Jaco Grobler

Former Chief Risk Officer at FirstRand

Jaco has 25 years risk management experience, the majority of which has been gained in Financial Services. He served for 10 years as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for FirstRand Group, Africa’s largest financial services group by market cap, focusing on driving risk strategy and implementation of Enterprise Risk Management best practice across a wide range of risk disciplines and business activities.

Specialities: Strategic and risk management planning, board risk management governance and frameworks, financial risk, heads of business risk engagement, risk culture improvement, cyber security and resilience, training and development, business resilience, data and digitisation strategies, with a strong focus on emerging risks.