Omkar Kude

Omkar is an accomplished Risk and Compliance Advisory professional with over 16 years of corporate experience spanning across industry sectors and geographies. He has served as a trusted business advisor to C-Suite executives of Fortune 500 firms and has advised them on various dimensions of business risks. Omkar currently leads the Global KYC Centre of Excellence at PwC India. Omkar was instrumental in designing and implementing this state of the art global capability center under the networkwide risk transformation initiative undertaken by PwC globally. The CoE has a perfect combination of subject matter expertise, truly global, scalable and agile resourcing models, and importantly the economies of scale that can be leveraged for best in class risk operations while realizing value of every penny. Omkar has successfully led several engagements relating to Fraud and White-Collar Crime Investigations, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Compliance Reviews, Forensic Due Diligence and Fraud Risk Assessments. This involved leading marquee business opportunities with a value creation mindset, leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing engagement economics while maintaining operational efficiency. His impassioned leadership has helped Omkar develop meaningful and strong working relationships within the business community. Omkar is an active member of various industry forums in the Anti-fraud and Third Party Risk Management domain. He has published several thought leadership articles and surveys addressing real-world business problems. He is an Engineer by qualification and holds an MBA in Information Technology. Additionally, he is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Information Security Manager (CISM), ISMS Lead Auditor (ISMSLA) and IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) specialist.