In this session, Astrid Yee-Sobraquès, FRM, CISSP will examine the natural tensions that arise when Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Quality approach the same challenges from different vantage points—and reveal practical approaches high-performing organizations use to harness these diverse perspectives.
What We will Cover:
- Natural Conflict Zones – Transforming tensions around documentation, risk-based decisions, and standardization into strategic choices rather than buried dysfunction
- The Quality-Risk Revelation – How the EU AI Act’s Quality Management System is a blueprint for mature ERM—and why regulations worldwide now mandate demonstrated integration
- Governance Mechanisms That Work – Five Board-level interventions that make alignment mandatory and dysfunction visible
Drawing on Astrid’s signature risk connectivity approach, this session provides both a diagnostic lens for assessing governance alignment and a practical architecture for enabling these functions to support strategic growth.
About Astrid Yee-Sobraquès, FRM, CISSP
Astrid is a senior risk executive Fortune 100 financial institutions call when complex risk and regulatory challenges bring previous efforts to a standstill.
Over 25 years at GE Capital, AIG, Citibank, and PwC, she’s developed expertise across Enterprise Risk Management, Strategic Advisory, Regulatory Compliance, Digital Transformation, and Cyber Security spanning Banking, Asset Management, and P&C Insurance globally.
As the Risk Sherpa, she’s known for her “risk connectivity” approach—integrating people, processes, and data to strengthen how organizations anticipate, manage, and respond to cascading risks.
She serves on GARP’s New York Chapter Advisory Committee and in October 2025 released the Connected Enterprise framework—the first systematic approach to elevate ERM into the CEO’s strategic intelligence engine.
