Reimagining Internal Audit in the Remote Gaming Industry

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Reimagining Internal Audit in the Remote Gaming Industry

Course Description:

The event aims to bring together remote gaming industry stakeholders and provide a platform for attendees to share their experiences and learn from each other in a collaborative environment.

In this event, KPMG internal audit leaders, industry experts, and professionals will discuss the latest trends, best practices, and challenges in the internal audit of gaming companies. The discussions will focus on key topics around regulatory compliance & financial crime, sustainability, and resilience.

The session will include a panel session and followed by networking drinks.

Target Audience:

The event is exclusively for selected senior executives and C-suites across the gaming industry.

CPE Hours: This course qualifies for 1.5 hours of Structured CPE which can be classified as Core Competency. A certificate of attendance will be provided at the end of the session.

Speakers:

Alex Azzopardi, Partner, Risk Consulting Advisory Services, KPMG in Malta

Alex Azzopardi

Alex is a Partner, Risk Consulting Advisory, KPMG in Malta and is an accountant by profession with 15 years of experience. He has managed and led various AML-related advisory engagements over the past years. The AML/CFT Advisory offering includes a full suite of services in the field: reviews of policies and procedures, testing of AML-related procedures and gap analyses. Alex leads a team of highly-specialised professionals with experience across the spectrum of subject persons and relevant activities. Alex also provides compliance-related training sessions, including AML/CFT. He is the current Chairman of the Malta Forum for Internal Auditors.

Giselle Borg, Partner, Risk Consulting Advisory Services, KPMG in Malta

Giselle Borg

Giselle is an experienced professional with a strong background in governance, risk, and compliance, across a range of industries. Throughout her career, she has led audit and assurance engagements for major market players, working both in Malta and with KPMG London’s audit department. Today, Giselle advises entities on corporate governance, regulatory reporting, risk management, internal audit, and actuarial matters. She supports organisations in navigating evolving expectations and aligning their structures and operations accordingly. Giselle also assists clients in establishing regulated entities in Malta, guiding them through licensing processes and cross-border considerations, including freedom of services, establishment, and general good requirements across European jurisdictions.

Russell Mifsud, Director, Gaming, KPMG in Malta

Russell Mifsud

Russell is dedicated to all aspects of the Gaming industry as a whole. He strives to remain on top of all externalities on a Global scale, in order to best advise KPMG and its clients on opportunities within the industry alongside best guidance techniques. Within the gaming space, new trends, licensing, strategic opportunities, compliance, M&As, competing jurisdictions, disruptive technologies, crypto currencies and gamification are some of the aspects that Russell focuses on, whilst keeping a macroeconomic perspective in hand. Russell is currently working on numerous techniques to help raise the bar and champion Malta as the jurisdiction of choice, including holding regular meetings with the Regulator at the Malta Gaming Authority and other industry stakeholders and speaking at high profile conferences and other international events. Bringing conferences of calibre to the island, round tables and aligning the efforts of the KPMG Global Gaming network, are amongst some of the activities that Russell undertakes, in order to keep stakeholders up-to-date on emerging markets, opportunities and industry hot topics.

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Course Features

  • Language English
  • Assessments
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Alex Azzopardi

Partner, Risk Consulting Advisory Services

Alex joined the firm in 2005 within the firm’s Audit function where he specialised in the external audits of financial services entities. After 8 years, Alex moved to the Advisory function, where he assisted in the setting up of the Internal Audit Services line. Today, he leads engagements mainly focused on the provision of services in enterprise risk, corporate governance, regulatory compliance (including licensing), AML/CFT and internal audit services across the regulated financial services sectors and other non-regulated businesses. Alex is the Chairman of the IIA - Malta, Fellow of the MIA and a member of ISACA.

Partner, Risk Consulting Advisory Services

Giselle is an experienced professional with a strong background in governance, risk, and compliance, across a range of industries. Throughout her career, she has led audit and assurance engagements for major market players, working both in Malta and with KPMG London’s audit department. Today, Giselle advises entities on corporate governance, regulatory reporting, risk management, internal audit, and actuarial matters. She supports organisations in navigating evolving expectations and aligning their structures and operations accordingly. Giselle also assists clients in establishing regulated entities in Malta, guiding them through licensing processes and cross-border considerations, including freedom of services, establishment, and general good requirements across European jurisdictions.

Director

Russell is dedicated to all aspects of the Gaming industry as a whole. He strives to remain on top of all externalities on a Global scale, in order to best advise KPMG and its clients on opportunities within the industry alongside best guidance techniques. Within the gaming space, new trends, licensing, strategic opportunities, compliance, M&As, competing jurisdictions, disruptive technologies, crypto currencies and gamification are some of the aspects that Russell focuses on, whilst keeping a macroeconomic perspective in hand. Russell is currently working on numerous techniques to help raise the bar and champion Malta as the jurisdiction of choice, including holding regular meetings with the Regulator at the Malta Gaming Authority and other industry stakeholders and speaking at high profile conferences and other international events. Bringing conferences of calibre to the island, round tables and aligning the efforts of the KPMG Global Gaming network, are amongst some of the activities that Russell undertakes, in order to keep stakeholders up-to-date on emerging markets, opportunities and industry hot topics.

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