Format: Online
Geopolitical risk has surged up the risk agenda. Russia’s war on Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East including Iran, and escalating trade and tariff tensions have amplified a host of business-critical risks: supply chain disruption, state-sponsored cyberattacks, sanctions compliance exposure, and inflation driven by high energy prices. Geopolitical risk doesn’t sit in a silo. It compounds existing risks like never before.
For boards and audit committees, this raises tough questions about risk governance. For internal audit and risk functions, it raises the bar on assurance.
Taking place just after the US midterm elections, this timely webinar will give corporate directors and senior internal audit executives practical, up-to-date guidance on navigating geopolitical risk and strengthening oversight and governance.
DATE: Dec 8, 2026
TIME: 12:00 PM–1:00 PM ET
One (1) NASBA CPE will only be awarded to participants on the live broadcast who are logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes and engage on at least three poll questions per each hour of the event.
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By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Identify the key geopolitical scenarios on the horizon and assess how they could affect their organization’s risk profile.
- Explain how boards and audit committees can strengthen organizational preparedness for unexpected geopolitical events.
- Recognize common blind spots in board and audit committee oversight of geopolitical risk, including how it interconnects with and amplifies other business-critical risks.
- Describe what effective governance and assurance over geopolitical risk look like in practice.
- Leverage internal audit as a strategic partner in identifying, managing, and mitigating geopolitical risk.
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SPEAKERS
Stacey Schabel, CIA, CPA
Global Chair of the IIA Global Board of Directors, The Institute of Internal Auditors
Stacey Schabel is the 2026–27 Global Chair of the IIA Global Board of Directors. Stacey has over 25 years of experience leading, influencing, and executing audit and risk management activities in large global and U.S. public financial services organizations. She currently serves as SVP & Global Head of Operational Risk at RGA Reinsurance Company.
Derek Leatherdale
Senior Geopolitical Risk Adviser, Sibylline
Derek is a Senior Geopolitical Risk Adviser at Sibylline, supporting the firm’s consulting and geopolitical risk work. Derek joined the firm in July 2024 and is based near London (UK). His focus is on promoting and supporting new approaches to geopolitical risk management by firms and their boards, management teams and other key internal functions.
Derek’s background is in geopolitical risk consultancy, with previous roles including his work at HSBC, where he set up the geopolitical risk function in the bank’s global HQ, the first of its kind among systemically important banks, and led public policy campaigns for the bank’s government affairs team. He has also spent time in roles for the UK government.
Derek holds an MA with Distinction in International Politics from King’s College London (UK). He was appointed as Visiting Scholar to the London Institute of Banking & Finance’s Centre for Governance, Risk and Regulation in 2023. Derek also sits on the Risk Forum Committee of the UK’s Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments and provides geopolitical risk training and input to the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors and the Corporate Governance Institute. Derek is also Senior Adviser to the Risk Coalition, with whom he co-authors leading guidance for boards and risk functions on approaches to geopolitical risk management.