Trina Dubose
Executive Director, Head of Third Party Risk Audit, Morgan Stanley
Trina DuBose serves as an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, overseeing global internal audit coverage of Third Party risk. With more than 22 years in the financial sector, Trina began her career in retail banking, progressing from Teller to Branch Manager. Her corporate journey started at JPMorgan Chase in 2009, where she managed paper and plastic production for Chase Card Services as a Materials Manager. In 2017, Trina joined Morgan Stanley as a Director in Operations, focusing on Third Party risk management. After leaving in 2020, she returned in November 2022 to lead audit activities related to Resilience and Third Party risk. During her time away from Morgan Stanley, she held various positions managing third party risk, global HR Operations risk, and led consumer banking at a Maryland bank. Trina holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Towson University (2007) and an MBA from the University of Baltimore (2020). She lives in Gwynn Oak, Maryland, with her husband Herb and their children Asia and Ayden. In her free time, Trina enjoys traveling and often acts as a chauffeur for her kids.
CONTINUOUS MONITORING: MOVING BEYOND SCORES, SIGNALS AND DASHBOARDS
Re-evaluating what “continuous monitoring” should mean in practice.
- Why external risk scores often fail to reflect real exposure
- Identifying meaningful signals versus informational noise
- Integrating cyber events, financial stress, and operational failures
- Turning monitoring into decision-making, not reporting
CRITICAL THIRD PARTIES: POWER IMBALANCES WITH CRITICAL THIRD PARTIES– PANEL DISCUSSION
Operating TPRM programs when vendors dictate terms.
- Managing monopolize across the supply chain in financial institutions
- Navigating audit refusals, data access limitations, and “take-it-or-leave-it” contracts
- Managing risk exposure when exit is unrealistic
- Escalation strategies when critical vendors underperform or resist oversight
- Using collective pressure, contractual leverage, and governance forums effectively