The Future Risk Leader: Skills, Mindsets, and Career Paths Across the Lines

đź”´ This IIA webinar will not be streamed directly on Workvivo. To attend, please make sure to register in advance via this registration link: https://www.theiia.org/en/products/learning-solutions/webinar/enterprise-risk-without-silos/


Tomorrow’s risk leaders will need broader perspectives, stronger influence skills, and cross-functional experience — operating comfortably at the intersection of strategy, governance, and operations. This forward-looking session examines how enterprise risk and internal audit leadership roles are evolving and what that means for talent development, succession planning, and career pathways across the second and third lines. Ideal for professionals responsible for shaping the next generation of enterprise risk leadership.

Learning Objectives:
•    Describe the evolving competency profile required of future enterprise risk leaders, including the influence skills needed to lead risk conversations at the executive and board level.
•    Analyze how cross-functional experience shapes leadership effectiveness in integrated governance environments.
•    Identify talent development and succession strategies that reflect the demands of emerging risk leadership roles across ERM, compliance, and internal audit.


One (1) NASBA CPE will only be awarded to participants on the live broadcast who are logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes and engage on at least three poll questions per each hour of the event.


By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Learning Objective(s):

  • Analyze how ERM practices can evolve from risk documentation to risk intelligence that informs executive and board decisions.
  • Differentiate role-clarity approaches that reduce overlap across ERM, compliance, and internal audit without recreating silos.
  • Evaluate governance and collaboration practices that protect independence and objectivity while improving coordination.
  • Assess forward-looking insights on the skills, mindsets, and career pathways shaping the next generation of risk leaders.

SPEAKERS

Richard Dyason

Richard Dyason

Richard Dyason is an experienced governance and risk professional with over 30 years of leadership across the financial, regulatory, and non-profit sectors. As Executive Director of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Singapore, he led the Institute’s transformation by strengthening strategic direction, revitalizing membership growth, and launching initiatives in ESG, AI governance, and cybersecurity risk. Previously, as General Manager of the Securities Investors Association (Singapore), he advised regulators, including MAS, ACRA, and SGX , on corporate governance and investor protection, and managed stakeholder engagement during major corporate restructurings and crisis events. At the Singapore Exchange (SGX), he contributed to market development and risk-aware investor education in emerging products such as REITs and ETFs.

Richard also served as Group Chief Strategy Officer at a fintech startup, overseeing enterprise and regulatory risk, corporate restructuring, and M&A due diligence. Earlier in his career, he supported the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) in strengthening global audit oversight and advancing dialogue on audit quality. His regional experience spans ASEAN, Australia, and the UK, and he is recognized for his integrity, strategic foresight, and commitment to advancing excellence in governance, risk, and assurance.

Richard currently serves on the IIA ERM Committee, is a member of the Investor and Other Stakeholders Work Group (IOSWG) of the International Forum of International Audit Regulators (IFIAR), is a member of the OECD Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable and is a member of the Corporate Governance Committee at the Securities Investors Association, Singapore (SIAS). 


Aristodimos Dimitriadis

Aristodimos Dimitriadis

Aris Dimitriadis is Chairman of OTE Insurance and a Board member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Central Markets and Fisheries Organisation (OKAA). He brings more than 30 years of experience in internal audit, compliance, enterprise risk management and insurance, including roles at KPMG, ABN AMRO, FBB, COSMOTE and OTE Group. Aris holds a BA in Economics and Politics and an MBA from the University of Kent. He holds the CIA, CFE, CRMA and CFSA certifications and is also Vice President of the Hellenic Risk Management Association and a Board member of IIA Greece.