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About the Summit
Risk • Resilience • Governance • Leadership
In today’s rapidly evolving business environment, the role of the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) has become more critical than ever. With increasing regulatory scrutiny, technological disruption, and global interconnectivity, organizations must adopt a holistic and forward-looking approach to risk management. The CRO is no longer just a guardian of compliance, but a strategic leader responsible for overseeing both financial and non-financial risks, enabling resilience, safeguarding value, and supporting sustainable growth across the enterprise.
Increasingly, CROs play a central role in strategic decision-making by anticipating emerging risks and their interconnected impact across the organization. However, the modern risk landscape presents a unique set of challenges. Organizations must navigate the complexities of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI , while ensuring robust governance and accountability.
Cybersecurity threats continue to escalate in scale, while geopolitical tensions are creating uncertainty across global markets. Businesses also face mounting regulatory demands, the need for real-time risk monitoring, and increasing pressure to build operational resilience.
Managing interconnected risks, addressing climate and sustainability goals, and strengthening third-party and supply chain oversight further add to the complexity of modern enterprise risk management.
To overcome these challenges, organizations must embrace integrated risk frameworks, leverage advanced data and analytics for predictive insights, invest in technology-driven risk intelligence, and foster a strong risk-aware culture supported by the right talent and capabilities.
Join the 8th Edition CRO Leadership Summit 2026 to discover how leading organizations are addressing these challenges and turning risk into a strategic advantage. Gain insights from industry experts, explore innovative approaches, and uncover practical strategies to strengthen resilience, enhance governance, and drive sustainable growth in an increasingly uncertain world.
Key Themes
Future Role of CRO
Navigate the future role of CRO – a prediction for evolving risk leadership.
Digital Fraud Dynamics
Increase in the digital fraud dynamics and the emergence of new-age threats.
ROI & CRO Success
A successful ROI indicates a successful CRO strategy and execution model.
Hybrid Frameworks
Adopting a hybrid framework and taking a leap towards advancement.
Insights on SCR
Gaining valuable insights on SCR and its impact on enterprise resilience.
Risk Culture & Governance
Strategic steps towards building a resilient risk culture and governance.
Featured Speakers
Ajay Kanth
Head – Fraud Risk Management Unit (FRMU)
Aditya Birla Capital Limited
Satyanandan Atyam, FRM
CRO
Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited
Shailendra Kothavale
Chief Compliance and Risk Officer
Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
Amrita Chakraborty
Senior Vice President Risk Management
Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Anirban Ghosh
Chief Risk Officer
Mirae Asset Financial Services India Pvt Ltd
Hitesh Sampat
Head - Fraud Control Unit (FCU) & Risk
IIFL Finance
Santosh Rajpoot
Vice President Risk Management
HDFC Life
Santosh Rajpoot
Vice President Risk Management
HDFC Life
Who Should Attend?
CEO, Chief Risk Officer, Head, Director, VP & Managers
Risk Leaders
Decision Makers
Risk Management
Enterprise Risk Management
Audit & Compliance
Internal Audit & Compliance
Finance
Finance & Financial Controller
Legal
Company Secretary & Legal
Crisis Management
Crisis Management & Response
Fraud Risk
Fraud Risk Management
+ Risk Management Committee
Why You Should Attend?
Strategic Insights
Gain strategic insights from industry leaders on emerging risk trends, geopolitical shifts, and market uncertainties.
Advanced Risk Tools
Explore advanced tools, analytics, and frameworks that enhance risk visibility, control, and scalable business resilience.
Enterprise Risk
Understand critical regulatory, financial, and operational risks influencing enterprise decision-making and business stability.
Future-Ready Skills
Build future-ready capabilities in risk analytics, cyber resilience, and AI-driven risk management strategies.
Governance & Growth
Discover new approaches to strengthen risk governance and drive resilient growth strategies.
Expert Discussions
Engage with industry experts through keynotes and panel discussions on cyber risk, financial risk, and geopolitical risk.
CRO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2026
Get Recognized for your Path-Breaking Achievements
8th Edition CRO Leadership Summit & Awards 2026
CRO of the year
Risk rising star of the year
Risk manager of the year
Risk management team of the year
Most innovative risk management strategy of the year
Risk management service provider of the year
Best risk technology implementation of the year
Risk and Compliance Team of the Year
Event Pricing
Till 13th June 2026
Till 13th July 2026
* Prices exclusive of GST. Groups of 3 or more are eligible for institutional rates.
Why You Should Sponsor?
Sponsoring the 8th Edition CRO Leadership Summit & Awards 2026 provides a powerful opportunity to connect with senior risk leaders, decision-makers, and enterprise stakeholders actively seeking innovative risk management solutions and strategic partnerships.
The summit brings together influential CROs, risk professionals, technology leaders, and governance experts to discuss the future of enterprise risk, resilience, cybersecurity, AI-driven risk management, and regulatory transformation.
Partnering with the summit enables your brand to gain premium visibility, strengthen industry positioning, and showcase your expertise to a highly targeted audience of qualified buyers and senior executives.
Through strategic networking opportunities, pre-scheduled meetings, and onsite branding, sponsors can build meaningful business relationships and generate high-value sales opportunities.
Benefits of Sponsoring
Meet pre-qualified hosted buyers with verified spending budgets and generate highly targeted business leads.
Network directly with potential customers to better understand their business challenges, priorities, budgets, and solution requirements.
Build a stronger sales pipeline by connecting with senior-level decision-makers in a collaborative and high-value business environment.
Increase brand visibility by showcasing your company among leading CROs, risk professionals, and enterprise leaders.
Gain competitive advantage through pre-event promotions, onsite branding, and strategic exposure to existing and potential clients.
Participate in pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with executives who hold budgets and are actively interested in relevant solutions and services.
Voices of the Summit
"The event was professionally managed, time management was best, nice speakers, industry leaders. It was a great opportunity for interaction amongst participants."
Alok Mishra
JSW Steel
"Nicely organized event with contextual topics given insights into best practices across industries."
Ashish Wadhwa
Axis Finance
"Topical issues with examples so that we can go and implement in our organization."
Rajeev Tanna
Tata Consulting Engineers
"Extremely good list of speakers, lots of insights in the domain knowledge levels."
Kapil Punwani
Star Health Allied Insurance
"Great to get specialist professionals together, lots of experience shared."
Jo Woods
Niva Bupa
"The event was professionally managed, time management was best, nice speakers, industry leaders. It was a great opportunity for interaction amongst participants."
Alok Mishra
JSW Steel
"Nicely organized event with contextual topics given insights into best practices across industries."
Ashish Wadhwa
Axis Finance
"Topical issues with examples so that we can go and implement in our organization."
Rajeev Tanna
Tata Consulting Engineers
"Extremely good list of speakers, lots of insights in the domain knowledge levels."
Kapil Punwani
Star Health Allied Insurance
"Great to get specialist professionals together, lots of experience shared."
Jo Woods
Niva Bupa
