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CHIEF RISK OFFICER | RISK INTELLIGENCE

Laurent Gaspoz

Geneva (GE | CH) | Swiss nationality | laurent_gaspoz@hotmail.com | linkedin.com/in/laurent-gaspoz

PROFILE

25+ years of experience in governance, internal audit, risk management and internal control across international, public, industrial and highly regulated organizations. Built risk management capabilities within internal audit at Hewlett-Packard and Richemont, before dedicated functions existed: risk maps, assessment methods, registers, risk-and-control matrices, indicators and reporting to governing bodies. Led strategic, operational, financial, cyber, continuity and crisis assignments across 80+ countries. Currently positioned in risk intelligence, data analytics and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) to turn data and weak signals into prioritized, traceable and actionable decisions. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professional immersion — Digital transformation, AI and citizen development

June 2026 – Present

Digitalizers, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Develop a Fraud Risk Intelligence prototype combining automation, AI-assisted development, web application, database and cloud deployment.
  • Turn scattered data and signals into structured, prioritized, traceable and decision-useful analyses.

Personal entrepreneurial project — AscaleA

March 2025 – present

Geneva, Switzerland

  • Design the concept of a platform linking data, risks, indicators, scenarios, compliance and accountabilities to produce auditable and actionable decisions, with AI governance and compliance with Swiss and European data protection requirements.

Head of Internal Audit / Chief Audit Executive

March 2024 – April 2025

Geneva Home Care Institution (IMAD), Geneva, Switzerland — public institution

  • Lead the independent internal audit function of a Geneva public institution active in health and care, reporting to the Audit Committee.
  • Define a multi-year strategy, a risk-based plan, budget, charter, manual and methodologies aligned with the 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards.
  • Assess governance, risk management, internal control, compliance, IT, HR, ethics and fraud; strengthen decision traceability and follow-up of actions.
  • Produce decision-oriented executive reporting and contribute to coordination between internal audit, risk, internal control, compliance, finance, IT and HR.

Lead Internal Auditor / Manager

December 2015 – February 2024

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland

  • Lead strategic, operational, financial, compliance, governance, business continuity and crisis-management audit assignments across 80+ countries.
  • Assess institutional, financial, operational, security, cyber, reputational, ethical, project, third-party and managerial-conduct risks in sensitive contexts.
  • Contribute to analysis of the three lines model and development of integrated assurance approaches, clarifying roles, responsibilities, dependencies and coordination.
  • Turn findings, incidents and weak signals into executive summaries, priorities, indicators, recommendations and action plans.

Senior Auditor in charge for Europe and Asia

February 2011 – October 2014

MeadWestvaco, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Establish audit coverage for Europe, Asia and the Middle East and develop a COSO risk assessment methodology producing maps by business and segment.
  • Assess key controls related to financial reporting, treasury, tax, procurement, outsourcing, transformations and post-acquisition integrations.

Head of Enterprise Risk Audit

June 2004 – January 2010

Richemont International SA, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Design and deploy, within internal audit and in the absence of a dedicated risk function, a methodology linking objectives, processes, maps, registers, impact-likelihood assessments, risk-and-control matrices, risk indicators, key controls, tests, evidence and audit priorities.
  • Link this methodology to the Swiss Internal Control System, oversee the global controls assessment and consolidate reporting to the Audit Committee.
  • Develop a fraud net-risk map and lead strategic brand reviews through to implementation support.

Senior Global Auditor

January 2000 – February 2004

Agilent Technologies, Geneva and London

  • Coordinate the Sarbanes-Oxley methodology group-wide, assess financial risks and test design and operating effectiveness of controls in multi-country enterprise resource planning (ERP) environments.

Senior European Financial Analyst / European Auditor

January 1996 – December 1999

Hewlett-Packard, London, United Kingdom

  • Develop, in the absence of a dedicated risk function, a structured approach to assessing financial and operational risks across 18 countries based on planning, variance analyses, performance and risk indicators and audit reviews.
  • Coordinate Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) strategic planning, consolidate assumptions, exposures and indicators, and translate results into management arbitrations and audit priorities.

OTHER LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE 2010 – 2015

  • Chief Financial Officer at Flyback / Safedrop and Chairman/CEO of Snowide SA / K&G SA: structuring finance and operational functions, strategic plans and transformations with investors and the Board of Directors.

KEY SKILLS

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and governance : building enterprise risk management capabilities within internal audit, appetite and tolerance, strategic and emerging risks, registers and heat maps.

Assessment and control : impact-likelihood, inherent and residual risks, risk-and-control matrices, tests, evidence, remediation and action follow-up.

Risk Intelligence and decision-making : key risk indicators (KRI), key performance indicators (KPI), executive dashboards, weak signals, scenarios, data analytics and responsible AI.

Resilience and transformation : continuity, crisis, cyber, third parties, projects, transformations, integrated assurance and three lines model.

Leadership and governance : Board of Directors, Audit Committee, Executive Management, risk workshops, network coordination and executive communication.

Frameworks and tools : COSO Enterprise Risk Management, COSO Internal Control, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 31000, 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards, TeamMate, Pentana, IDEA, SAP, Oracle, Excel and Microsoft 365.

EDUCATION

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction, University of Hull, England, 1995.
  • Diploma in Management Studies with merit, University of Portsmouth, 1994; Bachelor in Business Administration, International American University, 1993.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Board of Directors certificate, IMD, 2025; Business Analytics for Leaders, IMD, 2019.
  • Internal Audit Quality Assessment accreditation, IIA, 2024; Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), 2022.
  • Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), 2012.

LANGUAGES

FrenchNative

EnglishFluent, international professional environment

SpanishIntermediate

GermanBasic school-level knowledge