Jan 2026 PDM – From Frameworks to Field Reality: Making Risk, Audit, and Compliance Work Together
January 10 @ 5:00 pm IST - 7:00 pm IST
Free – ₹1000Wish you a happy new year 2026 and welcome to our first event of this year!
Program Details
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026 Mode: Virtual CPE 2:00 Hours
Agenda:
17:00 - 17:15: Virtual Networking 17:15 - 17:18: Welcome by ISACA Chennai Chapter Director Programs 17:20 – 17:30: Chapter Updates & Speaker Introduction 17:30 - 18:50: Session on "From Frameworks to Field Reality: Making Risk, Audit, and Compliance Work Together" by Naresh Kumar, CEO, Risk Hawk 18:50 - 19:00: Questions and closing note
Session Synopsis:
Despite mature frameworks and regulatory guidance, many organizations continue to struggle with siloed ERM, Internal Audit, Compliance, and Third-Party Risk functions, leading to fragmented visibility and limited decision-useful insights.
This practitioner-led session will focus on:
- Why well-designed risk and audit frameworks often fail at the execution layer
- How leading organizations are integrating risk, controls, KRIs, incidents, audits, and action tracking into a single governance narrative
- Practical lessons on what to automate, what should remain judgement-driven, and common pitfalls to avoid
- How Internal Audit and Risk functions can move from periodic assurance to continuous risk intelligence
The session will primarily emphasize knowledge sharing and real-world practitioner insights, with a short, contextual demo toward the end to illustrate how such integrated execution can be practically enabled through technology.
Speaker Profile:
Mr. Naresh Kumar, CEO, Risk Hawk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/naresh-kumar-57282218/
Naresh Kumar is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in Risk Advisory, Internal Audit, Compliance, and Third-Party Risk Management across India, the Middle East, and APAC. He has held leadership roles with firms such as EY, Grant Thornton, BDO, and Genpact, and has led large-scale governance and assurance engagements across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors.
Currently, he is the CEO of Risk Hawk, where he focuses on translating governance frameworks into practical, scalable execution models using technology, with a strong emphasis on outcome-driven risk management.
