Audit Leaders Symposium Speakers

Sompo International

VP of Professional Practices

Mark Suss is the Director of Professional Practices for Sompo International, overseeing the global Professional Practices function, covering approximately 80 auditors in 14 countries. Mark has 21 years of financial services experience, with 16 of those years in Internal Audit. Prior to joining Sompo International, Mark was the Global Head of Methodology for Morgan Stanley’s Internal Audit department. He has also held the role of Global Head of Training at Morgan Stanley. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mark oversaw the audit function at the Maxim Group, a mid-size US broker/dealer. In addition to his internal audit roles, Mark has held positions as a trading risk manager and an equity trader.

Fiserv

Senior Vice President and Head of Operations, Financial & Compliance Audits

Mr. Cisneros joined the Corporate Audit Services group in July of 2020 to lead the Audit Program for Business Operations, Finance and Shared Services.  Previously he was the head of the Revenue Assurance, Billing and Reconciliation group at First Data, focused on designing and managing processes to ensure billing accuracy and profitability assurance at the client level. Prior to this he was the Control Officer for Shared Services supporting Compliance, Third Party Risk Management, Credit Risk, Finance, HR, the General Counsel’s Office and the Strategy Group.  Additionally Mr. Cisneros is the founder and chair for the Juntos (Hispanic and Latino Leadership) an Employee resource group focused on enhancing the participation First data within the Hispanic communities the company has presence in, developing and increasing the Hispanic base within the organization, and developing strategies to partner with Hispanic customers to enhance FDCs presence.

GRC2020

Founder & GRC Analyst

Michael Rasmussen is an internationally recognized pundit on governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) – with specific expertise on the topics of enterprise GRC, GRC technology, corporate compliance, and policy management.  With 25+ years of experience, Michael helps organizations improve GRC processes, design and implement GRC architecture, and select technologies that are effective, efficient, and agile.  He is a sought-after keynote speaker, author, and advisor and is noted as the “Father of GRC” — being the first to define and model the GRC market in February 2002 while at Forrester.

Agile Outside IT

Business Agility Coach

Respected and industry-recognised coach and trainer. Inspiration from agile, lean, self-management and psychology. Passionate advocate of the use of agile outside of IT and organiser of the popular meetup.com