Olga Voytenko
Head of Operational Risk and Chief Auditor, Russell Investments
Strategic leader of enterprise-wide, global transformation initiatives, adept at driving large-scale change, fostering innovation, and ensuring operational excellence to position companies for long-term growth and competitiveness. Extensive experience in financial and non-financial risk management at Global Systemically Important Financial Institution (GSIFI) and mid-size banks. Subject matter expertise in Operational Resilience, Risk Controls Self Assessments (RCSA), Third Party Risk Management (TPRM), Supplier Sourcing, Business Continuity Management, Resolution Recovery Planning, Corporate Audit, Banking, Custody & Investments Management, Treasury, Liquidity, and Regulatory Compliance applied to strengthened control environment, reduced residual risk, increased operational effectiveness, and sustainable economic growth. Inspirational builder of top-performing global teams demonstrated through results and execution aligned with regulatory compliance across the US, EMEA, and APAC.
OFFSHORING RISK AND RESILIENCE: COST SAVINGS VERSUS CONTROL – PANEL DISCUSSION
Evaluating offshore models through a risk and resilience lens.
- Clean room environments versus onshore operational realities
- Geopolitical, workforce, and continuity considerations
- Lessons learned from pandemic-era disruptions
- Designing offshore strategies that survive stress events
RESILIENCE UNDER STRESS- DESIGNING SEVERE-BUT-PLAUSIBLE THIRD-PARTY FAILURE SCENARIOS – SIMULATION LAB
A practitioner-led, closed-door simulation focused on how firms design and test severe-but-plausible third-party failure scenarios — not just document them. Expect open, peer-to-peer exchange on:
- Designing joint testing exercises with critical vendors and key service providers
- Stress-testing shared infrastructure and cloud dependencies under realistic conditions
- Validating recovery timelines, fallback options, and manual workarounds
- Simulating disruption across extended ecosystems beyond Tier 1 dependencies
- Challenging assumptions that fail under real stress and identifying hidden vulnerabilities