About The Speaker

Soubhagya Parija
Well rounded finance and risk professional with leadership experience in energy and retail industry. Designed, developed and implemented enterprise risk management frameworks in both in the public and private sector organizations. Significant global experience in North America, Europe and India. Implemented an integrated commodity trading strategy at a major power utility. Developed risk appetite based enterprise risk management framework. Responsible for reporting to the board. Led development of a comprehensive and consistent Risk Management framework for 11 international markets and 12 Compliance Risk Areas for Walmart's international division. The unique assessment process combines data and collective wisdom of experts (forecasters). Completed first detailed risk assessment at enterprise level for 2014. Contributes to thought leadership in the emerging risk management frontiers – served as a member of the ERM Committee at the Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS) from 2008-2011 and speaker at the ERM Symposium and RIMS Conference. Served in the Board of Directors of Risk Management Society (RIMS) from 2016 through 2020. Also serving on the CRO Commercial Advisory Council of George Mason University. Specialties - Enterprise Risk Management, Risk analytics, Financial Modeling, Budget and Forecast, M&A analysis, Strategic Planning and Project Management