Agenda Day 1, Tuesday, April 21, 2026: (see Agenda Day 2) (back to GRC EMEA Event Summary)
08.30 – Registration and Coffee
09.00 - Opening Remarks from the Chair
09.10 – Keeping up to Date with Regulations and Implementing them into your Risk Landscape
· Catching up to a fast-moving risk and regulatory environment
· Having a dynamic risk landscape strategy
Sholpan Niyazbayeva, Senior Director of Global Security GRC, Delivery Hero SE
Samarth Bhargava, Head of IT Compliance, Delivery Hero SE
09.50 – Organizing Integrity and Social Safety in Academia: TU Delft’s Path from Crisis to Compliance
· How a crisis became a catalyst for structural change
· The limited awareness of compliance within the Dutch integrity landscape
· Building trust in an organization in distress
· Creating the reporting point: to safeguard the integrity of the university
· The journey that led TU Delft to become a recognized Integrity example in Dutch higher education
Marc van der Spek, Business Development, SpeakUp
Juliette Heikens, Advisor Integrity and Social Safety, Technische Universiteit Delft
10.30 – Optimising up an Integrated Governance, Risk and Compliance Function in a Complex Business
· Unleashing the power of diverse skills: one vision, infinite possibilities
· Weaving the GRC carpet: transversal threads
· Hooked from the start: securing active stakeholder participation
· Outside-in: avoiding first line overload
Sandra Kilbourne, VP Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, Amadeus
Sara Aparicio, Global Head of Risk & Corporate Compliance, Amadeus
11.00 – Morning Coffee and Networking
11.30 – From Static Controls to Living Governance: Modernizing Compliance for an AI- Driven Enterprise
· Why today’s governance models are breaking down
· Design compliance that adapts as fast as your architecture
· GRC’s new mandate: resilience, ethics, and digital trust
· Enterprise-wide alignment in multijurisdictional landscape
· Turning compliance into a strategic advantage
Yasmine Abdillahi, Executive Director, Cyber GRC & BISO, Comcast and Sky
12.10 – Jeff Cottle Session
12.40 – From Compliance Data to Compliance Proof: How AI Analytics Is Changing the Conversation with Leadership
Compliance leaders have always had the data. What they've lacked is the ability to turn it into a story — fast enough, clearly enough, and confidently enough to matter in a board or executive team moment. In this session, GAN Integrity explores how AI-powered analytics is fundamentally shifting the compliance function from reporting what happened to demonstrating what's working. We'll show how leading compliance teams are using natural-language analytics and intelligent dashboards to answer executive questions in real time, accelerate audit readiness, and move from describing their program to proving its value. Walk away with a practical view of what modern compliance measurement looks like — and what it takes to get there.
13.20 – Lunch Break
14.20 – Managing Risks & Opportunities Across the Enterprise
· The Enterprise & Business lens from strategy to execution
· Building a connected view where top-down meets bottom-up
· Clarifying objectives by defining roles, governance and framework
Nazif Gulsen, Head of Risk Management – Offshore Wind, Vattenfall
14.50 – Reinventing GRC: Is AI Enabling Smarter, Faster Risk-Informed Decisions?
-The role of Governance, Risk, and Compliance is continually evolving, along with the expectations of boards, regulators, and executive leadership. Today’s Chief Risk and Compliance Officers are expected not only to manage risk, but to enable informed, agile decision-making across the enterprise
-In this session, we will share an executive perspective on how artificial intelligence is reshaping GRC from a traditionally reactive control function into a proactive, strategic capability. Drawing on real-world experience and proven best practices, we will explore how leading organizations are using modern, AI-enabled GRC platforms to simplify complexity, enhance transparency across risk domains, and deliver timely insights to support confident decision, without eroding control.
-Attendees will leave with practical takeaways on how to modernize their GRC programs, strengthen resilience, and position risk and compliance as a trusted partner to the business
Kirsty Hart, Global Head of Risk and Compliance, Archer
15.30 – State-of-the-Art AI Solutions for GRC: A Case Study on Monitoring and Risk Management
· Monitoring generates large and complex data sets, making actionable insights challenging to obtain
· Leveraging the latest AI technologies, data can be analyzed automatically through prompt-driven approaches to uncover meaningful insights
· For Risk Management, our “Everyday Risk Partner” AI Agent fosters a proactive risk-awareness mindset across the organization
Timo Schulte, Head Ethics & Compliance Data Science and Insights, Takeda
Natalie Bobuska, Senior Manager for Data Science and Data Analytics E&C, Takeda
16.00 – Afternoon Break and Networking
16.30 – Practical AI Usage in GRC
· AI as an advanced tool that identifies business and compliance risks based on specific details and generates tailored treatment recommendations
· AI to support effectiveness measurement and assessment of the quality and improvement of the compliance program
Frank Spanier, Head of Enterprise Governance System, DKV Mobility
17.00 – Best Practices and the Use of Data and AI in Compliance/Governance Programs
Susan du Becker, Director Risk & Compliance, Microsoft
17.30 – A Strong Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Strategy
· Dealing with high level of uncertainty and complexity
· Leveraging the full potential of technology, including AI
· Building resilience in the extended enterprise
· Integration with financial steering
· Value of integrated assurance/GRC capabilities
Dr. Harald Hauer, Chief Risk Officer, Verbund
18.00 - Panel Discussion: Better Collaboration between Corporate Risk, Compliance and Audit Functions
Beatriz Bottner, Internal Audit - Global Lead Compliance, TÜV SÜD
Aymen Ben Guirat, Director Internal Control, Essity
Maya Wellig, Head of Global Risk Management, Sunstar Global
Geerte Hesen, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Ferrovial
Kurt Wellens, VP Assurance, TVH
Dragana Radisic, Global Head of Risk & Internal Control, Vestacy
18.30 – Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1
Networking Reception
19.30 - Amsterdam Boat Trip