Sawan Joshi - Risk Management Executive

Privacy | Security | Quality | Business Resilience

Privacy & Security

I have built data protection functions into operations ranging from Enterprises to startups, what they all have in common is the need to form trusted business agreements whether from customers, partners or investors.

Specialist areas:

  • Scalable data protection compliance

  • Security across business operations

  • Mergers & Acquisition management

  • Internal & external audit management

  • ISO 27001 & 9001 company certifications

  • HR Onboarding & offboarding processes

  • Business resilience in service and product

Product Management

I have taken the approach that every business offering whether to provide a service or use of a technology is a product, with this view I have applied a 360 degree approach to build trust, efficiency, value and improvement

  • Modernised architecture by applying modern and simplified technology roadmaps

  • Improved quality management within service operations with metric drive KYC approach.

  • Applied Agile product development principles with the TOGAF architecture development method to ensure product roadmaps support revenue generation

  • Optimised product demonstration, marketing and customer onboarding processes boosting sales piplelines turnaround

  • Founder of TriStep.io AI GRC self service platform serving customers and FREE to charities in England & Wales.

Corporate Governance

You can not do GRC without taking on corporate risk and business conduct. I have delivered measurable risk management across all business areas:

  • Business conduct compliance processes

  • Introduced robust processes on AML, Fraud prevention & whistleblowing

  • Delivered company wide awareness training campaigns.

  • B-Corp company certifications to increase social & environmental impact

  • Financial conduct authority, ICFR, Cryptocurrency audit & compliance

Trusted by:

  • London Luton Airport - 5 Million Transformation programme supporting an increase of over 10 million passengers (over 50%).

  • FirstPort ltd - 5 acquisitions over 3 years taking revenue to 90 million by 2021

  • The Topps Company Scales global branch office and distribution capability taking revenue to up by 5 million over 4 years.

  • Dext Software ltd - Pushed into the Canadian market after dominance in UK with a PIPEDA regulation ready strategy landing 1.5 million in 1st year (2022)

  • Cervest ltd Hired by the board of investors to prepare a 25 million USD climate risk startup's Intelectual property for acquisition as an enterprise ready product.

  • Mitiga Solutions Risk management startup serving the financial sector needed a capability to stand tall in the supply chain and is now onboarding enterprise partnerships and customers, revenue 7 million ( 2024).

References available on request