Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland
Creative, innovative, commercial and pragmatic Risk & Assurance Director with extensive experience of establishing, developing and transforming Internal Audit, Risk management, Compliance and Business Integrity departments. Wide-ranging international experience, including: - leading major transformation programmes - assuring global change projects - leading complex / sensitive investigations - enhancing organisations' risk management capabilities - delivering high-impact communications, engagement, and training programmes Excellent communicator with advanced skills in negotiation.
Advising Boards and Executives on the development and implementation of effective corporate governance, risk management, business integrity, and internal control frameworks. Including: - providing investigation support, root cause analysis, and remedial actions to a large corporate following a significant financial misstatement; - implementing a corruption prevention framework for a large corporate operating in high-risk countries; - advising a UK-based company on the implementation of leading-edge risk management techniques - training the audit team of a large financial services company in how to make "difficult conversations" productive - advising a leading higher education institution on establishing an internal audit function - advising a leading independent oil & gas company on its decommissioning programme
• Designed & implemented a Regulatory Compliance Framework, ensuring appropriate controls were in place to guarantee the completeness and accuracy of performance reporting submitted to OFGEM; • Established a Business Integrity function, which significantly advanced the company’s approach to fraud & corruption risk management. The function comprehensively assessed these risks across the business, used data analytics to highlight “red flags”, delivered "best-in-class" communications & training, and professionalised our approach to investigations; • Established the Data Protection Office and oversaw the company's response to GDPR. An independent, external review concluded there were no significant gaps to compliance with the regulations; • Led a team of 26 staff to deliver a complex internal audit plan, covering strategic, operational, financial, compliance, and project risks.