IRM India Affiliate

IRM's Global Presence

Afghanistan

Albania

Angola

Antigua & Barbuda

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Bahrain

Barbados

Belgium

Belize

Bermuda

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Canada

Cayman Islands

Chile

China

Colombia

Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czechia

Democratic Republic of Congo

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guernsey

Guyana

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

Kenya

Kosovo

Kuwait

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia

Monaco

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palestine

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Saint Martin

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Sint Maarten

Slovakia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

Trinidad & Tobago

Turkey

Turks & Caicos Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Vietnam

Zambia

Zimbabwe

IRM Qualified Professionals are working across the globe in diverse sectors:

India Affiliate Governance Team

The Governance Team is the highest governing authority of the India Affiliate of Institute of Risk Management, vested with the responsibility of working towards IRM's global vision, mission, and strategy. The Governance Team works in conjunction with the global team and other executives who manage the IRM qualifications and examinations. Promoting accountability and integrity in enterprise risk management education, is of paramount importance for the Governance Team.

Hersh Shah, SIRM

Chief Executive Officer

IRM India Affiliate
Chair – IRM Global – India Regional Group

Hersh Shah, a Commerce Graduate from Mumbai University (H.R. College of Commerce & Economics), is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and an alumnus of IIM-Bangalore. He is a Technical Specialist elected by the Institute of Risk Management, UK. He has over 11 years of experience in audit and assurance, risk management, consulting and corporate finance including structuring of strategic alliances & partnerships with specific focus in the education sector.

Hersh was previously associated with KPMG Risk Consulting where he worked on many enterprise risk consulting assignments. Hersh was also selected amongst the 'Top 6' of the firm as part of the Ideas for Innovation Initiative by the CEO's Office at KPMG India. He has travelled extensively to South Africa, USA, UK, China and the Middle East for his professional assignments. Post KPMG, he also helped in setting up an entrepreneurship business school in Mumbai. He was also one of the 450 people to be selected in 2014 for a social entrepreneurship train journey across India which helped him decipher rural and semi-urban India. Hersh also setup a microfinance NBFC within a large FS group where he scaled up the portfolio to over 100+ crores leading a team of 250+ people across India.

Hersh has delivered sessions in Enterprise Risk Management for over 7000+ students across India in the area of risk management since the age of 21.

Sanjay Himatsingani

Director, Training & Business Development
Institute of Risk Management, UK

Strategic Advisory Board Member – IRM India Affiliate

Sanjay Himatsingani works with clients to ensure that everyone from the CEO to the front-line team have the knowledge and skills necessary for the organisation to improve their Risk Maturity and embed risk management. Through programmes of individual workshops and long-term learning and development plans, organisations become more proactive in managing risks, employees become more engaged, and teams become more productive. Sanjay has extensive experience working with a number of national and multi-national businesses within the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

As a seasoned learning and development consultant, he combines his years in the business and training worlds into developing bespoke and tailored programmes for organisations globally. Clients include Barclays Bank, UBS, Saudi Aramco, BP, Network Rail, General Medical Council, NHS, Ministry of Defence, National Grid, Prudential and Ecclesiastical.

Carolyn Williams

Director, Corporate Relations
Institute of Risk Management, UK

Strategic Advisory Board Member – IRM India Affiliate

Carolyn Williams is Director of Corporate Relations at the Institute of Risk Management. She is responsible for engaging with potential members, corporate partners, employers and others to communicate the importance of risk management, competency and professional development and the role of the IRM. In her 13 years at IRM she has also been responsible for technical development and thought leadership projects.

Before joining IRM she worked for Lloyd’s of London for many years, most recently as Head of Training and Communication for the risk management team, during which time she took the IRM Diploma examinations. Carolyn represents IRM on various bodies including the Advisory Board of the Cambridge University Centre for Risk Studies. She studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University and is a Chartered Insurance Risk Manager and a Certified Member of the Institute of Risk Management.

Regional Group

The IRM India Regional Group is an extension of the activities pursued by the IRM India Affiliate. The group, through the Chair and Deputy Chairs, aims to expand IRM’s global risk community by advancing and generating value for the ERM profession in India with the highest standards of ethics, education, research and knowledge that improves outcomes for organisations through our qualified students and members.

Sunder Natarajan, CMIRM

Chief Compliance and Risk Officer

India First Life Insurance
IRM Level 4 Qualified

Sunder Natarajan is the Chief Compliance & Risk Officer of IndiaFirst Life Insurance. In his five-year long association with IndiaFirst Life Insurance, Natarajan has led the Bancassurance distribution strategy for the company and helped build an integrated Bancassurance model with the partner banks. In a career spanning 25 years, Sunder has worked in the Insurance industry for two decades. He has proven excellence across diverse functions including Sales, Customer Service, Strategy, Bancassurance, Customer Retention, Operations, Quality, Business planning, Training, Communication & Governance.

Sunder holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Madras and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He completed an Accelerated Leadership Programme from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is a Certified Member of the Institute of Risk Management (CMIRM).

Santosh Kumar, SIRM

National Leader

Deloitte India for Strategy & Brand Risk and Sustainability Services.

He is a Governance, Risk and Controls Advisory professional with over 27 years of experience in Corporate Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, Process Transformation and NextGen Controls. Santosh has extensive experience in leading assignments relating to Development and Roll-out of ERM Frameworks; Review, Reassessments and Refresh of ERM Frameworks; Risk Culture Assessments and Crisis Management. His expertise spans industry verticals ranging from E-commerce, Technology, Consumer, Hospitality and Life-Sciences to Government and Public Sector. He has worked extensively with boards and senior leadership teams in multinational corporations and advised them on Governance & Regulatory framework, its implementation and related change management.

Santosh is an active speaker at various Risk Management forums in the country. He was member of the empowered committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and played a role in framing the standards for Internal Audit in India. Santosh has also contributed to the technical guide for audit of internal controls in India as per the Indian Companies Act 2013 requirements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also a regular speaker at industry associations and other professional fora on matters related Corporate Governance and Risk Management.

Rama Warrier, CFIRM

Promoter at Conzulting

Previously Managing Partner at Infosys Consulting
IRM Level 5 Qualified

Rama Warrier runs an independent management consultant practice which provides consulting and advisory services to several large corporates in technology and financial services, in India and abroad. He is also engaged in developing fintech solutions, using Blockchain and AI, in collaboration with specialized companies. Prior to his present venture, Warrier held the position of Managing Partner of Infosys Consulting. During his decade-long stint with Infosys, he has been advisor to large transformation programs of corporates in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia.

His primary focus has been initiatives related to risk and insurance. Warrier has been an active contributor to journals and conferences on topics related to ERM, Solvency regulations, technology etc. His articles have been published in Best’s Review, The Actuary, InfoRM, Asia Insurance Review and Economic Times, to name a few. Warrier holds a bachelor’s degree in Technology. He qualified as a Certified Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management (CFIRM) in the year 2005. He also holds an Advanced Diploma (ACII) of the Chartered Insurance Institute UK and is an elected Fellow of Insurance Institute of India.

Strategic Advisory Board

Our Strategic Advisory Board is a formally constituted group of independent leaders who provide high quality, objective advice for the development of a global risk community in India. It has been established to function as a think-tank for IRM and provide expertise to develop insights that drive impact.

Paul Sobel

Chairman

COSO - Committee of Sponsoring Organisations (USA)

Michele Wucker

CEO

Gray Rhino & Company (Chicago)

Mehul Shah

Managing Director

Encube Ethicals Private Limited

Dhanpal Jhaveri

Vice-Chairman

Everstone Capital Group

Shailesh Haribhakti

Chairman

Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates

Prabha Thomas

VP & Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Ashutosh Mishra

Chief Risk Manager

NABARD
(Ministry of Finance, Government of India)

Dinesh Kanabar

CEO

Dhruva Advisors

Richard Lukacs

Specialist - Global Risks and Geopolitical Agenda at the World Economic Forum (WEF)

Norman D. Marks

CPA, CRMA

Author, Speaker, Thought Leader OCEG Fellow, Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management

KBS Manian

Group Chief Risk Officer & Head of IA

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

Geethy Panicker

Head of Enterprise Risk

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), Singapore

V. Swaminathan

Head of Corporate Audit & Assurance

Godrej Industries Limited

Jyoti Ruparel

Enterprise Risk Leader

Genpact

Alessandro Giuliani

Managing Director

SDA Bocconi Asia Center

Kartikeya Nath, SIRM

Chief Risk Officer

Jindal Steel & Power Limited

Arup Chakraborty

Executive Director & Group Head of Internal Audit

RP Sanjiv Goenka Group

Amit Sharma

Head of Corporate Risk and Insurance Management - SAARC & Vietnam

Bosch Group

Dr. Ranjini Krishnaswamy

Veteran Academician

Dr. Shashank Shah

SAI Fellow ’17

Harvard University

Sachin Jain

Sr Advisor – South Asia

Cintana Education
(Global higher education provider in partnership with Arizona State University)

Venkatesh S, SIRM

Head of Risk, Internal Control and Investor Relations
(Regional Hub South Asia)

Siemens Limited

Prof. Arnab Kumar Laha

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Specializations: Data Analytics, Quality Management and Risk Management

Manoj Agarwal

Head of Internal Audit & Risk Management

Metro Brands Limited

Delzad Jivaasha

Associate Vice President – Enterprise Risk Management

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited

Prabir Jha

Founder

Prabir Jha People Advisory

Rui Bastos

EMEA Risk Head

Ernst & Young

Mentorship Board

The Corporate Mentorship Board brings a 360-degree perspective of risk management to practice. Focusing on academic and sector specific aspects of risk management, our mentors’ expertise will reap benefits for the future generation of risk professionals.