Meet the 25+ Global Leaders Speaking at the GRC Summit London 2026

Introduction

The 14th edition of the industry's premier governance, risk, and compliance conference returns to London this June with an exceptional speaker roster united by a single defining theme: The Power of AI and Resilience.

Across two days at the Royal Garden Hotel on June 2–3, hundreds of C-suite executives and GRC practitioners will hear from Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Audit Executives, and senior governance leaders from some of the world's most heavily regulated sectors. From banking and financial services to energy, technology, and healthcare, these speakers bring frontline expertise in managing operational resilience, regulatory transformation, and the emerging governance challenges of AI-first organizations.

The Confirmed Speaker Roster Includes:

Keynote Speaker: Parmy Olson, award-winning Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author of the 2024 FT Business Book of the Year, "Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World”, will anchor the Summit's conversation around artificial intelligence and organizational resilience.

Banking & Financial Services Leaders

Libby Denchfield, GRC Chief Platform Officer and Head of GRS & Transformation for OTCR, at Standard Chartered, brings more than 25 years of expertise in managing non-financial risks and strategic change across the financial sector.

Patrick Simonnet, Chief Audit Executive, at Bank of China USA, leads internal audit strategy in a critical gateway for international financial flows.

Sakari Lehtinen, Chief Audit Executive, at OP Pohjola in Finland, brings 25 years of internal audit expertise and a keen focus on risk-based auditing, data analytics, and AI-driven compliance innovation.

Terri Duhon, an accomplished Board Director and Risk Chair at Wise, Rathbones, and Morgan Stanley International, brings board-level perspective on governance

Jacob Holmehave, Head of Group Risk Office at Nordea, steers one of Europe's largest banking transformations.

Lucy da Piedade, Head Group Controls Office at Deutsche Bank, sets global risk and control standards for non-financial risks in the first line of defense.

Benjamin Rowsell, Head of Enterprise and Operational Risk at Nationwide Building Society, represents the next generation of integrated risk management leadership.

Neil Donnelly, Group Chief Compliance Officer at Allied Irish Banks, drives regulatory compliance, conduct risk, and governance strategy amid evolving regulations and technology, and speaks to the challenges of building compliant operations at a global scale.

Kishan Majithia, Executive Director at JP Morgan Chase, leads Cyber & Technology Risk GRC strategy, leveraging NIST, ISO 27001, and automation for resilient, data-driven assurance.

Risk and Resilience Practitioners

Jacob Holmehave, Head of Group Risk Office, Nordea, oversees Nordea's transformational Integrated Risk Management Application (IRMA), a large-scale digital and cultural transformation reshaping how the organization approaches risk management and compliance across its operations.

Nathan Jones, VP Audit - Center of Excellence at Shell, drives risk remediation, GRC, and technology projects across banking, investment, and energy sectors, and leads audit innovation in the energy sector.

Ben Rowsell, Head of Enterprise and Operational Risk at Nationwide Building Society, sets risk frameworks, oversees application, and delivers insights across three lines of defense.

Keith Davies, Group Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Admiral Group Plc, leads risk, compliance, and resilience with expertise from M&G, Prudential, and global banks, and brings operational resilience insights from insurance and retail banking, respectively

Technology, Compliance, and Ethics at Scale

Samer Jannoun, Head of Regional Ethics & Compliance at Meta, represents the unique challenges of building ethical governance in technology's largest platforms. His work on compliance frameworks for social media and digital platforms offers a critical perspective on emerging regulatory paradigms.

Simon Turner, Head of Security Governance & Compliance at BT Group, tackles cybersecurity governance at a telecommunications scale.

Thoralf Knuth, Chief Data Protection Officer at Bosch, brings manufacturing and industrial sector expertise to data protection and privacy-first compliance.

International and Sector-Specific Expertise

Imad Aldhfiri, Chief GRC Officer at Aramco Digital, builds integrated GRC frameworks for enterprise risk, compliance, cybersecurity, and digital resilience in the energy sector, and brings a Middle Eastern energy-sector perspective on integrated governance frameworks at enterprise scale.

Janos Kuhn, Global Head of Compliance & Business Integrity at VOIS, drives AI-powered compliance strategies for anti-bribery, third-party risks, and global integrity across 30+ markets. Fabien Robichon, Head of Compliance Analytics and Innovation at Zurich Insurance Group, represents the insurance sector's evolving approach to data-driven compliance and analytics-first risk management.

Tetiana Isaieva, Head of Compliance EEMEAIS at Roche, brings life sciences and healthcare sector expertise on governance in highly regulated pharmaceutical and diagnostics environments.

Marta Luaces Calpe, Head of Audit Europe, LATAM & Africa at AXA, leads 200+ auditors across 29 countries in internal audit, SOX, fraud, and quality management. She represents the regional audit leadership in multinational enterprises.

Sophie Dupré-Echeverria, Head of Group Risk & Compliance, International at AustralianSuper, drawing on experience at UBS, Barings, and Schroders, works with senior leadership to align risk strategies with business goals to enhance corporate governance.

Marta Majtenyi, Director of the Information Security Office at Norsk Hydro, strengthens cybersecurity, IT governance, risk, and compliance for critical infrastructure resilience, bringing energy sector and information security governance experience.

Leticia Lucas, Head of Internal Audit at the European Stability Mechanism, brings 20+ years of audit expertise across the public and private sectors, and offers a unique perspective on governance and financial stability frameworks.

Workshop Trainers

Beyond keynotes, the Summit offers two intensive two-hour workshops to equip practitioners with actionable blueprints:

Michael Rasmussen, globally recognized as the "Father of GRC" and founder of GRC 20/20 Research, will lead an intensive workshop on GRC 7.0 – GRC Orchestrate, exploring how AI transforms governance from a reactive discipline into enterprise-wide intelligent orchestration

Manoj Kulwal, Chief Risk & AI Officer at RiskSpotlight, will deliver a practical workshop on embedding AI across core risk activities, unpacking where generative and agentic AI add real value, and introducing the Top 10 Emerging AI Risks every risk leader needs to address in 2026.

What Makes This Year Different

The 2026 Summit convenes at a pivotal moment. AI adoption in GRC is moving from pilot to production. Regulatory frameworks, from the EU AI Act to DORA and NIS2, and evolving governance standards are crystallizing. Organizations face simultaneous pressures to innovate, comply, and build resilience against unprecedented risks.

This speaker roster reflects the real landscape these leaders navigate daily. They are not academics or consultants discussing GRC in the abstract; they are practitioners building integrated governance programs, managing transformation at scale, and making hard trade offs between innovation and control in their organizations.

Join us at the GRC Summit 2026 in London

Reserve your spot for two power-packed days of insights, networking, and practical takeaways from the leaders shaping global governance, risk, and compliance. Join us at the Royal Garden Hotel, London, June 2–3.

Register now for GRC Summit London 2026.