Soubhagya Parija has been leading risk management programs for over two decades at different companies in the US across multiple industry sectors including retail and utilities. He designed a global compliance risk management program at Walmart’s international division and has been instrumental in implementing GRC systems at three companies. He has been a thought leader and speaker at various conferences. He serves in the Board and the Audit Committee at Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS). He also serves on the Risk Management Council of American Management Association (AMA) and as an advisor to the CRO Council at George Mason University. Soubhagya has a Masters Degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and an MBA from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. He also completed the Harvard Business Analytics Program, an intensive certification program offered by Harvard University. He currently serves as the Chief Risk Officer at the New York Power Authority, nation’s largest public owned power utility where he is responsible for Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Commodities Trading, Corporate Insurance and Risk Analytics.