Building AI-Enabled Risk Operating Models – WEBINAR

RMA Australia is pleased to bring you our second webinar for September 2026 – Building AI-Enabled Risk Operating Models, hosted by FTI Consulting.

This webinar is for risk leaders who are seeking practical guidance and examples of deploying AI across their operating model.

You’re weighing two things at once: the opportunity to use AI in your function to make your team more effective, and the obligation to ensure it’s deployed across your organisation at the right pace, inside guardrails that keep you safe, compliant and resilient.

We’ll walk you through a playbook that guides your action when embracing the opportunity of AI. This playbook is built around five questions:

• Why – the case for appropriate use of AI in your risk management-related functions
• Who – the different approaches and benefits for different types of risk leaders
• Where – guidance on standing up an AI enablement program and selecting AI use cases in risk management
• How – guidance on establishing a target operating model that is suitable for your organisation
• When – guidance on building roadmaps that deliver sustainable outcomes

Along the way, we’ll share real risk leader experience building AI-led risk operating models.

FURTHER INFORMATION:-

About the Panel:-

Warren Dunn, Senior Managing Director, Head of Risk Advisory, Australia, FTI Consulting

Warren Dunn leads FTI Consulting’s Risk Advisory practice in Australia and brings more than 30 years of experience in financial services, risk management and regulatory response, having held senior roles in management consulting and banking.

Warren oversees complex matters focused on risk, conduct and regulatory compliance across banking, insurance and wealth management. He specialises in high-profile, sensitive matters involving potential litigation and regulatory enforcement. His extensive real-world experience investigating and remediating non-financial risk failures spanning operational, compliance and conduct issues positions him to deliver strategic and practical advice for his clients.

Warren has previously led investigations and remediation efforts for some of the most significant risk management failures in Australian corporate history, including matters related to rogue trader markets manipulation (‘BBSW/LIBOR’), financial crime, money laundering and terrorism financing breaches, bribery and corruption scandals, corporate fraud and various royal commissions and inquiries.

Warren leverages forensic technology to help clients identify, prevent and anticipate control breakdown, fraud, misconduct, error and waste that require remediation. This includes advanced data analytics applied to both structured and unstructured data.

Before joining FTI Consulting, Warren served as the National Risk and Resilience Offerings Lead at a Big Four consulting firm and the Client Lead Partner for the largest Bank in Australia.

Jerome Nyssen, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Jerome Nyssen is a Senior Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Risk Advisory practice, based in Sydney. Jerome brings 25 years of global experience assisting boards, executive teams and chief risk officers across the financial services industry to review and transform risk management, compliance and governance management capabilities, deliver regulatory remediation and embed the use of AI and Governance, Risk and Compliance (‘GRC’) technologies.

Jerome has hands-on experience helping executive teams establish AI strategies, management systems, operating models, risk management frameworks and governance arrangements.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Jerome was Chief Strategy Officer for a global AI and GRC vendor delivering SaaS solutions to highly regulated corporations. He was a partner in Deloitte Australia’s Risk Advisory practice for five years, where he was the Operating Unit financial services industry (‘FSI’) leader and built their digitalisation of risk capability. He has also held senior roles in risk functions within global financial services organisations in London.

Natasha Passley, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Natasha Passley is a senior leader with more than 20 years of international experience in security, risk, and technology in the financial services industry. Ms. Passley has a proven track record of driving large-scale transformation of cybersecurity and technology functions, providing increased organisational resilience, reduced risk and strengthened regulatory compliance. Her leadership approach integrates strategic objectives with operational outcomes, delivering secure, compliant and future-ready business solutions.

As a former Big Four Cybersecurity Consulting partner, Ms. Passley specialises in delivering and strengthening preventative cyber capability to enhance security maturity. With expertise in identifying vulnerabilities and delivering prioritised security solutions – from identity and access management to data protection – Ms. Passley bridges long-term strategy with actionable execution. Her blend of industry and consulting experience enables her to translate complex security concepts into understandable business terms. Ms. Passley uses risk metrics and quantification to uplift board reporting, educating and advising the board and senior management on their cybersecurity posture. Ms. Passley has successfully guided clients through compliance with key standards that boost the resilience of financial institutions in Australia, including CPS 234 and CPS 230, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (‘NIST CSF’) and ISO27001.

Prior to FTI Consulting, Ms. Passley was the Head of Cyber Strategy, Architecture, and Consulting and the Head of Cyber Transformation Portfolio at Insurance Australia Group (‘IAG’), the largest insurer in Australia. In addition to leading a multiyear, cybersecurity transformation program that achieved compliance to CPS234, she developed IAG’s zero trust strategy, led a robust data classification and protection initiative and introduced a streamlined governance model that enhanced operational efficiency.

Ms. Passley is a thought leader who presents at conferences on cybersecurity strategy, transformation, cyber risk quantification and board reporting, as well as frequently hosts cybersecurity round tables.

Ms. Passley has won the award for “Australia’s Most Outstanding in IT Security” and “The One to Watch” at the Australian Women in Security Awards. She is a board member of the information Systems Audit and Control Association (‘ISACA’) Sydney chapter and serves as a volunteer for the Australian Information Security Association (‘AISA’) Cloud Branch Committee.

Reshmi Singh-Maharaj, Senior Director, FTI Consulting

Reshmi Singh-Maharaj is a Senior Director in FTI Consulting’s Risk Advisory practice, based in Sydney. Reshmi brings more than 12 years of experience advising Boards, Chief Risk Officers and executive leadership teams across the financial services sector on risk management, operational resilience, governance, regulatory transformation and AI risk management.

Reshmi has hands-on experience helping organisations design and implement risk management frameworks, operational resilience capabilities, governance models, control assurance programs and AI risk management arrangements. She has led major regulatory and risk uplift programs, including CPS 220 and CPS 230 reviews, gap assessments and implementation programs.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Reshmi held consulting roles across three of the Big Four firms and second line risk roles within financial institutions. She has extensive experience across banking, insurance, superannuation and payments, helping organisations strengthen risk management, operational resilience, governance, AI risk management and regulatory compliance.