Mr. Vivek Shivram is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor with six years of experience in the Assurance domain, which include three years in Risk Consulting. Vivek currently works for KPMG LLP as a Manager within the Risk Consulting / IT Assurance department and is based in London, United Kingdom. Vivek has also worked in KPMG's Deal Services practice, advising different buy-side and sell-side clients on Mergers & Acquisitions by performing IT Due Diligence engagements. Prior to KPMG, Vivek worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in India where he trained in External Audit and IT Risk Assurance for 3 years, as part of the mandatory training requirements for Chartered Accountants holding membership of the ICAI. He continued working in IT Risk Assurance for seven months after qualifying as an ACA. In addition to his experience of working in different industry sectors, Vivek also has hands on experience in specialist engagements such as SSAE 16, SOX Compliance and Financial Reporting in accordance with US GAAP / IFRS requirements. Vivek has been the recipient of performance based merit awards in both KPMG UK and PwC India. A friendly, enthusiastic and focused team player, Vivek is highly interested in gaining cross industry knowledge through challenging work assignments and international travel. He is also keen on acquiring professional working proficiency in European languages.

Manager - IT Risk Assurance (Technology Risk Consulting) @ Vivek is currently a Manager in KPMG's IT Risk Assurance team in London. His key responsibilities include: a) Managing IT Audit teams, by overseeing the end-to-end engagement life-cycle to successfully deliver a range of assurance and advisory engagements. His clients include FTSE100 organisations mainly in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Media sectors. b) Reporting directly to the partnership on engagement outputs by providing visibility over relevant project aspects, including potential opportunities, key audit findings and project economics. c) Maintaining internal and external stakeholder relationships by leading critical business meetings to effectively communicate key insights and findings. d) Supporting practice development activities by coaching engagement team members when required and assuming performance management responsibilities for junior colleagues. From August 2015 to Present (5 months) London, United KingdomOwner, Administrator & Blogger @ Taking his interest in GRC forward, Vivek setup GRCSpace.com, a website that aims to create a knowledge pool for the GRC area which would be useful for Management, IT, Audit & Compliance professionals. From August 2012 to Present (3 years 5 months) Assistant Manager - IT Assurance (Technology Risk Consulting) @ From April 2014 to July 2015 (1 year 4 months) London, United KingdomAssociate, Deal Services (Management Consulting) @ From September 2013 to March 2014 (7 months) London, United KingdomAssociate, Systems & Process Assurance @ From January 2012 to July 2012 (7 months) Chennai Area, IndiaTrainee Officer, Systems & Process Assurance @ From May 2011 to December 2011 (8 months) Chennai Area, IndiaArticle Trainee, Assurance @ From June 2007 to September 2010 (3 years 4 months) Chennai Area, India

Master of Science (MSc) @ Royal Holloway, University of London From 2012 to 2013 Chartered Accountant @ Institute of Chartered Accountants of India From 2007 to 2011 Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) @ Indira Gandhi National Open University From 2007 to 2010 B.Com (Partial / First Year) @ Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya From 2006 to 2007 All India Senior School Certificate, 2006 @ South Indian Cultural Association Senior Secondary School From 1994 to 2006