IA Webinar: Governance and Oversight Arrangements for Investment Management

Damla Tezcan, Senior Manager, Financial Services Governance, Deloitte

Damla is a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Financial Services Governance practice, expert at driving governance transformation at both board and executive levels for clients across the US, UK, continental Europe, and Japan. Her expertise includes integrating governance structures during acquisitions, establishing group-level governance and risk management frameworks, and conducting extensive governance reviews, including SMCR reviews. She has led multiple workstreams focused on governance and oversight arrangements for financial crime risk management, and is experienced in delivering governance trainings to Boards and Executive – including Group and Subsidiary CROs, on board governance and engagement.

Laura Sol, Head of Risk UK, DWS Group

Laura Sol is the UK Head of Risk at DWS Asset Management, responsible for identification, management, control and reporting of financial and non-financial risks in the UK, and responsible for leading ICARA. She’s held senior risk and control positions at DWS since 2015. Prior to that, she was Deputy Global Programme Manager Officer for 3 Lines of Defence Programme at Deutsche Bank, and led various global change programmes in operations and technology. She is a member of the Investment Association’s Prudential Risk Committee and the chair for the Business and Enterprise Risk Committee. Laura holds a bachelor in Business Administration and an MBA from ESADE Business school, Spain..

Liezl De Villiers Getz, Head of Non-Financial Risk, M&G Investments

Liezl de Villiers Getz is the Head of Non-Financial Risk at M&G Investments. She is responsible for setting the overall vision, strategy and direction for non-financial risk across the global asset management business. She manages and oversees a technical team responsible for providing the framework and approach of non-financial risk; risk appetite statement and culture; emerging risk, transformation risk and ICARA; monitoring, reviews and assurance. She previously worked at Aviva Investors as the Head of Operational Risk and was responsible for setting the overall operational risk approach and providing strategic direction on risk, control and capital management across the global asset management business. Prior to this, she worked at KPMG as a risk, control and capital consultant; external auditor as well as a financial engineering group manager. She holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting (Honours) degree from the University of Stellenbosch; is a qualified Chartered Accountant registered with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants; and is a member of the Institute of Operational Risk.

Osita Egbubine, Associate Director/Financial Services Advisory, BDO UK

Osita is an Associate Director in the Financial Services Advisory team at BDO UK with over 16 years’ experience providing assurance and advisory services across governance, prudential regulation and regulatory reporting. Osita has led various regulatory projects over the course of his career, supporting clients with MIFID II implementation, IFPR implementation, regulatory reporting deepdives, skilled person reviews and internal audits. His expertise includes framework design and assurance, obligation mapping, compliance monitoring; and board and senior management training. Osita is a qualified accountant and holds a Diploma in Investment Compliance from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI).

Zainab Yazdansetah, Senior Policy Advisor, The Investment Association

Zainab is a Senior Policy Adviser at the Investment Association, with responsibility across SM&CR, FSCS levies, FOS and the IA’s prudential portfolio, particularly the Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR). She manages the IA’s Prudential Committee and Legal Committee, coordinating member input and external engagement. Zainab also successfully led and advocated the IA’s work on the FCA’s Enforcement Guide and proposals on greater transparency of enforcement investigations, whereby the FCA did not adopt routine day‑one publication of named investigations. Prior to joining the IA in October 2022, Zainab spent over eight years at the Financial Conduct Authority, working on conduct programmes for international sell‑side firms and serving as a Senior Case Officer in Retail Banking Authorisations, where she led on complex retail banking propositions.