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title: "Future-proofing Your GRC Strategy: Webinar"
description: Want to learn how to future-proof your GRC strategy? Join our expert webinar to explore the key elements of an agile GRC strategy and how to optimize with technology.
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 EXPERT WEBINAR

# Future-Proofing Your GRC Strategy:

## Navigating Risks in the Banking and Financial Industry

<https://www.metricstream.com/library/webinardiary/all>

### Date: Wednesday, Dec 13, 2023 | Time: 9:00 am PT | 12:00 pm ET | 5:00 pm UK Time

**Speakers**

[![Varun_220x220](https://info.metricstream.com/hubfs/Varun_220x220.png)

**Varun Agarwal**   
 Director - Enterprise Risk, Western Alliance Bank 

](https://info.metricstream.com/webinar/grc-strategy-navigating-risks.html#modelbox2)

![Varun_220x220](https://info.metricstream.com/hubfs/Varun_220x220.png) **Varun Agarwal**   
 Director - Enterprise Risk, Western Alliance Bank   
  

Varun has worked in financial services extensively in the Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk and Strategic Risk Management space with emphasis on risk quantification, risk analytics and risk governance. He brings over twenty years’ experience both as an industry practitioner and a provider of consulting services to global banking organiztions. He is currently a leader in the Enterprise Risk Management function at Western Alliance Bank, an innovative and fast paced growing bank based in Phoenix, AZ. He has previously worked for HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, and Deloitte in US, Canada and Europe.​

Varun is a published author on varied topics in finance and risk management across US and Europe; presented at numerous industry conferences at both international and national levels.  His educational qualifications include a Ph.D. in Economics, MS in Financial Economics and BS in Engineering. He also has a CFA Charter.

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**Sumith Sagar**   
 Associate Director Marketing, MetricStream 

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![Sumith Sagar_200x200](https://info.metricstream.com/hubfs/Sumith%20Sagar_200x200.png) **Sumith Sagar**   
 Associate Director Marketing, MetricStream   
  

The current risk landscape is not only complex but also evolving with disruptive, emerging, and interconnected risks. Banking and Financial Services organizations face complex challenges, from technological disruptions, extended ecosystems, and geopolitical developments to regulatory changes. It is imperative to develop a GRC strategy that not only works today but also is anti-fragile in the future.

GRC is not a one-time activity. Organizations must keep optimizing it to ensure its relevance and effectiveness in navigating the evolving business environment. It requires understanding risks and their interconnections and using data-driven insights to improve controls and make strategic business decisions continuously.

Join the webinar where the experts will discuss the importance and key elements of an agile and forward-looking GRC strategy and more, including:

- The current risk landscape and the challenges
- Developing an agile GRC strategy – key elements, challenges, and solutions
- Key  steps to future-proofing GRC strategy
- Leveraging technology for GRC optimization

**In case you’re unable to catch the live webinar, please register to receive the recording which you can watch at your convenience.**

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