Future-Ready Audit Risk & Assurance Masterclass 2026

Navigating AI, ESG & Economic Uncertainty with Confidence | From Regulatory Compliance to Strategic Resilience

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14th - 15th April 2026 | 9am-5pm (GMT+8)

Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Centre

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Master Trainer

Adrian Resag

Academic Director (NFP), OCEG

IAAP | ICEP | IRMP | IAIP | QIAL | CMIIA | CIA | CISA | CRMA | GRCP | GRCA | CFSA | CCSA | SIRM | CIMA | IT GRC | CIMA Adv Dip MA

Adrian Resag is a seasoned audit and risk management professional with over 15 years of experience across various industries, including notable work in the Power Utility sector. His experience includes auditing operational technologies, assessing risk management strategies, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Adrian is skilled in leveraging digital tools such as data analytics and automation to enhance audit processes, particularly in complex infrastructures like power generation and transmission systems.

In his training and consulting roles, Adrian adopts a practical, hands-on approach. He integrates real-world examples and interactive exercises, such as mock audits and control testing, to address sector-specific challenges, including grid stability, cybersecurity, and infrastructure protection. He has also contributed to fraud detection efforts, focusing on procurement and maintenance contracts within the power sector. Adrian’s expertise extends to delivering tailored solutions that align with both governance and operational requirements.

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Event Description

The Future-Ready Audit Risk & Assurance Masterclass 2026 equips senior audit leaders with practical frameworks to navigate evolving AI regulations, ESG disclosures, and sustainability standards amid economic volatility and geopolitical risks. It addresses pressures on audit functions to adapt swiftly while upholding independence, rigor, and credibility in areas like going-concern assessments, impairments, and valuations.

 

Participants gain advanced risk-based methodologies and board-level decision tools to oversee emerging risks, deliver forward-looking assurance, and ensure relevance and trust in a rapidly changing landscape.

Who Should Attend

Board Members | Group Chief Internal Auditors | Chief Risk Officers (CRO) | Chief Compliance Officers (CCO) | Chief Financial Officers (CFO) | Executive Vice Presidents | Senior Vice Presidents | Vice Presidents | Directors | Directors/Heads of Fraud | Directors/Heads of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) | Forensic Audit Specialists | Heads of Audit, Risk & Compliance | Compliance and Governance Leaders | Regulatory and Tax Audit Executives | Finance and Assurance Consultants | Audit Managers | Audit Directors

 

DEPARTMENTS
Internal Audit | Risk Management | Compliance & Regulatory Affairs | Finance & Assurance | Sustainability & ESG | Technology Risk & Cybersecurity | Governance & Legal

Why You Should Not Miss This Masterclass

Regulatory agility
 Stay ahead of rapidly evolving AI, ESG, and compliance expectations

Economic risk assurance
 Strengthen audit oversight of going-concern, valuation, and financial resilience

Future-proof audit leadership
 Equip your audit function to respond to uncertainty with confidence

Board-level relevance
 Deliver insights that matter to boards, regulators, and stakeholders

Immediate applicability
 Practical tools and case-driven learning for real audit challenges

Key Learning Outcomes

Strengthen executive and board confidence in organisational decision-making and oversight of artificial intelligence (AI).

Redesign assurance and risk functions to remain relevant and effective as businesses evolve and integrate AI.

Improve detection, prevention, and response to emerging and contemporary business, technology and security risk.

Shift assurance and oversight from retrospective review to timely, decision-oriented insight.

Allocate resources and assurance effort to areas of greatest business value and exposure.

Integrate AI and algorithmic risk into enterprise risk management, compliance, and assurance agendas.

Past Feedback

" Excellent panel of speakers! All topics were very up-to-date with current trends and the speakers had imparted valuable info and knowledge. "

Nita.

HR Director, Brunei

" The course was very informative, clear delivery and interactive. My questions were answered effectively. Thank you! "

Leng.

Non-Executive Independent Director, Kuala Lumpur

" It was great to work with CWI. Their attention to detail was impeccable. The Business Continuity & Crisis Management workshop was fluid and went very smoothly! CWI presented and managed the participants with great patience and have delivered fully on their commitments to me. "

Ta.

Group CFO, Dubai

" The masterclass I attended was one of the workshops I highly ranked and treasure most. Well-organized and experiential learning - it was second to none. "

Joseph.

Chief Commercial Officer, East Africa

I have had an unfailingly excellent experience as a CWI presenter. Their international marketing is unusually strong. Their technical grasp to deliver successfully and the ways they have polished my contribution to the benefit of the participants are impressive. "

Professor Andrew D Chambers.

United Kingdom

" The masterclass was an excellent refresher plus new updates. The case studies were good as it reiterates the points for each topic. "

June.

Executive Director, Kuala Lumpur

" The masterclass was well-presented, full of different case studies were provided, and the topics were well-illustrated. I now have a better view of the organization of different boards. Thanks and well done. "

Jor.

Chief Executive Officer, Brunei

" Attending the course has assisted deeply in my understanding of what would be expected of me, as well as the fulfillment of my role & upcoming role. "

Andrew.

Senior Managing Director, Kuala Lumpur

" This course was mind-blowing. It gave me insight regarding the whole concept of investment in culture, and how human beings are the force. It was an amazing Masterclass. "

Zaka.

Chief Risk Officer, Saudi Arabia