IIA Hong Kong Annual Conference 2022

Innovate, Elevate and Motivate

15-16 September 2022, 09:00 - 12:30
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IIA Hong Kong Annual Conference 2022

Innovate, Elevate and Motivate

Agility and innovation are more critical than ever for internal auditors nowadays to stay abreast with the latest development and adapt to the fast-moving environment.

Join our annual conference to hear from fintech pioneers, digital assets experts, transformation leaders, and global thought leaders on how to innovate and elevate in today’s disruptive world. This year’s programme will provide access to engaging content and thought-leading insights on how internal auditors of different levels can better position themselves in the fast-changing landscape.

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Speakers

Speaker

Ms. Helen LI

President
The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong

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Ms. Helen Li

 Helen is Group Chief Auditor at The Bank of East Asia Limited. She is currently serving as President of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Hong Kong China, and a member of The IIA Global’s Professional Certifications Board. She is a Past President of The Asian Confederation of The Institutes of Internal Auditors.

Helen previously worked as a Partner of KPMG Risk Consulting practices and senior audit executive in other listed group in Hong Kong. She has extensive consulting and commercial experience in public and private sector companies including large listed groups in China, the US and the UK. Helen is a regular speaker at professional conferences and writes article on governance and internal audit. She is a fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and a Certified Internal Auditor.  

Speaker

Mr. Benito YBARRA

2022 - 23 Chairman of the Global Board of Directors
The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

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Mr. Benito Ybarra

Benito Ybarra is the 2022–23 Chairman of the Global Board of Directors of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and past chair of The IIA’s North American Board. He joins a long line of successful and dedicated internal audit professionals from around the world who have served in this role. 

His theme for his term is “One IIA – Building Trust Together.” The One IIA concept aspires to harness the power of internal audit professionals worldwide and recognize opportunities for collaboration and improvement. 

Benito has made a firm commitment to working through geographic, cultural, and industry diversity, ensuring that all of our global members feel connected, understood, and supported — and that no matter their career position, location, or language, we all operate as One IIA. 

Benito is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) with more than 25 years of extensive audit, compliance, and investigation experience. 

As Chief Audit and Compliance Officer for the Texas Department of Transportation in Austin, TX, he focuses on improving organizational practices, risk management, accountability, and governance through value-driven audits, evaluations, investigations, and advisory services engagements. He also serves as a Texas State Department Representative to the Southwest Intergovernmental Audit Forum. 

Speaker

Ms. Angelina KWAN

Chief Executive Officer
Stratford Finance Limited

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Ms. Angelina Kwan

 Angelina is passionate about Technology, Digital Assets and the Blockchain and loves advising start-ups. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Stratford Finance Limited, a consulting company focused on dealing with regulatory and operational issues in the financial services and digital assets space and advises brokerages, fund managers, and technology providers.

Most recently Angelina held Senior Advisor and Group Chief Operating Officer roles at the HashKey Group, a regulated digital assets company that recently received the second Approval in Principle from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to operate a virtual asset trading platform. She has previously held Chief Operating Officer and Directorate positions with international digital asset exchanges, HKEX, Cantor Fitzgerald, the SFC, and other global financial services companies.

Angelina serves on a number of Hong Kong Government-appointed Boards, and charities including the New Business Committee, Financial Services Development Council, Board of Trustees of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, she is the Vice Chair, Company Secretary of The Women’s Foundation, the Ebenezer School for the Blind, and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and a graduate of the University of Southern California in Finance and Accounting. Her MBA is from Pepperdine University, LLB from HKU/Manchester Metropolitan University, and LLM from Harvard Law School. 

Speaker

Mr. Welland CHU

Alliance Director, APAC
Thales

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Mr. Welland Chu

Welland Chu is the Alliance Director, APAC at Thales (https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/). Thales currently protects >80% of the world’s banking transactions every day. The company is glad to be a co-developer of Falcon, which is one of the three selected quantum-resistant signature algorithms that will be standardized by the NIST. Over his 29 years in the security industry, Welland has been leading teams of security professionals in implementing security solutions for or providing independent security assessments on Cybersecurity at enterprises for Cloud migration, Fintech & traditional payment, Personal data privacy. In addition to his role at Thales, Welland serves as the Vice President (Certification) and Secretary at the China Hong Kong Chapter of ISACA (https://www.isaca.org/), a global not-for-profit organisation focusing on IT Governance and Cyber Security. Welland received his Ph.D from King’s College London and is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Speaker

Mr. Andrew CHAN

Senior Manager, Risk and Opportunity
CLP Power Hong Kong

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Mr. Andrew Chan

With over 15 years of risk, compliance, sustainability, audit, finance and professional services experience across energy, virtual banks, fintech, luxury, retail, property, technology, telecommunications and financial services industries in Hong Kong, Australia, Greater China, Asia, USA and Europe. Andrew is currently the Senior Manager, Risk and Opportunity at CLP Power Hong Kong, enhancing smart risk taking across the organisation. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Group Risk Management and Compliance at PCCW/HKT Group, managing risk and opportunities across 43 jurisdictions. Previously he led the Group Risk Management and Insurance team at Dairy Farm Group and played a pivotal role in creating the Global risk management function at Hong Kong Shanghai Hotels. Before coming to Hong Kong, he also worked for professional services firms consulting the government and financial services industry at Deloitte Consulting, Audit Office of NSW and Ernst and Young within Australia. Andrew is a current Chairman, Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand, Overseas Regional Council (Hong Kong) and a current committee member, Institute of Internal Auditors, Hong Kong Group.

Speaker

Prof. Jason LAU

Chief Information Security Officer
Crypto.com

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Professor Jason Lau

Adj. Professor Jason Lau is a multiple award-winning cybersecurity and data privacy professional with over 20 years experience, and is currently the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Crypto.com, Adjunct Professor for Cybersecurity and Privacy at HKBU School of Business and a member of the Standing Committee on Technological Developments for the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong (PCPD). Jason is active in the global community, where is currently the Regional Lead, Faculty Member, Co-Chair, Advisory Board Member for the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Jason participates on multiple global Think Tanks including the World Economic Forum network as a cybersecurity and data privacy subject matter expert, Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), Forbes Technology Council, and ITU Digital Currency Global Initiative Vice Team Lead for the Security and Assurance working group. Jason was recently included into the CSO30 list, and most awarded, “2020 Hong Kong Business Magazine Executive of the Year (Cybersecurity)" and 2021 Executive of the Year (Data Privacy).

Speaker

Ms. Jillian LOBBAN

Group Head of Internal Audit
AIA Group

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Ms. Jillian Lobban

Jillian Lobban joined AIA in July 2021 and is currently the Group Head of Internal Audit for AIA Group. 

Jillian has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services having worked in Europe, Africa, and most recently in Asia Pacific.  Prior to joining AIA, Jillian had worked for the Prudential Plc group for over 9 years, with her most recent role being the Chief Internal Auditor of Prudential Corporation Asia and Africa.  Jillian was with EY for over 8 years; holding roles in their offices on three continents.  She has also worked for a number of financial services organizations in London including Old Mutual PLC and Barclays Bank PLC.  Jillian is a qualified Chartered Accountant in Australia and is a Governor and Treasurer of the Hong Kong Institute of Internal Auditors.

Speaker

Mr. James TURNER

Group Chief Financial Officer
Prudential plc

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Mr. James Turner

James Turner is the Group Chief Financial Officer of Prudential plc. 

Having held senior positions at Prudential for over a decade since his joining in 2010, James has a wide-ranging understanding of the business and draws on previous experience across internal audit, finance and compliance, as well as technical knowledge, relevant to his role.  James joined the Prudential Board as an Executive Director in March 2018 and in July 2019 assumed Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, relocating to Hong Kong in the same year.

 

James led some important milestones, including prior to the demerger of M&G plc, he led the negotiations with Hong Kong Insurance Authority on the revised capital framework for the Group.  Following the demerger of Jackson in September 2021, James led Prudential’s Hong Kong Stock Exchange retail equity raise and the industry initiatives to early adopt the Risk Based Capital Regime in the Hong Kong business.

 

Prior to joining Prudential, James was the Deputy Head of Compliance for Barclays.  He also held a number of senior internal audit roles across the Barclays group, leading teams that covered the UK, the US, Western Europe, Africa and Asia retail and commercial banking activities.  Prior to Barclays, James led internal audit teams in UBS in both the UK and Switzerland focused on asset management and private banking.  James trained as a Chartered Accountant qualifying in 1993.

Speaker

Ms. Christy CHIU

Deputy Head of Banking Audit Department

The Bank of East Asia Limited

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Ms. Christy Chiu

Christy has over 17 years of experience in the banking, finance and audit industry. Christy joined BEA’s internal audit function in 2018 and currently leads the audits of core banking processes and specialist areas, such as risk management and financial risk modeling. Prior to joining the bank, she worked as a Vice President in a global bank, overseeing 14 countries’ product control teams in the Asia Pacific Region. Christy started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an external auditor after graduation. She is a fellow member of ACCA and holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, majoring in Professional Accountancy.

Speaker

Mr. David MAN

Group Finance Transformation Officer
FWD Group

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Mr. David Man

David has 25+ years in the insurance and financial services industry. He spent 10+ years in executive level positions, specialising in strategic transformation programs, M&A, IPOs and all aspects of finance.  David has an extensive and proven track record for leading and delivering complex business integration, systems transformation, shared service development projects in Asia Pacific.

David currently is the Group Finance Transformation Officer of FWD Group.  He oversees the finance, actuarial and Investment transformation programmes include IFRS 17 group-wide implementation.

Prior to joining FWD Group, David was the Group Controller of AIA Group.  He was responsible for all external reporting, planning and performance management, shared services and strategic transformation projects including IFRS 17 and 9.

David also spent 4+ years at HSBC as their Head of Insurance Reporting in London and before that he spent 6+ years with KPMG Audit & Advisory practice in their London and Hong Kong office.

David is a former member of the HK Insurance Regulatory Advisory Panel.

Speaker

Mr. Albert YIP

Chairman
Syndicate Capital Group

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Mr. Albert Yip

Albert Yip is the Chairman of Syndicate Capital, an international investment company with a strong focus on ESG and Fintech investing, which is the co-General Partner of Meta-REIT Fund and Metaverser Fund in developing and promoting creator economy.

Albert has been named by Linkedin as the “Top 10 CEOs in Hong Kong You Should Follow on Linkedin”. Currently, he is the Chapter President of Asia CEO Metaverse, serving about 15,000 c-suite executives across the globe. Albert has been appointed as the Senator for China at World Business Angel Investments Forum and is the Founder of “Syndicate Lab & Alliances” in Cyberport, incubating startups in Web 3 and digital assets sectors. 

Albert is the former Governor and Chairman of Professional Development Committee of IIA Hong Kong. During the past three decades, He has been appointed as Chairman, CEO, CFO and CAE across Asia Pacific and the United States by Fortune 500 leaders and listed companies in the banking and financial sectors. Albert is the former Senior Vice President and Asia Pacific Regional Head of Corporate Audit at State Street Corporation. He has served other senior management roles in Bank of Asia, State Street Bank, Manulife Financial and Westpac Bank.

Speaker

Mr. Ricky CHENG

Director and Head of Risk Advisory
BDO

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Mr. Ricky Cheng

Ricky Cheng is the firm’s Director and Head of Risk Advisory, with major responsibility in the area of risk advisory services. He specialises in assisting clients in managing their internal audit function and meeting corporate governance requirements in both China and Hong Kong.

Ricky has 20 years of risk and assurance experience. He worked for large international accounting firms and had commercial internal audit experience. His expertise covers various services such as Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, risk management assessment, compliance assistance, corporate governance compliance review, internal audit assistance, business process review, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) readiness and reporting support services review, stored value facilities (SVF) licence independent assessment review, etc. 

The portfolio of clients managed by Ricky comes from various industries including transportation, property development and construction, gaming and entertainment, hospitality, manufacturing, gold and minerals mining, fast moving consumer goods, retailing and department chain stores, financial institutions such as brokerage houses and derivative products companies. 

Ricky is a frequent event speaker of related topics for professional body organisations and training for listed and non-listed companies.   

Speaker

Dr. William YU

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
World Green Organisation

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Dr. William Yu

Dr. William Yu is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of World Green Organisation. He is an energy economist and climate professional by training and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge. He earned an Executive MBA from the Thunderbird Global Management School, U.S. and completed a Sustainable Finance Programme at Cambridge. Dr. Yu received a Harvard Business School Scholarship for Executive Education in Nonprofit Management. He had gained valuable regional management experience by working at the US multinationals and a financial banking institution.

Dr. Yu is ESBN Task Force Member, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations. He is Vice-Chair of Asia Pacific Business Forum (APBF) of the United Nations ESBN 2022. In Hong Kong, Dr. Yu serves in the Sustainable Development Council under the Environment Bureau, HKSAR. He belongs to Green Tech Fund Assessment Committee, EPD and Appeal Board Panel, Town Planning Board, HKSAR. Dr. Yu serves as Deputy Chairman of the Judging Panel of Smart Living Award, The Hong Kong ICT Awards. He is Project Leader of ESG Accelerator Program for Tech Start-ups in collaboration with Cyberport Hong Kong.

Dr. Yu is currently Director of Studies of University of Wales Trinity Saint David, supervising doctoral research on ESG disclosure quality of listed companies. He is Advisor on Certified ESG Planner (CEP) qualification. Dr. Yu is BEAM Pro and the Faculty of The Hong Kong Green Building Council and member of CA Expert Panel at BEAM Society. He has been the Adjunct Professor of several universities. Dr. Yu serves as Vicechairman, Hong Kong Institute of Social Impact Analyst (HKISIA).

Dr. Yu is currently member of Real Estate Working Group, Hong Kong Green Finance Association and Project Leader of Asian Corporate Coalition for Climate Change Resilience (A4CR) for corporate transition to Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Dr. Yu is Expert Member, Investment Committee of two Limited Partnership Funds. He is appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of a publicly listed company.

Speaker

Ms. Kate GUI

Regional Director of Group Internal Audit
AIA Group

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Ms. Kate Gui

Kate Gui is a seasoned professional with international experience in managing audit function, facilitating critical changing initiatives, key system implementations, as well as specialized in Asia business development in the insurance and asset management industry. More than 24 years of experience working with all levels of management. Significant experience providing proactive consultation to C-level management on a variety of company initiatives such as internal controls over financial reporting, global remuneration reform, process redesign, technology implementations, asset management company setup and operation, and greater China strategy development.

Kate joined AIA Group in early 2016 as the Regional Director of Group Internal Audit. She is currently overseeing the audit function of China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, as well as Group Office and Investment Audit team.  Prior to joining AIA Group, Kate spent 16 years with AEGON Group, one of the global systemically important insurers. The last position she held was the Chief Audit Executive and a member of senior executive team at AEGON Asia. Before that Kate also held accounting and budget positions with the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development in Baltimore. 

Kate holds an MS in Information Technology and an MBA concentrating in Finance. She is also a Certified Internal Auditor and a Fellow of Life Management Institute. Kate is fluent in English, Mandarin, Shanghai Dialect, and Cantonese.  She is also married with two sons. 

Speaker

Mr. Andrew Chan

Senior Manager, Risk and Opportunity
CLP Power Hong Kong

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Mr. Andrew Chan

With over 15 years of risk, compliance, sustainability, audit, finance and professional services experience across energy, virtual banks, fintech, luxury, retail, property, technology, telecommunications and financial services industries in Hong Kong, Australia, Greater China, Asia, USA and Europe. Andrew is currently the Senior Manager, Risk and Opportunity at CLP Power Hong Kong, enhancing smart risk taking across the organisation. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Group Risk Management and Compliance at PCCW/HKT Group, managing risk and opportunities across 43 jurisdictions. Previously he led the Group Risk Management and Insurance team at Dairy Farm Group and played a pivotal role in creating the Global risk management function at Hong Kong Shanghai Hotels. Before coming to Hong Kong, he also worked for professional services firms consulting the government and financial services industry at Deloitte Consulting, Audit Office of NSW and Ernst and Young within Australia. Andrew is a current Chairman, Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand, Overseas Regional Council (Hong Kong) and a current committee member, Institute of Internal Auditors, Hong Kong Group.

What's going on

Program (7.5 CPD hours)

Day 1 - 15th Sep 2022

09:00 - 09:05

Welcome Remarks

09:05 - 09:10

President Opening Address

Ms. Helen Li, President, The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong

09:10 - 09:55

IIA Global Key note Speech

Mr. Benito Ybarra, 2022 - 23 Chairman of the Global Board of Directors, The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

09:55 - 10:30

Digital Assets and Internal Audit

Ms. Angelina Kwan, CEO, Stratford Finance Limited

BREAK (10:30 - 10:45)

10:45 - 11:05

Are you prepared for post-quantum security?

Mr. Welland Chu, Alliance Director, APAC, Thales

11:05 - 11:40

Fireside Chat with Prof. Jason Lau, Sharing on Data Privacy

Moderator:
- Mr. Andrew Chan, Senior Manager, Risk and Opportunity, CLP Power Hong Kong​

Speaker:
- Prof. Jason Lau, Chief Information Security Officer, Crypto.com

11:40 - 12:25

Panel 1 - Embracing Technology - Innovate and Elevate

Panelists:
- Ms. Angelina Kwan, CEO, Stratford Finance Limited
- Mr. Daryl Pereira
- Prof. Jason Lau, Chief Information Security Officer, Crypto.com

12:25 - 12:30

Day 1 closing

Day 2 - 16th Sep 2022

09:00 - 09:05

Day 2 Opening

09:05 - 09:40

Keynote 2 - Fireside Chat with Mr. James Turner, Sharing success story from CAE to CFO

Moderator:
- Ms. Jillian Lobban, Group Head of IA, AIA

Speaker:
- Mr. James Turner, Group CFO, Prudential plc

09:40 - 10:00

Transition from external audit to internal audit

Ms. Christy Chiu, Deputy Head of Banking Audit, BEA

10:00 - 10:40

Panel 2 - How internal audit can make meaningful contribution to the journey of transformation

Moderator:
- Mr. Stephan Yu, Group Chief Internal Audit, FWD Group

Panelist:
- Ms. Ting Ting Kwok, Regional CFO, Chanel
- Mr. David Man, Group Finance Transformation Officer , FWD Group

BREAK (10:40 - 10:55)

10:55 - 11:15

What internal auditors should know about Metaverse

Mr. Albert Yip, Chairman, Syndicate Capital Group

11:15 - 11:50

Megatrends of Cloud Security and How Internal Auditors can add value

Daryl Pereira, CISO of Google Cloud

11:50 - 12:40

Panel 3 - Greenwashing and the role of Internal Audit

Moderator:
- Mr. Ricky Cheng, Director and Head of Risk Advisory, BDO

Panelists:
- Dr. William Yu, Founder and CEO of World Green Organisation
- Ms. Kate Gui, Regional Director of Group Internal Audit, AIA Group
- Mr. Anthony Cheung, Supervisory Board Member of World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA)

12:40 - 12:45

Closing remarks

Ms. Helen Li, President, The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong

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The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong

The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong Limited (previously known as The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong Chapter) was formed in 1979 and is affiliated to the global organization, The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc. (The IIA Inc.) which is headquartered in the U.S.A. The IIA is a global body with more than 200,000 members worldwide.

The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong Limited is incorporated in Hong Kong as a company limited by guarantee.  It is a not-for-profit professional membership organisation that serves to elevate the internal audit profession in Hong Kong and around the world.  The Management of the affair of the Institute is the responsibility of the Board of Governors based on the Memorandum and Articles of Association.  All Governors are volunteers elected by eligible members at the Annual General Meeting each year, and they are all experienced professionals both from the public and private sectors.  Several committees have also been established to assist the Board of Governors.

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