ACi India Speakers

Charanjeet is an ex-banker with experience of 26 years and a veteran in the field of fraud risk domain. He has worked in Middle East, Africa and India with companies like First Abu Dhabi bank, Mashreq, Barclays & ICICI Bank to name a few.

Charanjeet worked as Group Head of Fraud Risk & Investigations for 8 years and as Chairperson of Fraud Prevention Committee of UAE Bank’s Federation (UBF) for 2 years, a not-for-profit organization representing 56 members operating in UAE, is the leading industry association for the UAE banking sector.

He has started his own venture from January 2023, as
C S Risk Consulting

Amit Narayan is a Partner at Control Risks and leads the India and South Asia business. Based in Mumbai, Amit supports clients on designing, developing, and implementing risk-mitigation strategies. He has over two decades of experience with helping clients on reputation and integrity risk, public policy, labour disputes and stakeholder mapping & crisis management.  

Amit joined Control Risks in 2018 from Edelman India where he served as the National Reputation Lead and Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Edelman, he managed Vodafone Group Enterprise’s Asia Pacific external communications. He also worked as Business Manager to the MD of a Vodafone Group Enterprise business unit in Asia Pacific. He has held Asia Pacific strategy, marketing and communications roles at The Walt Disney Company Hong Kong and Cable & Wireless Singapore.  

Susmit is a Partner in Khaitan & Co. His area of expertise includes corporate dispute resolution, white collar crimes defence and competition / antitrust. He has advised and represented corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations and prosecutions, complex cases involving regulatory bodies, large monetary claims in arbitration and other business concerns. Susmit has also advised corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations by agencies, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Enforcement Directorate, Vigilance Bureau, Financial Intelligence Unit, Economic Offences Wing and the Competition Commission of India, alleging bribery, money laundering, corporate fraud, other white-collar offences and anti-competitive business practices. He advises companies on compliance, internal investigations for boards and audit committees, proceedings alleging bribery of foreign officials under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act.

Charanjeet is an ex-banker with experience of 26 years and a veteran in the field of fraud risk domain. He has worked in Middle East, Africa and India with companies like First Abu Dhabi bank, Mashreq, Barclays & ICICI Bank to name a few.

Charanjeet worked as Group Head of Fraud Risk & Investigations for 8 years and as Chairperson of Fraud Prevention Committee of UAE Bank’s Federation (UBF) for 2 years, a not-for-profit organization representing 56 members operating in UAE, is the leading industry association for the UAE banking sector.

He has started his own venture from January 2023, as
C S Risk Consulting

Amit Narayan is a Partner at Control Risks and leads the India and South Asia business. Based in Mumbai, Amit supports clients on designing, developing, and implementing risk-mitigation strategies. He has over two decades of experience with helping clients on reputation and integrity risk, public policy, labour disputes and stakeholder mapping & crisis management.  

Amit joined Control Risks in 2018 from Edelman India where he served as the National Reputation Lead and Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Edelman, he managed Vodafone Group Enterprise’s Asia Pacific external communications. He also worked as Business Manager to the MD of a Vodafone Group Enterprise business unit in Asia Pacific. He has held Asia Pacific strategy, marketing and communications roles at The Walt Disney Company Hong Kong and Cable & Wireless Singapore.  

Susmit is a Partner in Khaitan & Co. His area of expertise includes corporate dispute resolution, white collar crimes defence and competition / antitrust. He has advised and represented corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations and prosecutions, complex cases involving regulatory bodies, large monetary claims in arbitration and other business concerns. Susmit has also advised corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations by agencies, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Enforcement Directorate, Vigilance Bureau, Financial Intelligence Unit, Economic Offences Wing and the Competition Commission of India, alleging bribery, money laundering, corporate fraud, other white-collar offences and anti-competitive business practices. He advises companies on compliance, internal investigations for boards and audit committees, proceedings alleging bribery of foreign officials under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act.

Ash Sharma has over 20 years’ experience in investigations and financial crime risk mitigation. Ash presently manages one of two global investigation hubs for Anglo American Plc, a global mining, minerals and extraction company.  His team conduct corporate ethics and compliance (including regulatory and financial crime) investigations. Ash has worked in the UK and Asia in regional and group roles for a global bank. There, he headed up an internal fraud risk, background vetting and investigation function, before leading and coordinating global significant investigations for the group.  Ash is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Financial Crime Specialist, and Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator.

Charanjeet is an ex-banker with experience of 26 years and a veteran in the field of fraud risk domain. He has worked in Middle East, Africa and India with companies like First Abu Dhabi bank, Mashreq, Barclays & ICICI Bank to name a few.

Charanjeet worked as Group Head of Fraud Risk & Investigations for 8 years and as Chairperson of Fraud Prevention Committee of UAE Bank’s Federation (UBF) for 2 years, a not-for-profit organization representing 56 members operating in UAE, is the leading industry association for the UAE banking sector.

He has started his own venture from January 2023, as
C S Risk Consulting

Amit Narayan is a Partner at Control Risks and leads the India and South Asia business. Based in Mumbai, Amit supports clients on designing, developing, and implementing risk-mitigation strategies. He has over two decades of experience with helping clients on reputation and integrity risk, public policy, labour disputes and stakeholder mapping & crisis management.  

Amit joined Control Risks in 2018 from Edelman India where he served as the National Reputation Lead and Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Edelman, he managed Vodafone Group Enterprise’s Asia Pacific external communications. He also worked as Business Manager to the MD of a Vodafone Group Enterprise business unit in Asia Pacific. He has held Asia Pacific strategy, marketing and communications roles at The Walt Disney Company Hong Kong and Cable & Wireless Singapore.  

Susmit is a Partner in Khaitan & Co. His area of expertise includes corporate dispute resolution, white collar crimes defence and competition / antitrust. He has advised and represented corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations and prosecutions, complex cases involving regulatory bodies, large monetary claims in arbitration and other business concerns. Susmit has also advised corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations by agencies, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Enforcement Directorate, Vigilance Bureau, Financial Intelligence Unit, Economic Offences Wing and the Competition Commission of India, alleging bribery, money laundering, corporate fraud, other white-collar offences and anti-competitive business practices. He advises companies on compliance, internal investigations for boards and audit committees, proceedings alleging bribery of foreign officials under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act.

Ash Sharma has over 20 years’ experience in investigations and financial crime risk mitigation. Ash presently manages one of two global investigation hubs for Anglo American Plc, a global mining, minerals and extraction company.  His team conduct corporate ethics and compliance (including regulatory and financial crime) investigations. Ash has worked in the UK and Asia in regional and group roles for a global bank. There, he headed up an internal fraud risk, background vetting and investigation function, before leading and coordinating global significant investigations for the group.  Ash is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Financial Crime Specialist, and Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator.

Charanjeet is an ex-banker with experience of 26 years and a veteran in the field of fraud risk domain. He has worked in Middle East, Africa and India with companies like First Abu Dhabi bank, Mashreq, Barclays & ICICI Bank to name a few.

Charanjeet worked as Group Head of Fraud Risk & Investigations for 8 years and as Chairperson of Fraud Prevention Committee of UAE Bank’s Federation (UBF) for 2 years, a not-for-profit organization representing 56 members operating in UAE, is the leading industry association for the UAE banking sector.

He has started his own venture from January 2023, as
C S Risk Consulting

Amit Narayan is a Partner at Control Risks and leads the India and South Asia business. Based in Mumbai, Amit supports clients on designing, developing, and implementing risk-mitigation strategies. He has over two decades of experience with helping clients on reputation and integrity risk, public policy, labour disputes and stakeholder mapping & crisis management.  

Amit joined Control Risks in 2018 from Edelman India where he served as the National Reputation Lead and Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Edelman, he managed Vodafone Group Enterprise’s Asia Pacific external communications. He also worked as Business Manager to the MD of a Vodafone Group Enterprise business unit in Asia Pacific. He has held Asia Pacific strategy, marketing and communications roles at The Walt Disney Company Hong Kong and Cable & Wireless Singapore.  

Susmit is a Partner in Khaitan & Co. His area of expertise includes corporate dispute resolution, white collar crimes defence and competition / antitrust. He has advised and represented corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations and prosecutions, complex cases involving regulatory bodies, large monetary claims in arbitration and other business concerns. Susmit has also advised corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations by agencies, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Enforcement Directorate, Vigilance Bureau, Financial Intelligence Unit, Economic Offences Wing and the Competition Commission of India, alleging bribery, money laundering, corporate fraud, other white-collar offences and anti-competitive business practices. He advises companies on compliance, internal investigations for boards and audit committees, proceedings alleging bribery of foreign officials under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act.

Ash Sharma has over 20 years’ experience in investigations and financial crime risk mitigation. Ash presently manages one of two global investigation hubs for Anglo American Plc, a global mining, minerals and extraction company.  His team conduct corporate ethics and compliance (including regulatory and financial crime) investigations. Ash has worked in the UK and Asia in regional and group roles for a global bank. There, he headed up an internal fraud risk, background vetting and investigation function, before leading and coordinating global significant investigations for the group.  Ash is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Financial Crime Specialist, and Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator.

Charanjeet is an ex-banker with experience of 26 years and a veteran in the field of fraud risk domain. He has worked in Middle East, Africa and India with companies like First Abu Dhabi bank, Mashreq, Barclays & ICICI Bank to name a few.

Charanjeet worked as Group Head of Fraud Risk & Investigations for 8 years and as Chairperson of Fraud Prevention Committee of UAE Bank’s Federation (UBF) for 2 years, a not-for-profit organization representing 56 members operating in UAE, is the leading industry association for the UAE banking sector.

He has started his own venture from January 2023, as
C S Risk Consulting

Amit Narayan is a Partner at Control Risks and leads the India and South Asia business. Based in Mumbai, Amit supports clients on designing, developing, and implementing risk-mitigation strategies. He has over two decades of experience with helping clients on reputation and integrity risk, public policy, labour disputes and stakeholder mapping & crisis management.  

Amit joined Control Risks in 2018 from Edelman India where he served as the National Reputation Lead and Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Edelman, he managed Vodafone Group Enterprise’s Asia Pacific external communications. He also worked as Business Manager to the MD of a Vodafone Group Enterprise business unit in Asia Pacific. He has held Asia Pacific strategy, marketing and communications roles at The Walt Disney Company Hong Kong and Cable & Wireless Singapore.  

Susmit is a Partner in Khaitan & Co. His area of expertise includes corporate dispute resolution, white collar crimes defence and competition / antitrust. He has advised and represented corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations and prosecutions, complex cases involving regulatory bodies, large monetary claims in arbitration and other business concerns. Susmit has also advised corporates and HNIs on enforcement investigations by agencies, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Enforcement Directorate, Vigilance Bureau, Financial Intelligence Unit, Economic Offences Wing and the Competition Commission of India, alleging bribery, money laundering, corporate fraud, other white-collar offences and anti-competitive business practices. He advises companies on compliance, internal investigations for boards and audit committees, proceedings alleging bribery of foreign officials under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act.