Risk Association (TPRA). She has over 20 years of technology and information security risk experience, with the last 15 years specializing in third party risk identification and mitigation techniques.  In her role as CEO, she provides strategic direction for the non-profit, whose mission it is to further the third party risk profession through knowledge sharing and networking. She also has a passion for helping others enhance their own third party risk management programs. In 2021, Julie was awarded CEO of the Year by Women in Governance, Risk, and Compliance. Prior to co-founding the TPRA, Julie consulted on third party risk for a large bank. She also developed and led a large health payer organization’s Third Party Security program.
Justin Jeffreys
Head of Media Relations
ITV
Justin Jeffreys is Head of Media Relations, with over 20 years experience in communications leadership roles across agency and in house. He began his career with PR agency Taylor Herring, working across a variety of media and consumer accounts, before joining ITV in 2012. His current role focuses on issues and reputation management, proactive and reactive media handling, stakeholder and talent management, horizon scanning and media training. As part of an ongoing role in programme publicity, he also heads up publicity campaigns within the reality commissioning genre, and he also works as a presenter.
Justin Kuruvilla
Chief Cyber Security Strategist
Risk Ledger
Justin Kuruvilla is an accomplished cyber security leader with extensive experience spanning national defence, intelligence, and the private sector. As Chief Cyber Security Strategist at Risk Ledger, Justin helps organisations strengthen their resilience against complex, interconnected cyber threats, bringing a unique perspective shaped by years of front-line experience in both government and industry.
Kehinde (Kenny) Otto
Head of Supply Chain Management
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Biography coming soon…
Kurt Neilson
Global Head of Third Party Risk Management
Schroders
Kurt Neilson is Global Head of Third Party Risk Management at Schroders. He leads the firm’s global third-party risk and supplier governance framework and has extensive experience in outsourcing, operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and risk transformation. Kurt is a recognised expert in evolving third-party risk regulation and governance practices.
Lisa Brady
Head of Vendor Risk Management
Jefferies
Biography coming soon…
Lisa Migheli
Head of TPRM EMEA
MUFG Bank
Lisa Migheli is a director level risk executive with international experience in global financial services. Currently Head of Third Party Risk Management EMEA at MUFG, she has a strong record of uplifting and embedding third party risk frameworks, translating complex regulatory requirements into actionable strategies, and leading remediation programmes.
With previous leadership experience in internal audit, Lisa brings a unique combination of independent assurance and first and second line risk perspect.
Lucy da Piedade
Managing Director, Head of the Group Controls Office
Deutsche Bank
Lucy has over 25 years of experience spanning global financial services, risk advisory consulting, external audit and legal professional practice and has held a number of senior roles in global systemically important banks. She is currently the Head of the Group Controls Office at Deutsche Bank with accountability for the management of all non-financial risks.
She trained as a lawyer in South Africa and the UK and began her career in commercial legal practice. Lucy holds an Master of Law degree from Exeter University in the UK and a MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand and Cranfield University in the UK. Fluent in five languages, she is a passionate advocate for diversity of thought and the importance of culture in effective risk management, regularly presenting on these topics to industry audiences.
Dr Luke Bellamy
Lead Engineer for Industrial Resilience, CTO Team
WMG, Warwick University
Dr Luke Bellamy is Lead Engineer for Industrial Resilience within the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) team at WMG, University of Warwick. Holding a PhD in Supply Chain Sustainability Risk from Loughborough University, he delivers technical work packages for nationally strategic manufacturing projects. Luke is the primary architect of the Supply Chain Resilience Navigator, a digital capability tool providing a standardised methodology to quantify and mitigate operational risk. Partnering with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, his work focuses on technology assessment, design for circularity, finance, critical mineral security, and the development of industrial sourcing toolkits.
Martin Mirimo
Head of Supplier Relationship Management
Travelodge
Biography coming soon…
Maya Calabrese
Head of Customer Experience
Supply Wisdom
Maya Calabrese is the Head of Customer Experience at Supply Wisdom, where she helps global organizations transform third-party risk intelligence into meaningful customer outcomes. With more than a decade of experience spanning operational resilience, business continuity, enterprise customer success, and risk management, Maya has built her career at the intersection of data, strategy, and execution. She is passionate about helping organizations move beyond collecting risk information to making confident, actionable decisions. A frequent industry speaker and moderator, Maya brings a practical, customer-centric perspective shaped by years of partnering with enterprise leaders to solve complex operational and resilience challenges.
Meletis Rentoumis
Head of Contracts Management & Projects Coordination
Eurobank
Meletis Rentoumis serves as Head of Contracts Management & Projects Coordination within Group Procurement at Eurobank, bringing extensive experience in contract lifecycle management, supplier risk, operational risk and sustainable procurement.
His responsibilities span contract governance, third-party risk and regulatory requirements, with a particular focus on DORA, outsourcing, supplier due diligence and performance evaluation. He is also actively engaged in sustainability and ESG initiatives, including the implementation of ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement principles, alongside operational risk and compliance matters across the procurement function.
With a strong interest in digital transformation and AI-enabled contract management, Meletis focuses on developing practical, risk-aware and sustainable approaches to managing contracts and supplier relationships in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
Michael Keslassy
CTO and Co-Founder
Vendict
Michael Keslassy is the CTO and Co-Founder of Vendict, where he leads the company’s technology strategy and the development of AI-powered solutions for Third-Party Risk Management. He has over 15 years of experience building enterprise cybersecurity products and AI-driven technologies. Before founding Vendict, Michael held engineering leadership roles at Deep Instinct and Broadcom, where he helped build and scale enterprise cybersecurity platforms.
Michael Philipps
Head of Crisis Management, Strategic Risk and Communications
Philip Morris International
Biography coming soon…
Michael Volkov
CEO
The Volkov Law Group Pc
Michael Volkov is a recognized expert in trade, sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption enforcement and defense, internal investigations, ethics and compliance, and white-collar defense issues.
Michael Volkov is the Chief Executive Officer of The Volkov Law Group LLC. He has over 30 years’ experience in practicing law.
Mr. Volkov served for 17 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District Columbia. He also served on the Senate and House Judiciary Committees as the chief crime and terrorism counsel to then-Chairman Senator Orrin Hatch and then-Chairman James F. Sensenbrenner, respectively. In addition, Mr. Volkov served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legislative Affairs of the U.S. Department of Justice and as a trial attorney in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division.
Michel Teughels
Innovation & Strategy Manager
ExxonMobil
Biography coming soon…
Mike Gall
Director, Sales Engineering
Black Kite
Mike is an accomplished business leader successfully creating and scaling practices in risk management, software quality assurance, and digital accessibility. Mike leads our solution engineering team to connect practitioners, engineers, executives, and thought leaders at the intersection of Cyber Security and Risk Management.
Mihaela Breg
Head of Operational Resilience & Third-Party Oversight
Europe Arab Bank
Mihaela Breg has more than 19 years of experience spanning across retail, commercial, private, corporate and investment banking. Mihaela has a track record of operating in highly complex and regulated environments at a global level (in the Eurozone, the UK and the US). Over the years, Mihaela was involved in leading the successful delivery of various oversight and change programmes leading up to the current role as Head of Operational Resilience & Business Transformation for Europe Arab Bank in London (part of the Arab Bank Group). This role leads also the oversight activities of third party and intra-group outsourcing engagements for the organisation. Being a proactive leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, in the past she combined her corporate skills with FinTech experience in the start-up environment. Mihaela became a co-author of The PayTech Book published in January 2020 (the first globally crowd-sourced book focused on the future of finance and payments revolution) and a contributor for The AI Book published in May 2020 (the first globally crowd-sourced book on the application of AI across financial services).
Neil Stevenson
Head of Supplier & Contract Management
Aegon
Biography coming soon…
Orlando Fernández Ruiz
Senior Technical Specialist, Governance & Remuneration Team Prudential Policy Directorate
Bank of England
Biography coming soon…
Paul McLaughlin
Head of Controls Transformation
Costain
Paul has over 15 years of experience leading risk and audit teams across diverse global industries including biomedical research, logistics and heavy industry such as Utilities and Oil and Gas. Recently serving as the Head of Risk and Compliance at The Francis Crick Institute and currently the Head of Controls Transformation at Costain PLC, he specialises in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), controls assurance, internal audit and third-party risk mitigation.​ Throughout his career, he has built a proven track record as a trusted advisor to senior executives and international stakeholders building end-to-end enterprise and supplier risk management frameworks as well as managing both internal and third party audit programmes.
Ratul Ahmed
Global Head of Model Risk Management & Validation
Commerzbank AG
As the Group Head of Model Risk Management & Validation, Ratul is responsible for overseeing the identification, assessment, and mitigation of model risks within one of German’s largest banks. Ratul has deep background in risk management and considerable understanding of financial and statistical models.
Ratul’s career spans 25 years in the financial industry and she has held a variety of leadership positions in the Risk Management space. Ratul has broad banking sector expertise and is adept in leading transformational projects. Ratul is passionate about assembling and leading high-performing teams, fostering strong relationships, and building trust to create sustainable organisations that can handle future disruption.
Rachael Elliot
Director of Global Strategy & Innovation
DRI International (Disaster Recovery Institute)
As the Group Head of Model Risk Management & Validation, Ratul is responsible for overseeing the identification, assessment, and mitigation of model risks within one of German’s largest banks. Ratul has deep background in risk management and considerable understanding of financial and statistical models.
Ratul’s career spans 25 years in the financial industry and she has held a variety of leadership positions in the Risk Management space. Ratul has broad banking sector expertise and is adept in leading transformational projects. Ratul is passionate about assembling and leading high-performing teams, fostering strong relationships, and building trust to create sustainable organisations that can handle future disruption.
Rohit Nag
Group Head of TPRM
Bupa
Rohit runs the KPMG UK third party and outsourcing risk practice and is an ex-UK regulator. As a regulator he led supervisory reviews on Third Party Risk and understands the regulatory expectations in great depth and the challenges most banks face in compliance. Since joining KPMG Rohit has supported multiple financial clients to uplift and transform their TPRM frameworks processes and operating model
Ronan Levelle
Director, Black Kite International
Black Kite (Moderator)
Ronan Lavelle leads EMEA at Black Kite, drawing on a career spent at the vanguard of cyber risk quantification and adversarial exposure validation. A seasoned tech founder, Ronan previously built and exited the offensive security platform Validato and established one of Black Kite’s foremost global channel partnerships. Based in the UK, he pairs commercial acumen with rigorous domain insight, holding an MBA and BA (Hons) from Newcastle University.
Sajid Iqbal
Head of Financial Risks & ICAAP
Habib Bank AG Zurich, UAE
Sajid Iqbal is Head of Financial Risks and ICAAP at Habib Bank AG Zurich, UAE, where he leads market, liquidity, treasury, model risk, cyber & fraud risks and capital planning under CBUAE and FINMA supervision. He brings a practitioner’s lens to capital and risk governance, translating regulatory complexity into decisions boards and risk committees can actually use. He has built his reputation on a capital and supervisory lens that goes beyond compliance recap: how risk frameworks translate into real P&L impact, real capital cost, and real decisions under pressure. He speaks and writes on capital frameworks, model risk, and the realistic limits of AI in financial risk management. Sajid is known for challenging consensus thinking with a practitioner’s grounding rather than theory.
Samikendra Ghosh
Global Head of Third Party Risk Management (TPRM)
Howden
Sam Ghosh is Global Head of Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) at Howden Insurance, with a risk management career spanning over two decades at multinational financial services firms, including HSBC. He brings deep experience leading third-party and operational risk management programs at scale, having worked across both 2nd line risk oversight and 1st line operational delivery. He brings with him a distinctive, hands-on perspective on navigating operational resilience, regulatory compliance,and data-driven risk transformation.
Sean Wright
Head of Oversight Operational Risk (Third Party Risk & Operational Resilience) | Operational Risk Oversight | Risk Function
Nationwide Building Society
Sean Wright is a senior Operational Risk Oversight professional in the UK financial services sector with expertise spanning operational resilience, third-party risk management and AI. He is currently the Group Head of Operational Risk Oversight at Nationwide Building Society where he provides independent oversight and challenge across these critical and often intersecting areas. Prior to moving into risk oversight, Sean held legal roles both in-house at Nationwide and in private practice, giving him a unique perspective on the intersection between legal, regulatory, and operational risk. Sean is known for his pragmatic, outcome-focused approach and his ability to join the dots to support resilient outcomes.
Shamial Afzal
Global TPRM Leader
Beazley
Shamial Afzal, MCIPS, is a recognised leader in supplier management, third-party risk and operational resilience, with over 30 years’ experience across insurance, banking and investment management. A regular international speaker and founder of e-Crystal, he is passionate about helping organisations harness AI responsibly to strengthen governance, improve supplier intelligence and build more resilient third-party ecosystems.
Stuart Barnett
CyberSec Consultant/Deputy Director GRC
BlueVoyant
Stuart Barnett is Deputy Director of BlueVoyant’s UK professional services team, specialising in general cyber security consulting and threat‑led cyber risk management. With a specialist interest in cyber threat intelligence and third party risk, Stuart has led major cyber security engagements across multiple clients including government, financial services, and defence, building on senior consulting roles at Deloitte and BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.
With a foundation of knowledge gained during a period in military intelligence, Stuart’s industry experience also includes working in Nomura’s IT Security Team and as a cyber researcher within the Home Office’s Critical National Infrastructure group amongst others. At BlueVoyant, Stuart supports clients in strengthening resilience across their supply chains, steering the development and delivery of expert cyber consulting services helping organisations stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.
Teresa Burton
Supplier Risk Management
CRC Group
Teresa is a Third-Party Risk and Resilience Strategist with more than 25 years of experience in financial services and regulated industries. She has built and led third-party risk and governance programs designed to address evolving risk exposures, strengthen regulatory oversight, and enhance enterprise resilience. She has advised dozens of early-stage companies on foundational governance, risk, and compliance to meet financial industry vendor oversight requirements.
Teresa focuses on advancing practical, scalable approaches to third-party oversight that emphasize continuous intelligence and mutual resilience.
Terri Duhon
Board Member
Wise and Rathbones
Keynote Speaker, Risk, Culture and Reinvention Expert, Terri Duhon went from a Math degree at MIT to a derivative trader at JPMorgan on Wall Street then on to become an entrepreneur and author. She spent 10 years on the board of Morgan Stanley International, 5 years on the board of CHAPS Co (the UK high value payment system) and is now a board member and Risk Chair for Wise plc (a global Nasdaq Fin Tech) and Rathbones (a FTSE 250 UK Wealth Manager). She is also a frequent guest lecturer at the LSE and Oxford University on Fin Tech, AI and Financial Markets where she was an Associate Fellow for the Said Business School for 8 years.
Terri Duhon went from a Math degree at MIT to a derivative trader at JPMorgan on Wall Street then on to become an entrepreneur and author. She spent 10 years on the board of Morgan Stanley International, 5 years on the board of CHAPS Co (the UK high value payment system) and is now a board member and Risk Chair for Wise plc (a global Nasdaq Fin Tech) and Rathbones (a FTSE 250 UK Wealth Manager).
Vassiliki Ntoupi
Senior Director, Outsourcing Officer
Piraeus Bank
Biography coming soon…
Verity Billson
Group Head – Third Party Operations
Experian
Verity Billson is Group Head of Third Party Operations at Experian, where she leads the third-party risk function across multiple regions.
With experience across financial services, retail and manufacturing, Verity has spent her career helping organisations strengthen their approach to supplier and third-party risk management. She is passionate about making risk management practical, relevant and valuable to the business, with a particular focus on stakeholder engagement, transformation, and sustainable change.
Known for her collaborative approach and ability to connect risk management with business priorities, her session reflects a simple belief: successful risk management depends as much on people as it does on process.