Ankit is the Director for Control Risks’ Crisis and Security Consulting team in South Asia. Based in New Delhi, he is responsible for supporting the delivery of the business resilience service, security risk management issues, and developing and enhancing internal processes and capabilities.
Ankit has over 19 years' experience in managing global and regional profiles on crisis management, business continuity, cyber security and audit domains across manufacturing, telecom and supply chain, FMCG, IT and outsourcing.
Recent tasks that Ankit has worked on include:
- ISO 22301:2019 certification for a global organisation wide scope with a multi-year deployment.
- Working on the global rollout of service continuity, resilience and assurance programs for large global clients, aligning with country wide and global standards.
- Setup and management of 24x7x365 risk intelligence and resilience centres, delivering a comprehensive and complex crisis management and employer duty of care response.
- Aligning resilience programs with ESG, sustainability and Enterprise Risk Management programs (against ISO 31000:2018, COSO and other standards).
- Automation of resilience program on enterprise-wide Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) platforms.
- Development and delivery of a large resilience and security audits program, with more than 3,700+ annual touchpoints.
Prior to joining Control Risks, Ankit led the Global Resilience and Security Audits program for one of world’s largest outsourced services provider, with operations in more than 150 countries. Ankit has worked in various regional and global capacities with VFS Global, Symantec Corporation (now Broadcom), Mondelēz International and Nokia Corporation for Resilience, Cyber and Information Security, Third Party Risk Management and Data Privacy.
Ankit is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP, DRI, USA), Level 5 Crisis and Risk Management Certified Professional (ISRM, UK), Certified Risk Professional (C.R.P, BSI), Lead Implementer on ISO 22301:2019 (TUV-SUD), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM) from ISACA, and also holds other credentials.
Ankit holds a Master's in Business Administration (IT/Sales), Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology and a Diploma in Information Technology (Software Engineering).