19/10/2026
With only a month to go until the annual Chartered IIA Scotland Conference, it's time for you to meet our brilliant day one lineup.
From left to right, we have:
👉 Sandy Begbie CBE, Chief Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise, who'll be leading the session: 'Political and Economic Risks of the World We Are Living In'
👉 Executive Coaches at Rosewell House - Louise Fleming and Maureen Evans. Louise and Maureen will be leading a workshop on 'Professional Courage in Practice: Influencing First Line Stakeholders'
👉 Kezia Dugdale, Associate Director, Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow and Chair of Stonewall. She'll be delivering the keynote - 'Keynote: Courageous Leadership: Speaking Up and Driving Meaningful Change'
👉 Linda Gausland Christensen, Senior Account Executive, DataSnipper. Linda will be leading a session, sponsored by DataSnipper, titled 'Data, risk and trust in the age of AI'
👉 Peter Hawkins, Director, 3VRM. Peter's session focuses on 'Evolving Third-Party Risk: Strengthening Oversight in a Volatile World'
👉 Faraaz Noor, Graduate Group Internal Auditor at Persimmon Homes and Finalist on BBC's The Traitors. Faraaz will be delivering a session on 'Trust and Decision-Making Under Pressure: Lessons from High-Stakes Environments'
👉 Dr Vivek Shivram, Global Head of Analytics & Data Science, Aegon. Vivek's session focuses on 'Beyond the Hype: AI Enablement and Assurance by Internal Audit in 2026'
👉 And finally - Caroline Gardner, CBE, Chair of the Audit Oversight Body for PwC and Board member of the Wheatley Group. Caroline will deliver a session on: 'A View from the Chair: Judgement, Challenge and Accountability'
Stay tuned for day two speakers next week!
In the meantime, secure the last-remaining tickets now: https://bit.ly/4haWlMv
