2. Who is Riskpro… Why us?
ABOUT US MISSION
Riskpro is an organisation of member firms
around India devoted to client service Provide integrated risk management
excellence. Member firms offer wide range consulting services to mid-large sized
of services in the field of risk management. corporate /financial institutions in India
Currently it has offices in three major cities Be the preferred service provider for
Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore and alliances complete Governance, Risk and Compliance
in other cities. (GRC) solutions.
Managed by experienced professionals with
experiences spanning various industries.
VALUE PROPOSITION DIFFERENTIATORS
You get quality advisory, normally delivered
by large consulting firms, at fee levels Risk Management is our main focus
charged by independent & small firms
Over 200 years of cumulative experience
High quality deliverables
Hybrid Delivery model
Multi-skilled & multi-disciplined organisation.
Ability to take on large and complex projects
Timely completion of any task due to delivery capabilities
Affordable alternative to large firms We Hold hands, not shake hands.
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3. Risk Management Advisory Services
Basel II/III Advisory Corporate Risks Information Security
Market Risk Enterprise Risk Assessment IS Audit
Credit Risk Fraud Risk Information Security
Operational Risk Risk based Internal Audit IT Assurance
ICAAP Operations Risk IT Governance
Forensic services
SERVICES
Operational Risk Governance Other Risks
Process reviews Corporate Governance Business/Strategic Risk
Policy/ Process Review Business Strategic risk Reputation Risk
Process Improvement Fraud Risk Outsourcing Risk
Compliance Risk Forensic Accounting Contractual Risk
Training Recruitment
Banking – E Learning Virtual Risk Managers
Corporate Training Full Time Risk Professionals
Regular Risk Management Training Part time Risk Professionals
Online Training material Risk Managers on call – free
Workshops / Events
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5. Legal and Compliance Management - Background
Complex Legal Environment (multiple laws, wider coverage)
Stricter government implementation, resulting in possible criminal
persecution
Hefty penalties for non compliance
Active Civil Society, NGOs and Activists monitoring action of corporates
The pressure from international trading partners on compliance, specially for
labour laws
Compliance statement, signed by directors has to be submitted by the
companies listed on Stock exchange every year.
Corporate governance and social responsibility leading to expectation of
compliances.
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6. Legal Compliance Audits
Objectives
To identify the level of compliance of an organisation
Identify the compliance risk
Enable the management to take steps to make the organisation compliant with laws and regulations
Riskpro’s Legal and Compliance Audit Non
Compliance
1. Identification of Regulatory scope and laws Audit Report
that apply to Company
Company 2. Location visit
3. Interviews and discussions with ACTIONS
Documents Management Remediation of
non compliance
4. Issue of Audit Report
5. Follow up and remediation
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7. Example Clients in Retail Sector
Riskpro has strategic alliance with Progress Partners to offer Legal and Compliance
Audits, Legal Risk Management and related advisory to our clients
Progress Partners have been doing Legal and Compliance Audit for many
manufacturing and retail clients for years. In addition, they have been working on Risk
Management functions for both small and large clients. They are considered the
experts in the retail Sector.
We have been doing Risk Management assignments for clients like
Raymond Ltd
Raymond Apparel Ltd
Color Plus Fashions Ltd
Regal Shoes Group
Reebok India
Trent Hypermarket Ltd. (Star Bazaar)
Comprehensive Affordable Ongoing
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8. Audit Methodology
Stage 1 – CAC
Preparation of Compliance Audit Checklist (CAC) covering all relevant laws
applicable to the target unit.
Stage 2 - Visit to location
Verification of relevant records and documents available.
Compilation of draft report based upon findings and observations of the audit team
Review meeting with the unit head / work directors to discussion on the finding of
audit.
Stage 3 – Report
Submission of detailed Non Compliance (NC) report to the company (Board of
Directors or Compliance Head)
Follow up with the unit to verify action taken
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9. Audit Methodology (Contd.)
CAC :
Divided into 4 main parts :
• List of Registers, Abstracts, Notices, Returns
• HR related acts and regulations
• Engineering & Environment Laws
• Taxation
CAC acts as a guideline, but not as
exhaustive limit for audit team
CAC filled with reference to actual documents verified, not only based on
feedback from auditee. Copies of key documents retained in working papers
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10. Methodology (Contd.)
Report :
Preparation of Non-Compliance list during
plant visit
Discussion of observation with Unit Head
Inputs from Unit Head and HOD of relevant
dept recorded in working papers
Preparation of Final Audit Report consisting of :
• Non Compliance Summary
• Registers List – Compliance Status
• Comparison (if possible) with previous reports to identify long-standing issues not resolved
Impact and Criticality of Non-Compliance identified in report for each item
reported
• General Penalty for non-compliance
• Criticality (Critical, Serious, Minor, Technical)
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11. Components of Report
Non-Compliance Summary - a list of all items where the unit is not compliant,
forming a primary report to client
Register List – a detailed listing of all registers / notices / abstracts to be
maintained / displayed, the status of each, to allow easy follow up.
Criticality is reported in the following terms:
Critical - Possibility of unit being shut down.
Serious - Heavy Penalty, criminal offence, imprisonment
Minor – Let of with warning and mild fines.
Technical - Wrong format / documentation easily corrected
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12. Acts covered
Factories Act, 1948 Shop & Establishment Act (state acts)
Payment of Wages Act, 1936 Maternity Benefits Act, 1961
Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Gratuity Act, 1972
Human Resources (HR)
Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 ESI Act, 1948
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 Apprentices Act, 1961
Provident Fund & Misc Provisions Act, Employment Exchanges (Compulsory
1952 Notification of Vacancies Act), 1959
Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) act, Trade Unions Act, 1926
1970
Private Security Agencies Regulation
Workmen Compensation Act, 1923
Act, 2005
Prevention of Sexual Harassment
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
(Guidelines)
Labour Welfare Act (state acts)
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13. Acts covered
Electricity Act, 2003 Environment Protection Act, 1986
ENGINEERING
Petroleum Act, 1934 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
Explosives Act, 1884 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
Boilers Act, 1923 Water Cess Rules, 1977
Legal Meteorology Act, 2011 Hazardous Waste Handling & Management Rules, 1989
Essential Commodity Act, 1945
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Devel. Act, 2006 Central Excise Act, 1944
TAXES & MISC
Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 State VAT Acts
Customs Act, 1962 (export and import documentation) Service Tax Act, 1955
Income Tax Act (payment of Tax, TDS) Foreign Exchange Management Act
Industries (Development & Regulation)
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Act, 1951
Information Technology Act, 2000 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
Competition Act, 2002
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14. Benefits and Obstacles to Legal / Compliance Audits
Benefits
In-house legal team is costly to maintain
High attrition rate leaves gaps in In-house team and creates problems in audit
In-house team, where present, is generally busy with the urgent legal matters.
A external audit team is given preference in terms of time and attention then
the in-house team.
A external audit team will give independent and fair report.
Possible Challenges
Fear of audit resulting in Non-Cooperative attitude of units
Manipulation of records & Concealment of facts
Fear on confidentiality of data
Controlling and preventing mistakes / non-compliances between audit periods
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15. Riskpro Clients Our Clients
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16. Team Experiences Our Experiences
Our team members have worked at world class Companies
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17. RESUMES – Our team Credentials
Co-Founder - Riskpro
CA, CPA, MBA-Finance (USA), FRM (GARP)
Manoj Jain
Over 10 years international experience – 6 years in Bahrain and 4 years USA
15 years exp in risk management consulting and internal audits, Specialization in
Operational Risk, Basel II, Sox and Control design
Worked for Ernst & Young (Bahrain), Arab Investment Company (Bahrain),
Navigant Consulting(USA), Kotak Mahindra Bank (India) and Credit Suisse(India)
Sox Compliance project for Fannie Mae, USA ( $900+ Billion Mortgage Company)
Co- Founder - Riskpro
CA (India), MBA (Netherlands), CIA (USA)
Rahul Bhan
Over 15 years of extensive internal and external audit experience in India and
abroad.
Worked with KPMG United Arab Emirates, PKF South Africa, Ernst and Young
Kuwait, Deloitte Netherlands and KPMG India.
Worked with clients in a wide variety of industries and countries including trading,
retail and consumer goods, NGO, manufacturing and banking and finance. Major
clients include banks, investment companies, manufacturing organizations,
aviation etc.
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18. RESUMES - Our team Credentials
Co-Founder - Riskpro
Casper Abraham
PGD (Electrical & Electronics & Computer Programming)
30 years of experience in Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Solutions
for Retail, Garments, Manufacturing, Services Industries.
Has created Companies, Divisions, Products, Brands, Teams & Markets.
Consulting in Business, Technology, Marketing & Sales & Strategic Planning.
Advisory, Training, Workshops & Implementation in Systems Thinking, Systems
Modeling & Balanced Scorecard
Worked with TIFR, Mahindra, Ambience, Communico-Graphique & Ionidea Inc, USA,
Sr Vice President – Risk Management
MBA, PDFM,NSE-NCFM, PMP, CSSGB,ISO 9001:2000 I.A,GARP-FBR, ITILV3,CPP-BPM
Hemant Seigell
Professional with 17 years of rich experience into diverse Consumer finance/ Lending
operations ,Risk Management,BPMS, Consumer Banking, NBFC, Management Consulting &
Housing finance in BFSI industry having successfully led key business strategic
engagements across multi-product environment in APAC, Australia and US regions.
Worked with GE, ABN AMRO Bank, Citigroup, Accenture, Deutsche Postbank
Highly skilled and expert Trainer in Risk areas across Credit, Fraud, Operational, Corporate
Risk management.
Specializes in Fraud Control, AML/KYC Compliance ,QA ,ERM and Regulatory governance.
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19. RESUMES - Our team Credentials
Head - Insurance Risk Advisory services
B.sc, Associate of Indian Institute of Insurance
Licensed Category A Insurance surveyor
R. Gupta
26 years of experience in Insurance advisory services, Loss adjusting for large
corporates,Claims management.
Has assessed more than 4500 high value insurance claims across various industry
sectors.
Risk management inspection
Valuations of fixed assets for insurance purpose.
Head - Human Capital Management
Nilesh Bhatia
Chartered Accountant, Lead Assessor ISO 9000, Six Sigma Trained, Trained on Situational
Leadership, Trained on interviewing skills and Whole Message Model.
Over two decades of international, multi-cultural experience in finance and human resources
viz. internal audit, accounting operations, accounting process review & re-designing, risk
management, business solutioning, six sigma projects, talent acquisition, talent retention,
organization design/redesigning, compensation and appraisal processing, employee and
customer satisfaction surveys, knowledge management and finance services.
Worked with Citicorp/MGF, India Glycol, Delphi, American Express India, American Express
USA, Fidelity International and Macquarie Global Finance Services India.
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20. RESUMES - Our team Credentials
Head – Taxation Risk Advisory
Rajesh Jhalani
B.Com, FCA
Senior Partner with 48 year old Delhi based Chartered Accountant firm, Mehrotra
and Mehrotra
Over 19 years of experience in the field of Audit, Taxation, Company law matters.
Major clients served are NTPC, BHEL, Bank of India, PNB, Airport Authority of
India etc.
President – Banking & Financial Services
A senior researcher in Applied Mathematics leading to Ph.D after MSc (Mathematics),
Sivaramakrishnan
CWA, CAIIB
Combined experience of 25+ years in corporate banking, risk management,
international trade finance, development of risk rating models, project finance, credit
monitoring and NPA management
Since 2006 conducting open / in-house training on the above domains to all Top
public/ new and old private sector banks, top MNC banks (India and abroad), leading
NBFCs and corporates in manufacturing and financial services space; Worked on IFC
(World Bank) funded projects for MSMEs in India and abroad
Worked for Bank of Baroda and ICICI Bank – bestowed Top Performer Award
continuously two years during his tenure; widely travelled abroad for business
relations, seminars, offering training, investor meetings, NYSE listing and for
processes involving establishment of representative Office in USA
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21. RESUMES - Our team Credentials
Executive Vice President – Risk Management ( Banking & Financial Services)
A hands-on banking professional {BSc (Mathematics), CAIIB} with considerable
domestic and international experience
Kashi Banerjee
An aggregate experience of 24+ years across industry, mainly BFSI in several
functional areas including Retail and Commercial Banking, Corporate Lending, team
member of the Business Process Re-Engineering project (BPR); conceptualizing and
setting up shared services centres for centralized operations for the Bank in India.
Management through ERM framework overseeing all key areas of the business
through various Operational Risk tools like KRI / RCSA matrices. Managing of major
project implementation of Basel II and Compliance risk framework
Directing, reviewing and advising Board of Directors on various compliance issues and
representing the bank to the Central Bank regulatory offices.
Worked for ANZ Grindlays Bank, Standard Chartered, Bahraini Saudi Bank and Dubai
Holdings ( subsidiary)
Consultant – Information Security & IT Governance
Anjay Agarwal
LLB, CA, CISA, CWA, CS, CFE and others
Over 15 years of experience in the field of Audit, Taxation, Investigations.
Specializing in the field of Systems Audit, Cybrex Audit, Computer Crime
Investigations, IS Forensics
International Committee Member of Governmental and Regulatory Agencies
Board and Academic Relations Committee of ISACA, USA
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22. RESUMES - Our team Credentials
Executive Vice President – Risk Management ( Banking & Financial Services)
Vijayan Govindarajan
Professional Risk Manager with considerable domestic and international experience
An aggregate experience of 30 + years across industry, mainly Banking in several functional areas
including Wholesale Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Trade Finance , Retail Banking and Islamic Financial
Services.
Track record of setting up of excellence in the set-up, and management of credit and operational risk,
compliance and credit administration functions in retail, commercial , Islamic Banking and offshore banking
entities in the Middle East.
Key strength includes Corporate Credits, Risk Management in IT, implementation of Risk Management
module in core banking Bank’s Policies, procedures, Country Risk. Played an active role in 3 core banking
software implementations
Worked for a Private Sector Bank in India, ABN AMRO Bank, Bahrain, Bank Muscat Bahrain and BMI Bank
Bahrain as AGM Risk Management.
Specialist Risk Consultant – ERP & IT Compliance
Gourav Ladha
SAP Certified, MBA (Finance), SAP Security trained (from SAP India), SAP GRC Access Controls trained
(from SAP India)
Over 7 years of experience working in the area of ERP/IT Risk advisory, primarily focusing on SAP, for
‘Fortune 500’ clients in around 8 countries including US, UK, UAE, Hong Kong, etc
Specializes in SAP Risk & Controls Advisory, SAP Business Process Controls Audit, SAP Security &
Segregation of Duties Control Audit, ERP Trainings,
Strong Industry experiences ranging from Beverages, Insurance, Energy, FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Retail,
Telecommunication to IT Services
Worked for risk advisory teams of reputed organizations like Ernst & Young, EXL Services
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23. RESUMES - Our team Credentials
Vice President & Head – IT Risk Advisory
Ravikiran Bhandari
Over 14+ Years of Experience in Information Security and Risk Management & CISM
certified
Headed the Global Information Security team of Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) Worldwide at
Bangalore for 9 years, previously worked at organization like Wipro, Bangalore Labs
Multi-sector experience including Banking, Insurance, Finance, Energy, Manufacturing,
Retail, Hi-Tech & Telecom, and Automobile
Well known Ethical hacker: Was featured in BusinessWorld Magazine in an article about
leading ethical hackers in India and published several articles in Print and Online Media
Rich experience in Information Security Audits across Corporations, 3rd Party Suppliers, Joint
Ventures across several countries in the world including US, UK, China, Germany
Vice President – Legal Risk Advisory
Aashish Shrivastav
B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)
About half a decade experience in legal services to client’s with respect to Contract
and Commercial Laws, Joint Ventures, Inbound & Outbound Investments, Private
Equity Investment Transactions, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Energy and General
Corporate.
Have advised various social enterprises and start ups in setting up business in
India.
Worked for the leading law firms of India such as FoxMandal Little.
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24. RESUMES - Our team Credentials
Vice President – Riskpro India
Phanindra Prakash
FCA [India], ACMA [India], CFE [USA], CertIFRS [UK]
Over 16 years of extensive consulting experience which includes financial & systems audit,
process transformation, implementation of internal controls, SOX compliance, fraud audits
& due diligence, US-India taxation
Engaged in consulting roles as trusted advisor to finance, internal audit and information
technology executives of multiple Fortune 1000 companies with project sites in US,
Canada, Europe & Asia
Worked with E&Y and Deloitte Consulting in USA
Some of the major clients served internationally are GE Capital, UBS, McKesson, Eaton,
Imation, Albertsons,
EVP and Head – Telecom Risk Advisory
M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur, India; IES; Doctoral study, research and teaching in Linkpoing
University/Sweden; Lead Auditor (BVQI).
Asok Sit
Over 30 years on International experience in networks and mobile Handsets from top
global companies /institutes like ISRO, Ericsson, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and
based mostly in its head quarter locations in India, EU, USA.
Expertise: Setting up capability, behaviour, culture in turning Risk, Quality, Innovation for
competitive advantage, customer delight and sustainability; key skill sets are Engagement,
Handholding, Coaching, Mentoring and lot of best practices, benchmarking/standards like
CMMI, TL9000, Six Sigma, ISO, SAS 70 etc.
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25. RESUMES - PARTNERSHIPS
Specialist Risk Consultant – Business Continuity
Andrew Hiles
Founder and 15-year Chairman of Survive, the first international user group for Business
Continuity professionals
Founding director and first Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute
Over 25 years international consulting expertise in Risk, Crisis, Emergency, Incident, and
Business Continuity and ICT Disaster Recovery Management
Multi-sector experience including Banking, Insurance, Finance, Oil, Gas, Energy,
Manufacturing, Retail, Hi-Tech & Telecom
Western Press Award for services to business, 1994; BCI/CIR nomination for
lifetime achievement in BC, 1999, London; inducted into BC Hall of Fame by CPM magazine,
2004, Washington DC.
Specialist Risk Consultant – Enterprise Risk Management
Chris E. Mandel
Highly skilled risk and insurance professional with 25 years of experience designing,
developing and implementing large, global corporate risk management programs for Fortune
500 firms.
Principal Consultant and Founder - Excellence in Risk Management, LLC. (Texas, USA) Co-
founder and EVP, Professional Services, rPM3 Solutions, LLC (Maryland, USA).
Past experiences include Head of Global Risk Management for USAA, PepsiCo/Tricon
Global and American National Red Cross
Additional risk and insurance experience at Verizon Corp,. Marsh USA and Liberty Mutual
Insurance Co.
2004 Risk Manager of the Year – 2007 recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award for
“Excellence in ERM” (at USAA) – former President, Risk and Insurance Management
Society, Inc.
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26. RESUMES - Advisors Credentials
Founder partner of Mehrotra and Mehrotra, a 48 year old CA firm in India
Mr. MP Mehrorta
B.Com, FCA, LLB
Over 48 years of experience in audits, taxation, legal matters, loan syndication etc.
Trustee of Cochin Port Trust, Member of Task Force for MOUs, Ministry of Heavy
Industries & Public Enterprises, Govt. of India, Ex- Member of Central Board of
Trustees, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Ministry of Labour,
Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Ex - Director, Canara Bank
Practicing chartered accountant in Delhi
CA, ICWA
Mr. PK Gupta
Over 35 years of professional experience.
Trustee, Kargil Shaheed Smarak Samiti
Hon. Treasurer, World Academy of Spiritual Sciences (WASS).
Panel Arbitrator, International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitrator, Cement Corporation of India
Arbitrator, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited
Arbitrator, Central Depository Services (India) Limited
Arbitrator’s Panel of Indian Council of Arbitration
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