CONTACT | HOME   Controllers IT Products Courses & Seminars Consultancy Press Room Presentations About Kersi ABOUT KERSI F. PORBUNDERWALA Kersi F. Porbunderwalla and GRCControllers are recognized to be one of the foremost authorities on the number of EU directives that form the platform for Riskability. Kersi's approach in resolving the EU directives is primarily within the framework of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) mandates. He is also a recognized speaker and GRC expert on operational and IT issues throughout Scandinavia and Europe. The consultancy, courses and development of compliance tools is based on over 30 years of accounting & finance experience as CFO/CEO in Blue Chip corporations. The methodology is to define Riskability and GRC processes, so that they are Reliable, Inspected, Good quality, Highlighted &Transparent (RIGHT). Kersi has worked closely with organizations like ExxonMobil, IBM, Shell and Volvo. GRCControllers is often considered to be one of the foremost authorities in extending a broad view understanding and impact of Riskability and GRC certification, standards, frameworks, regulations, and legislation. During his professional career in GRC related activities, he has also; Project Lead on several Compliance projects incl. Volvo, IBM Nordic, Shell Responsible for implementing Entity Level SOX Controls for Shell. Major focus on the Financial Closing and Cash Management processes Implementing Internal Controls and Operating Procedures and Authorization Levels- for Volvo Denmark and Volvo Truck Corporation Developed and conducted SOX, Riskability, GRC, Internal Controls and Basel II training courses for several companies and consultants. Custom-made Governance, Risk and Compliance, ISO 2700X and ITIL presentations for management of IBM, Danish Financial Analyst Association, Shell, Ängpannaforeningen, Resouces Global Professionals, Lundin Mining, NetCompany, Encore, Software Innovation and several other corporations. Co-instructor: Fundamentals of SOX and SOX Hands-On Workshop and Governance Boot Camp (New York) Developed and conducted 1-2 day Riskability and Process Documentation and Compliance Testing' courses Executive briefing on GRC and Change Management issues at the US Embassy in Copenhagen Acted as Conference Chairman and Principal Keynote speaker on GRC conferences in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo. Organizer of Copenhagen Compliance Conferences. Principal Keynote Speaker at the 1st East European Compliance Conference in Warsaw (Poland) and SI Governance conference in Lisbon (Portugal), Telecom Internal Audit 2008 Prague (Czech) and several others. White Papers: Board Responsibilities at year end and calendar for the next year. Comparisons' between AS5 and ISA. Kersi is a graduate in Accounting and Finance, member of the Danish Financial Analyst Association, Confederation of Danish Industries, Danish Management Council, British Chamber of Commerce, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. References and Testimonials; "Personal thanks for your contributions toward the completion of the SOX project and position ourselves for further improvements in other process areas." "I highly recommend Kersi for his pro-activity, customer approach and sound understanding of complex governance, risks, compliance and controls and his ability to perform in-depth analysis of processes." "As Project Lead, you posed a strong sense of professionalism, efficiency, mitigating conflicts and met all deadlines" "The speaker was very good; he had the entire audience in the palm of his hands. That says a lot, taking into consideration the topic in question" "Personally I think you performed well, you are a professional speaker and with a strong command on the subject" “There was a considerable interest for the seminar at the directors meeting in Brussels" "You made a great effort and all of the feedbacks have been positive" "I like your style of presentation. The mild speed allowed people to digest your information and the short stories gave personal experiences on some 'dull' issues". "The participants graded you as 'the best' amongst all Key Note speakers"