Callum Bright, Director, PwC UK Enterprise Risk Management Leader

Callum is a Director in PwC's Risk & Resilience team and leads the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) practice. He has extensive experience in leading the delivery of complex  risk, control and resilience projects to a wide range of FTSE 100, and other large multinational clients, in addition to a range of public sector organisations. Recent engagements include designing and implementing ERM frameworks, running global maturity assessments, shaping risk  appetite statements and KRIs, and delivering risk management training to Boards, Executives and business leadership. Callum has also acted as a seconded Head of Risk / Risk Director for several clients, and is currently working with  a wide range of businesses to help them embed AI within their risk and control approaches. Over the last two years he has also led projects with the Boards and Execs of a number of listed businesses to support the development of their Material Control approach and  methodology following the 2024 changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code. Callum is a regular speaker on a broad range of ERM topics and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant with ICAEW.

Ann Brook, Director of Knowledge & Learning, Chartered IIA

Ann has been working in the internal audit and related professions for over 25 years and became a Head of Internal Audit in a large Building Society in 2009. Since then, she worked in Risk Management and various governance roles, and held multiple appointments as Board, Council and Audit Committee member across a range of sectors and industries.

Ann moved into Higher Education in 2013 with the aim to giving more back to the internal audit profession. She was course leader for the only Internal Audit focused degree in the UK and helped develop both the level 4 and level 7 Apprenticeships with the trailblazer group of employees. She subsequently implemented and delivered the level 7 apprenticeship which she grew over 5 years by 700% with great success. 

Ann has been an active volunteer of the Chartered IIA since 2007 and is now Head of Technical Content and Research. She aims to bring her practical and higher education experiences to drive practical support for the internal audit profession.

Richard Chambers, Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit and Former President & CEO of The IIA

Richard Chambers is the CEO of Richard F. Chambers & Associates, a global advisory firm for internal audit professionals, and also serves as Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit at AuditBoard. Previously, he served for over a decade as the President and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), where he led the organization to record global membership and countless milestones. Prior to The IIA, Chambers was national practice leader in Internal Audit Advisory Services at PwC and vice president of The IIA's Learning Center.

David E Clark 

With over forty years of corporate experience in finance and business controls, including heading up an internal investigations team, since 2019 David has been the Chief Compliance and Business Ethics Officer for Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland. He leads on work to reinforce a compliance culture across all Saint-Gobain UK&I businesses, driving the corporate compliance program through strong Principles of Conduct and Action to ensure good corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and business ethics. He is responsible for coordinating investigations to resolve issues reported through the confidential hotline systems, in accordance with the Whistleblowing Policy, as well as continuing to drive an effective counter fraud programme. 

David has had a particular interest in fraud over the last 20 years progressing many cases through both criminal and civil courts, and has been a Director of the Midlands Fraud Forum since 2009. After the Forum initiated a joint research project with the University of Portsmouth, it created an interest which he then followed with a further five years of distance learning through the University’s Centre of Counter Fraud Studies.

As a Certified Fraud Examiner, he has a strong belief in “what gets measured gets done”; he contends every fraud should be reported and is proud to be associated with those in the Fraud Forums, ACFE, International Society of Economic Criminology, and others in the counter fraud community, committed to tackling fraud and economic crime. 

Loredana Ferri Di Fabrizio, Senior Vice President and Senior Audit Manager, Bank of America

Loredana leads global assurance activities across Economic Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering, and broader Financial Crime risks. With more than 20 years of experience in banking, audit, and risk management, she is recognised as an Economic Sanctions Subject Matter Expert with extensive expertise in regulatory remediation, validation, governance, and risk-based assurance.

Loredana has led the design and execution of global audit strategies, complex regulatory validation programmes, and assurance reviews across the UK, EMEA, LATAM, and other international jurisdictions. Her experience includes providing independent assurance over sanctions governance frameworks, screening and filtering controls, sanctions risk assessments, regulatory remediation initiatives, and emerging geopolitical risks.

A published author and frequent speaker on sanctions and financial crime risk, Loredana holds a PhD in Management and Business Administration and maintains several professional certifications, including CIA, CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist), CGSS (Certified Global Sanctions Specialist), and CAFS (Certified Anti-Fraud Specialist). She is passionate about helping internal auditors navigate an increasingly complex geopolitical and regulatory environment through effective risk-based assurance and strategic audit coverage.

She will be sharing her insights on how internal auditors can navigate the increasingly complex sanctions and geopolitical risk landscape.

Sam Haslam, Practice Leader – Risk & Resilience Advisory, Willis Towers Watson

Sam is leader of WTW’s Risk and Resilience Advisory practice, specialising in AI and Technology Risk as well as Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). He is a chartered accountant, certified AI governance professional and holds the IRM’s digital risk management certification. He has 12 years’ practical experience across risk, audit and governance, both in professional services and as a Head of Enterprise Risk and Head of Internal Audit in a UK listed business. 

At WTW Sam helps organisations in sectors including aviation, manufacturing, retail and logistics to understand, analyse and mitigate risks, particularly those relating to AI and technology.

Rachel Higham, PwC Strategic Advisor, PwC's Advisory Council on business resilience, digital transformation and technology partnerships

Rachel is an experienced technology and transformation leader  with more than 30 years of international experience across financial  services, insurance, telecommunications, utilities, media and retail. She has lived and worked across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, giving her a broad perspective on how organisations navigate disruption, complexity and rapidly evolving risk environments. Rachel has held Global Chief Information, Digital and Technology Officer roles at BT, WPP and Marks & Spencer. Most recently, she led the technology recovery at Marks & Spencer following its high profile cyber incident, bringing first-hand experience of crisis response, operational resilience and organisational preparedness. Throughout her career, Rachel has led large-scale digital- transformation, technology operating model redesign and resilience programmes, while advising boards and executive teams on strategic investment, technology risk and transformation. She has 
also served on advisory boards including Google Cloud, IBM, BT, Kyndryl and the British Army.
Rachel now holds a portfolio of Non-Executive Director and Board and Executive Advisor roles, supporting organisations on digital transformation, business resilience, strategic risk and technology 
investment.

Abdul Ikbal, Head of Cyber Presales at Zensec

Abdul Ikbal is Head of Cyber Presales at Zensec and a Senior Ethical Hacker specialising in offensive security and real world attack techniques. Abdul helps organisations understand how modern cyber attacks actually happen, not through theory or vendor slides, but by demonstrating the same methods used in real incidents. Across ethical hacking engagements, his work consistently shows that most breaches begin with people, phone calls and trusted interactions rather than complex technical exploits.

At Zenzero, Abdul leads cyber presales and advisory engagements, working closely with clients and leadership teams to turn technical risk into clear, practical decisions. He is best known for his live hacking demonstrations, where real world attacks are safely recreated to show how social engineering, phishing and AI driven vishing exploit trust, and what is recommended to prevent attacks in the first place.

Justin Jacob, Project Delivery Support

Justin has over 15 years of experience advising and assuring public and private sector infrastructure projects across industrial manufacturing, government, energy and life science sectors across the UK, Australia, Europe and the US.

Stephanie Jones, Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management, Ideagen 

Stephanie is a Certified Internal Auditor and has served as District Advisor for the Midwest Region of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). 

Her 12-year career as an audit practitioner includes managing Sarbanes-Oxley testing, reporting and co-ordination at Compass Minerals, plus several years running teams and projects for insurance companies. 

Stephanie now applies her experience as the Head of Ideagen's Internal Audit and Risk Management platforms. 

Dr Rasha Kassem

Dr Kassem is a senior academic with more than 20 years of experience in higher education and an internationally recognised expert in fraud and financial crime research. She is the Founder and Director of Aston Fraud Research Group (FRG), an interdisciplinary research group that unites academics, practitioners, and policymakers to fight fraud against individuals and organisations across sectors. 
Dr Kassem is also the Founder and Chair of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Anti-Fraud Working Group and serves on the UN PRME Anti-Corruption Steering Committee, contributing to global initiatives that advance integrity, transparency, and responsible management education.

She has authored more than 50 publications on fraud, financial crime, and related areas, with her research contributing to academic debate, professional practice, and public policy. A Certified Practising Accountant (CPA Australia) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Dr Kassem combines academic expertise with extensive professional and policy engagement.

She worked with Cifas for seven years as a consultant specialising in insider fraud and currently contributes to several influential professional and policy forums. She is a member of the UK Government’s Cross-Sector Advisory Group for the Counter Fraud Profession, a member of the Fraud Board for the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Advisory Council in the United States

Alex Krupa, Head of Audit for Technology, Quilter
 
Alex Krupa is Head of Audit for Technology, Change and Corporate Functions at Quilter, a leading UK wealth management business. He leads assurance activities spanning technology, cyber security, data, strategic change and finance, helping the organisation navigate the opportunities and risks arising from digital transformation, emerging technologies and evolving regulatory expectations.
 
Outside of his day role, Alex is actively involved with the ISACA professional community, having served on the Board of the ISACA Winchester Chapter for over a decade, including as Chapter President. ISACA is a globally recognised professional association of over 195,000 members focused on digital trust, technology governance, cyber security, risk and assurance. In this role, Alex supports professional development, knowledge-sharing and industry collaboration across audit, information security, governance and resilience.
 
A strong advocate for innovation in assurance, Alex has a particular interest in artificial intelligence, data analytics and technology-enabled auditing, and regularly engages with executives, boards and industry professionals on cyber, AI and technology risk.

Allan Maund, Vice President, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

Allan is an experienced risk, assurance, and financial crime professional with extensive expertise in fraud prevention, financial crime risk management, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance. As Group Insurance and Financial Crime Manager at Bromford Flagship LiveWest, one of the country's largest housing associations with 125,000 properties. Allan leads initiatives that strengthen organisational resilience, protect assets, and enhance control frameworks across complex business environments.

Beyond his corporate responsibilities, Allan serves as Vice President of the UK Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). In this role, he supports the advancement of the financial crime and anti-fraud profession through knowledge sharing, professional development, and collaboration across industry sectors. He is passionate about promoting best practice and helping organisations respond effectively to evolving financial crime risks

Stephen Maycock, Internal Audit and Risk Management Consultant

Stephen is a highly qualified and experienced academic and practitioner in the fields of internal audit and risk management.

Building on a background of careers covering financial accounting, management accounting, and Information Technology, Stephen has since accumulated more than 30 years of internal audit and risk management experience across a wide spectrum of sectors. His private sector experience is very diverse and includes major financial services organisations, many of which operate internationally. Within the public and not-for-profit sectors, he has worked with many organisations operating in the housing, education, and health sectors in addition to central and local government, in the UK and overseas.

As Head of Internal Audit or Chief Internal Auditor for a number of organisations, Stephen has worked closely with executive and non-executive directors, providing 1:1 coaching and advice in addition to completing formal reviews of board functions, including governance and assurance processes.

Stephen designs and delivers a number of public training courses on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors and delivers bespoke training for organisations that seek the in-house delivery of training.

Arleen McGichen, President, Chartered IIA

Arleen is a qualified Director of Internal Audit and Risk management, with over twenty-three years of experience in audit, assurance and risk management in the insurance, asset management and retail banking sectors. She holds the Chartered Banker and member qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland and also has the Chartered Member qualification from the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors. She also holds qualifications in Investment management and Treasury.

Currently Group Chief Audit Officer for Royal London, she is responsible for leading the Internal Audit proposition and representing the function at executive and board level. She is passionate about Internal Audit and Risk and is a Director on the Council of the CIIA; this role gives her the opportunity to influence the internal audit industry and to advocate for the value internal auditing brings.

Nicole McManus, Partner, PwC UK Financial Services Internal Audit Leader 

Nicole is PwC’s UK Financial Services Internal Audit Leader and has more than 25 years of experience providing internal  audit, external audit and advisory services to financial  institutions. She has over 12 years of experience leading outsourced and co sourced Internal Audit engagements and has acted as Head of Internal Audit for several regulated entities. Her experience includes developing and delivering risk-based Internal Audit plans, managing relationships with regulators and senior  stakeholders, and reporting to executive management and audit committees. Nicole also advises financial services organisations on Internal Audit strategy, governance, quality and transformation. She has led a number of External Quality Assessments, methodology  reviews and methodology transformation programmes for UK and global financial institutions, giving her a strong understanding of the standards expected of leading Internal Audit functions and the evolving role of the profession. Nicole is a Chartered Accountant with ICAS and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (CMIIA).

Shawn Parry, Project Delivery Lead

Shawn brings over 25 years of experience leading high-profile initiatives across Canada and the UK. His expertise encompasses establishing and reviewing governance arrangements, including delivering projects and programmes at scale.

Across the public sector, Shawn spent over a decade as a senior leader, spearheading complex policy and regulatory reforms, designing funding programmes, and leading large-scale programme transformations across the build environment. 

James Patterson, Founder, Risk & Assurance Insights (RiskAI)

James was Chief Audit Executive at AstraZeneca from 2002 to 2009, having previously held senior corporate and commercial finance roles, including Head of Group Financial Reporting.

In 2010, he founded a consulting business focused on internal audit consulting, training, and coaching, with particular expertise in Lean and Agile Auditing, Root Cause Analysis, Risk Assurance Mapping, preparing for EQAs, auditing culture and behavioural risk, and influencing and political savvy.
He has spoken at IIA International Conferences in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2023, and regularly presents and chairs sessions at other IIA events.

James is the author of Lean Auditing (Wiley, 2015) and Beyond the Five Whys (Wiley, 2024), which explores root cause analysis and systems thinking.

Michael Ray, Internal Audit Global Information Officer, Aviva
 
Michael Ray is an Internal Senior Audit Manager at Aviva, leading Performance and Quality activities across Internal Audit, including audit intelligence, functional reporting, risk, governance, communications, systems operations, knowledge management, and audit technology transformation.

A strong advocate for innovation, Michael champions the use of AI, data, and automation to enhance audit effectiveness and deliver greater stakeholder value.

He has led initiatives spanning Copilot adoption and technology-enabled reporting solutions. Michael also plays a key role within Aviva’s Functions Innovation Guild, helping to accelerate innovation, share best practice, and support the future development of digital and AI capabilities

Sarah Vause CMIIA, Founder and Principal Advisor, Sarah Vause Consulting

Sarah Vause CMIIA is the founder of Sarah Vause Consulting, an independent governance, risk and assurance consultancy built around the belief that governance should be designed, not accumulated. Sarah supports organisations and internal audit teams with fractional and co-sourced delivery, additional capacity, training and External Quality Assessments. She also supports wider governance and risk challenges, including ECCTA readiness and complex investigations.

With 20 years' experience in internal audit, risk and assurance across infrastructure, construction, utilities and the public sector, Sarah's most recent executive role was Head of Governance, Risk and Assurance at NG Bailey Group. There, she strengthened audit strategy, planning and reporting and grew the internal audit function's capability to match the demands of a fast growing and complex business. Sarah also led the response to the Failure to Prevent Fraud requirements under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, ahead of the legislation coming into force.

Sarah is experienced in delivering complex audits, overseeing fraud investigations and whistleblowing arrangements, and providing clear, tailored insight to senior stakeholders. She combines professional scepticism with a pragmatic, business-focused approach to strengthen governance, risk management and internal controls.

Sarah holds an MSc in Internal Audit Management and Consultancy and is a board and Audit and Risk Committee member for a housing association.

Dandré Van Niekerk, Consulting Manager, Wolters Kluwer TeamMate
 
Dandré is a Consulting Manager in the Wolters Kluwer TeamMate Professional Services team, with responsibility for leading consultants and supporting the delivery of strategic TeamMate implementations across EMEA. During his 14 years working with TeamMate, Dandré has progressed through consulting, implementation and leadership roles. He has led and supported some of TeamMate’s largest implementations, working with global organisations to design practical solutions aligned with their audit objectives and operating models. Dandré brings extensive experience across internal audit, audit technology, implementation strategy and client delivery.

He has particular expertise in TeamMate Audit and Risk and Compliance, TeamMate Analytics, reporting and integration solutions. As a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Information Systems Auditor, Dandré combines strong audit knowledge with practical technology experience. He is passionate about developing high-performing consulting teams and helping clients achieve lasting value from their investment in TeamMate.

Richard Willshire, Managing Director at Canterfield Risk Management Ltd

Richard is a highly successful and experienced Senior Business Leader, with over 12 years of experience within UK FCA-regulated insurance intermediary firms. 

Richard embeds a deep knowledge of all areas of Governance, Independent Assurance and Control Frameworks with extensive commercial, accounting and financial management.

An expert in delivering internal audit reviews across insurance intermediaries and presenting concise written reports with value and impact. Acute auditing skills homing in on the key risks and control weakness areas driving value through services and market insight to clients.

Richard leads the South and East regional IIA committee and has a passion for the internal audit profession and cultivating successful auditors.

Henry Zhang, Founder, Kaption

Henry is the founder of Kaption, where he deploys technology to help enterprises scale defensible risk assurance. Kaption's systems work inside the risk and audit functions of large multinational enterprises, supporting judgement-based work such as control testing, and the company is collaborating with the FCA on AI use cases for risk assurance.

Before Kaption, Henry delivered digital transformation at Deloitte for financial institutions, UK government, and led product at a venture-backed scale-up, digitising its compliance and audit work. An engineer by training from Imperial College London, he founded Kaption on a conviction: assurance sits at the heart of how organisations earn trust, and the people doing it deserve far better solutions.

Bradley Alexander, Partner, Hanami International

Bradley is one of the founding Partners of Hanami International, one of the global leaders in the governance (internal audit, risk, controls and compliance) recruitment market. Based in London, with a border-less, international team, Hanami has placed over 2,000 people, in over 40 countries. 

Bradley is personally followed by 35,000+ audit, risk and controls professionals globally. He has a strong reputation of credibility in the market through his success of building governance teams for some of the largest, most-respected, and influential businesses worldwide, typically top-to-bottom – from the VP/Director of Audit, all the way to the newly-qualified level. 

Stewart Brown, Head of Internal Audit, Macfarlane Group PLC

Stewart Brown is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors with over 18 years' experience working in internal audit within financial services, practice, and in the commercial sector.   

He was a member of the Institute's Scottish Committee for approximately 12 years and served as its Chairman from 2021 to 2023.  Stewart is currently a member of CIIA’s Aspire Steering Committee, which aims to provide events and support to early career internal auditors.

Stewart is the Head of Internal Audit for Macfarlane Group PLC, the UK’s largest independent distributor of protective packaging materials, where he has worked for the last 10 years.

Tim Buckley, Founder, Beyond the Lines

Tim Buckley is the CEO of INTEGRAL Assurance, a specialist risk advisory firm with a clear mission: to move audit, risk, and controls beyond box-ticking and into the heart of business decision-making.

A qualified accountant (ACA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Tim has built his career helping organisations turn assurance into influence, making risk more human, more practical, and more valuable. His work blends technical rigour with a people-first mindset, challenging leaders to see culture, behaviour, and clarity of communication as the real drivers of resilience.

Tim believes audit teams should be change agents, not checklist guardians, and that the way we pitch to boards and audit committees can make or break our impact. Tim’s sessions are designed to be interactive, memorable, and immediately useful, giving professionals tools they can take back to their organisations the next day.

Karen Connell, Chief Internal Auditor, Paysafe

Karen has 25 years’ experience in financial services, working across Banking, Savings and Investments, and Fintech firms. She is the Chief Internal Auditor for Paysafe, a global payments firm, and prior to that held senior leadership roles including interim Group Chief Auditor for M&G, Chief Internal Auditor for Prudential UK and global Head of Audit for Barclaycard.

She is known for successfully building global teams and has worked in a number of countries, both of which have created a strong focus on soft skills development and cultural awareness.

Karen is the winner of the Inspirational Leader category at the 2026 CIIA Audit & Risk Awards following the significant transformation of the function in her current role and her wider impact on the organisation.  

Karen joined the Chartered IIA Aspire Community in 2026 and is an advocate for supporting early careers auditors and diversity and inclusion across the industry.  

Alex Corbett, Partner, Proteus

Alex has over 20 years’ experience delivering and assuring major change across sectors including financial services, retail, FMCG, advertising, and the public sector. He helps organisations strengthen the way they lead and govern transformation, focusing on people, priorities, risks, and the conditions for success.

Drawing on insights from thousands of change programmes, Alex has developed a specialist focus on supportive project assurance: helping delivery teams and internal audit functions identify issues early, improve collaboration, and increase confidence in project outcomes.

Gayle Corrigan, Founder and Director, HDHR Services

Gayle Corrigan is Founder and Director of HDHR Services, providing practical, people-focused HR support, primarily to small and medium-sized businesses.

With 18 years’ operational and strategic HR experience, Gayle specialises in employee relations and has spent her career working in transport, engineering and scaling SME environments. She understands the realities of fast-moving, highly operational and people-heavy businesses, where compliance, performance and risk really matter.

Gayle supports businesses with most things people-related, from putting HR foundations in place and supporting growth through to complex employee relations and the day-to-day challenges of managing people. She also helps organisations make sure their contracts, policies and processes are fit for purpose and aligned with employment law.

Alongside Sarah Vause, Founder and Principal Advisor of Sarah Vause Consulting, Gayle is co-hosting the interactive workshop Bringing Your Whole Self to Audit.

Jasvinder Deo, Head of Internal Audit and Risk

Jasvinder is the former Head of Internal Audit and Risk at Marks & Spencer, where she led the Group’s independent assurance function, helping to protect the business while supporting its transformation.

She has more than 20 years’ experience across audit, risk and transformation in global retail, FMCG, FTSE and Big Four environments. Previously, Jasvinder was Global Audit and Risk Director at PZ Cussons and spent 13 years at Tesco, where she held senior leadership roles including Group Audit Director and, later, Group Risk and Functional Transformation Director.

Her experience spans developed and emerging markets, building and leading high-performing global teams and working closely with Executive Committees, Audit and Risk Committees and plc boards. 

Jasvinder is also an Audit and Risk Committee member at the British Heart Foundation and a Board Trustee at the Whitehall & Industry Group, where she serves as Deputy Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee.

Peter Elam, Group Head of Internal Audit, National Grid

Peter Elam, CIA, QIAL, CRMA, is Group Head of Internal Audit at National Grid and previously was Group Head of Risk Management and Business Assurance, Anglo American, a position he assumed on joining the company on 1 June 2019.  He is responsible for enterprise risk management, internal audit, ethical business conduct, investigations and insurance globally.

Peter was previously Head of Internal Audit at Novartis, based in Basel, Switzerland, from 2010.

Peter began his career with Shell, where he spent 15 years in positions of increasing responsibility in various countries, latterly as Shell’s CFO in China.

Peter graduated from Oxford University and also studied at McGill University in Montreal and Eötvös Lóránd University in Budapest.  He is a member of the International Internal Audit Standards Board, Council member of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (UK and Ireland), and a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.   

Margaret (Maggie) Honkisz - VP, Corporate Audit, LKQ Corporation
Margaret Honkisz is a senior audit executive with more than 25 years of experience in internal audit, financial controls, governance, and risk management. As Vice President of Corporate Audit at LKQ Corporation, she leads the company’s global audit function, overseeing risk-based audits, IT audit, SOX compliance, advisory services, and investigations across North America, Europe, and India.

Since joining LKQ in 2017, Margaret has held leadership roles of increasing responsibility and now leads a global team of audit professionals supporting the company’s governance, risk management, and internal control objectives. She is responsible for developing and executing LKQ’s global audit strategy, providing independent assurance and strategic insight to executive leadership and the Audit Committee.
Prior to LKQ, Margaret spent 16 years with McDonald’s Corporation in finance, accounting, and internal audit leadership roles, most recently serving as Director, Financial Reporting Controls Internal Audit. She is a recipient of the McDonald’s President’s Award, recognizing the top 1% of employees globally for exceptional performance and leadership.

Margaret is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Elmhurst University. She is an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Adrian Jenkins, Founder and Director, Financial Progression

In 2009, Adrian set up Financial Progression as the first boutique marketing contract compliance specialist to be regulated by a professional accountancy body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. What began as a pioneering move is now the expected standard across the industry.

Under Adrian’s leadership, the firm has delivered financial audits in 40 countries, covering every major marketing services discipline. If a supplier relationship sits within a marketing director’s budget, Adrian and his team have almost certainly audited it.

Financial Progression’s approach reflects Adrian’s core values: work that is thorough, fair and designed to strengthen client–agency relationships by bringing clarity to the financials and contractual terms that matter. His attention to detail has made him a trusted voice for national, regional and global advertisers seeking guidance on transparency and agency financial practices.

Adrian also served as a contract compliance audit lead on ISBAs 2021 Media Services Framework and its 2025 Creative Services counterpart. 

David Khalil, Director, Risk Consulting, EY

David is a Director within EY’s Risk Consulting service line with over 20 years of experience in supporting companies with their Risk and Controls requirements.

With more than 20 years at EY, David has developed extensive experience in guiding clients on internal audit, controls, and SOX implementations/remediation programmes.

Over the last two years, he has focussed on helping clients on their Provision 29 journey in preparation for their upcoming initial declarations in their annual reports as well as co-authored the recent publication with the IIA on Provision 29.

Ben Kaye, Council of Directors, Chartered IIA

Ben is an Internal Audit, Risk and Governance leader with more than 20 years’ international experience across financial services, professional services, consumer products, healthcare and aviation. He has held senior roles including Head of Internal Audit and Director of Internal Controls & Audit, where he has built and revitalised assurance frameworks and led teams through External Quality Assessments and regulatory benchmarking.

A Chartered Internal Auditor and Certified Internal Auditor, Ben also holds the QIAL, CRMA and CISA designations, and is a former examiner for the QIAL qualification. He has presented to executive and board committees in global organisations including Sony, Ericsson, Bupa, Kellogg’s and BDO.

Ben is committed to advancing the profession, ensuring Internal Audit remains innovative, relevant and value-adding in line with the Chartered IIA’s mission and governance principles

Derek Jackson, Integrity360 – UK GRC Practice Lead

Derek is a Chartered Member of the IIA and has over 20 years’ experience leading cyber assurance, risk management, internal audit and regulatory compliance engagements for financial services, public sector and critical infrastructure clients.

Derek’s career spans vCISO and cyber security leadership roles across the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong and wider international markets.  

He currently specialises in translating complex cybersecurity requirements into board-level assurance outcomes and is currently helping clients navigate cybersecurity standards such as Cyber Essentials, Defence Cyber Certification (DCC) and the NCSC’s Cyber Assurance Framework (CAF).  

Adriane Lee, Audit Director, Citi

Adriane is an Audit Director at Citi with over a decade of experience in Global Markets and Client Asset Protection. Specializing in risk, controls, and governance, her work focuses on elevating the strategic impact of internal audit. 

David Lynam, Senior Director, Corporate Audit – Europe, LKQ Corporation

David Lynam is a Chartered Accountant and audit executive with more than 30 years’ experience in internal audit, risk management and corporate governance. He specialises in helping multinational organisations strengthen their control environments, improve governance frameworks and manage emerging operational, technology and regulatory risks.

Since joining LKQ Corporation in 2019, David has held senior global and European audit leadership roles and currently leads Internal Audit and SOX assurance activities across the company’s European operations. He provides independent assurance and strategic insight to executive leadership and Audit Committee stakeholders, while overseeing audits across financial, operational and technology risk areas. Under his leadership, European SOX deficiency rates have been significantly reduced and LKQ achieved the highest possible EQA rating against the Global Internal Audit Standards.

David has pioneered the use of data analytics and artificial intelligence within LKQ’s assurance function, including innovative approaches to SOX testing and risk assessment that have been recognised by external audit partners.

Savannah Montgomery, Manager of Product Solutions, Optro

Savannah Montgomery is a Manager in the Product Solutions team at Optro, where she partners directly with customers to unpack their requirements and demonstrate targeted, purpose-built GRC solutions. 

As a Chartered Accountant (ACA), Savannah brings eight years of dedicated internal audit and assurance experience across leading global financial and professional services institutions.

Prior to joining Optro, she served as an Internal Audit Manager at HSBC, having previously built her career in internal audit roles at Macquarie Group and RSM.

Anjna Moynihan, Director, Internal Audit – Change Oversight and Future State Architecture, HSBC

Anjna is Director of Internal Audit with nearly a decade of experience specialising in the assurance of complex global regulatory and strategic transformation. This includes programmes which cover wide-scale regulatory change/remediation (Basel III, FRTB, IBOR, IRB Models, S166, Group Reporting, CRDVI) and strategic change such as core banking transformations, contact centres, and simplification.

Before moving into Internal Audit, Anjna qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC and then transitioned to investment banking to spend almost ten years delivering large-scale change across investment banking and energy. Her experience includes global accounting subledger implementation, P&L attribution, valuations and reporting systems, working across finance, risk, product control, technology and front-office teams.

Anjna is also Global Co-Chair of Strive, HSBC’s employee network supporting colleagues from lower socio-economic backgrounds and first-generation professionals

Andras Nemeth, Senior IT Audit Manager – Europe, LKQ Corporation
Andras Nemeth is an IT audit, SOX compliance and cyber assurance leader with more than 15 years of experience spanning internal audit, technology risk, governance and controls. He has led global and regional assurance programmes for multinational organisations, with a focus on strengthening technology control environments, enhancing governance and advancing the practical adoption of artificial intelligence within audit and compliance functions.

A Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Advanced in AI Audit (AIAA) professional, Andras is recognised for combining technical expertise with audit leadership. He is currently developing a Digital Audit framework for AI-assisted SOX testing, designed to improve efficiency and assurance coverage while preserving evidence quality and auditor judgement.

Helen O’Hara, Head of Quality Assurance and Risk Management, Deutsche Bank Group Audit. 

Helen works with internal audit leaders to move quality assurance beyond compliance, using insight to strengthen internal audit practice, support continuous improvement and translate emerging risks into practical action.

Helen is particularly interested in the future of internal audit quality and how data, intelligence and the responsible use of AI can enhance assurance without diminishing the professional judgement, independence and accountability on which Internal Audit depends.

David Sooby, Partner, Financial Services, EY

David is a Partner within EY’s Financial Services Process and Controls practice and has extensive experience in supporting financial services firms with their Risk and Controls requirements.

David provides support to a range of financial services firms in both their internal audit functions, but also in supporting their control frameworks. He has acted as Chief Auditor for a range of firms and led the design of control frameworks for firms in the UK and globally.

Since the revised UK Corporate Governance Code has been published, he has supported firms in both revising their control frameworks, but also in assessing their conformance with the new code.

Robert Wegenek, International Legal Consultant, Quarterback Services Ltd

Robert Wegenek is a legal consultant specialising in the advertising and marketing sector. He advises some of the world’s leading advertisers and industry bodies representing their interests on a global basis to ensure that their advertising and media budgets are correctly applied by their service providers.

His background, for many years, was as adviser to the major advertising holding companies (such as WPP, Publicis and Omnicom), specialising in their services agreements with advertisers and related matters of governance.

These days, he works with ISBA (the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers), for whom he has authored their recommended contract templates governing the appointment of media agencies. He has authored ISBA’s recommended contract regulating the use of generative AI by agencies when providing services to advertisers. He also advises the World Federation of Advertisers, for whom he has authored a set of recommended guidelines on the global appointment of marketing agencies.