Samit Bhat

Associate Partner with EY Risk Advisory Services

Director, Advisory Services, UK&I, EY

Qualified Chartered Accountant, Masters in Management Studies, Management Accountant and Cost accountant with over 15 years of professional experience. Currently working Head of Central Business Performance and Planning team at Wealth & Investment Management, Barclays Bank - London.

Director - Advisory Services, involved with business advisory, process reviews, process reengineering, risk assessments, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Advisory/compliance delivery, risk based internal audits, development of policy/process manuals and departmental restructuring exercises. Apart from worked in the following roles: Accounting, Finance, Management Reporting, New Product roll outs, Change Management, Capital Management, Compliance, Consulting, Tax and audit practices in previous employment

Responsible for overall Governance in the Wealth Management cluster in the Bank. Profile includes managing Basel II implementation issues, reviewing new product roll outs, implementing changes in policies/processes, change management, Capital management, process effeciency reviews, SOX process overview etc.

Manager with the Risk Advisory Practice of KPMG. Worked across London, Mumbai and Delhi offices of KPMG. Managing and leading teams for risk consulting, risk assessments, process reviews/reengfeneering, consulting, Internal Audit and SOX consulting assignments. Industry experience across a vast segment primary ones include - Financial and Insurance Sector, Mining and refining, Oil and Gas, Service sector among others.