XLoD Global - Singapore in numbers

50+

Expert Speakers

200+

Delegates

1

Day of Networking and Benchmarking

58+

Sessions

Connecting Non-Financial Risk Practitioners across the 3 Lines of Defense In APAC

XLoD Global is coming to Asia for the first time this September, bringing together over 200 executives managing non-financial risks across the 3 lines of defense, including COOs, Heads of 1st Line Risk & Control, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, and Heads of Internal Audit at the region’s largest banks.

The event is attended by industry leaders in charge of managing non-financial risk and compliance at the world’s systemically important banks, the region’s largest financial institutions, and their regulators. Participants attend to debate the latest emerging risks, regulatory expectations and best practice across topics including regulatory risk, market abuse, employee mis-conduct and their firms' culture as well as leveraging technology in automation, data analytics and ML/AI.
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Speakers include:

Frankie Shuai

Frankie Shuai

APAC CISO

DWS Group

Alex Sim

Alex Sim

Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer

UOB Private Wealth

Micky Bhansali

Micky Bhansali

Managing Director, Global Head of Audit Technology & Operations

Standard Chartered Bank

Natalie Thinnakone

Natalie Thinnakone

Managing Director, Commodity Markets & Finance Business Operational Risk

Macquarie

Fatema Bookwala

Fatema Bookwala

Managing Director & COO Markets and Securities Services ASEAN

HSBC

Patrick Lee

Patrick Lee

CEO, Singapore and ASEAN

Standard Chartered Bank

Saurabh Bhatnagar

Saurabh Bhatnagar

Managing Director, APAC Head of Operational Risk & Group Functions Compliance

UBS

Joel Cook

Joel Cook

Managing Director, Head Compliance Client Coverage and ASEAN / South Asia

Standard Chartered Bank

Kathleen Britain

Kathleen Britain

Managing Director, Wholesale Banking, WCOO and Global Cost Performance, South & South East Asia

HSBC

Howard Davis

Howard Davis

Former Managing Director, Head of FM Conduct and Surveillance

Fei Fang Ong

Fei Fang Ong

Regional Surveillance Head

CIMB

Rohit Mangla

Rohit Mangla

Managing Director, Global Head of Investment Compliance & Monitoring

Fidelity International

When & Where

Wednesday 24 September 2025

Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956
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Come away with:

  • Insights into how the world's leading institutions are overcoming the biggest challenges & risks
  • A preview of where regulatory requirements are headed in the future
  • Discover ways your institution can take a more intelligent approach to the identification and management of non-financial risk
  • Benchmark your non-financial risk practices against your peers
  • The latest technological and strategic thinking from the leading consultants and technology vendors serving this sector

We'll cover:

Plenary sessions on:

  • Managing the Expansion of Non-Financial Risks Across the APAC region
  • The APAC Regulators' Debate: Understanding the Regional Regulatory Landscape
  • Effectively Integrating AI and Driving Innovation in Risk & Controls

Breakout streams discussing:

  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • 1st Line Risk & Control
  • Market Abuse Surveillance

What your industry colleagues think of XLoD Global

Good event, interesting mix of participants and speakers.
Darren Sirr Global Head Of Surveillance, BNY Mellon
XLoD offers new insights, make new connections and reconnect. It is well organised, has great facilitators and interesting speakers.
Birthe Mester Managing Director, Global Head of Behavioural Insight & Culture Change, Deutsche Bank
XLoD is a unique opportunity to benchmark ones operation, and mental models with industry peers.
Konstantinos Rizakos Managing Director, Compliance Engineering, Goldman Sachs
Outstanding event, great content, and an even better crowd of attendees!
Christopher Scarpati Partner at PwC, Capital Markets Advisory Leader, PwC
XLoD Global is the world’s largest event dedicated to Managing Directors, Directors and Heads of Functions leading the following non-financial risk functions at financial institutions:
→ 1LoD
COOs and Business Managers (Front Office), Chief Control Officers, Divisional Control Officers, Managing Directors, Directors, Head of: Front Office Risk and Control, Business Unit Risk Management, Business Risk Controls, Supervision, Risk/Risk Assessment, Control Testing, Market Abuse, 1st Line Surveillance Functions, Culture & Conduct

→ 2LoD
Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Data Officers, CISOs, Managing Directors, Directors, Head of: Compliance, Compliance Testing / Compliance Monitoring, Control Assurance, Compliance Advisory, Risk Technology, Operational Risk, Surveillance / Compliance Surveillance, Market Abuse Surveillance Functions, Governance, Legal, Financial Crime, Regulatory Risk, Resilience Risk, BCP, Third Party Risk Management, Cyber, ESG risk, Data, Data Analytics, Cloud Adoption, Innovation, AI

→ 3LoD
Chief Internal Auditors, Managing Directors, Directors & Heads of Internal Audit, Heads of Financial Crime Internal Audit, Governance and Control Audit, Compliance Audit, Regulatory Audit, Change Audit, Risk Audit, Culture & Behavioural Audit
Evolving Non-Financial Risk Management Across The 3 Lines of Defence To Address New and Emerging Risks
At the recent XLoD Global – New York event, leading practitioners discussed new trends in non-financial risk and control. Traditional risk-management strategies are no longer sufficient: The disruptions and volatility caused by the global pandemic and recent geopolitical events have made that clear. Instead, business heads and their teams need to adopt a more holistic, agile approach.
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