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
09.20 – 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
10.00 – 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
10.40 – Morning Coffee and Networking
11.20 – 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
12.00 – 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
12.40 – A Pragmatic Approach to M&A Compliance Diligence
Georgia Albert, Chief Compliance Officer, DaVita International
13.10 – Lunch Break
14.10 – 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
14.50 – 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
15.30 – Best Practices and the Use of Data and AI in Compliance/Governance programs
Susan du Becker, Director Risk & Compliance, Microsoft
16.10 – Afternoon Coffee and Networking
16.40 – 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, Director, Head of Global Risk Management, Sunstar Global
Geerte Hesen, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Ferrovial
17.20 – Extra session
18.00 – Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1
Networking Reception