11 November 2026, Excel London
Championing Excellence At The Intersection of Risk.
2026 Awards Categories
19 categories spanning governance, security, financial risk and innovation.
Risk Manager of the Year
| Individual
Designed to showcase outstanding enterprise-wide Governance, Risk & Compliance programs, this category rewards organisations and teams that have successfully integrated GRC across the business. It celebrates innovation, strategic alignment and measurable impact, particularly where risk has evolved beyond a functional obligation to become an enabler of stronger business performance and sustainable growth.
Compliance Leader/ Team of the Year - Sponsored by CSquare
| Individual
This category celebrates exceptional leadership and achievement in compliance, whether delivered by an outstanding individual or a high-performing team. It recognises professional excellence, measurable impact and a proactive approach to navigating regulatory complexity, strengthening compliance culture and driving meaningful improvements across the organisation.
Young Risk Professional Award
| Individual
"Celebrating an emerging risk professional who is already making a significant impact within the field of enterprise risk management. This award recognises professional achievement, fresh thinking and initiative, alongside a commitment to continued development and the potential to help shape the future of the risk profession."
Ethics & Compliance Champion
| Individual
This category celebrates a senior leader who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to ethical leadership and compliance excellence. It recognises individuals who move beyond traditional, process-driven compliance to embed ethical behaviour, integrity and accountability into organisational culture while strengthening resilience, trust and responsible decision-making.
Diversity & Inclusion in GRC
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This award spotlights organisations, teams or individuals making a meaningful contribution to diversity and inclusion within Governance, Risk & Compliance. Entries should demonstrate how inclusive practices, diverse perspectives and equitable opportunities have been embedded within GRC teams, risk culture or decision-making, with clear evidence of positive and lasting impact.
GRC Program Excellence
| Companies / Teams
Designed to showcase outstanding enterprise-wide Governance, Risk & Compliance programs, this category rewards organisations and teams that have successfully integrated GRC across the business. It celebrates innovation, strategic alignment and measurable impact, particularly where risk has evolved beyond a functional obligation to become an enabler of stronger business performance and sustainable growth.
Enterprise Integrated GRC Architecture
| Companies / Teams
This category honours organisations and teams that have developed market-leading, end-to-end GRC architectures that bring governance, risk and compliance together within a connected enterprise framework. Strong entries will demonstrate how technology, processes and workflows have been unified to reduce silos, improve visibility and efficiency, and enable more informed, consistent decision-making across the organisation.
Technology Innovation in GRC
| Companies / Teams or Individual
Showcasing organisations, teams or individuals that are transforming Governance, Risk & Compliance through the innovative application of technology. This category celebrates the successful deployment of technologies such as AI, automation and RegTech to enhance GRC capabilities, improve efficiency and insight, address complex challenges and deliver measurable organisational value.
Regulatory Reporting & Change Management
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This category celebrates organisations, teams and individuals demonstrating excellence in navigating complex and evolving regulatory requirements. It recognises effective approaches to regulatory reporting, compliance transformation and the implementation of major regulatory frameworks that improve accuracy, efficiency, adaptability and control across the organisation.
Cybersecurity & Data Protection: SME
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This category highlights organisations, teams or individuals setting exceptional standards in cybersecurity governance, operational resilience and data protection. It celebrates robust and forward-thinking approaches that safeguard critical systems and information, strengthen preparedness for evolving cyber threats and embed effective data protection practices across the organisation.
Cybersecurity & Data Protection: Large
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This category highlights organisations, teams or individuals setting exceptional standards in cybersecurity governance, operational resilience and data protection. It celebrates robust and forward-thinking approaches that safeguard critical systems and information, strengthen preparedness for evolving cyber threats and embed effective data protection practices across the organisation.
Operational Resilience & Business Continuity Excellence: SME
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This category celebrates organisations, teams or individuals demonstrating exemplary operational risk frameworks and resilience programs. It recognises robust approaches to managing operational risk, strengthening business continuity and building organisational resilience through effective frameworks, processes and initiatives that enable organisations to anticipate, manage and respond to disruption.
Operational Resilience & Business Continuity Excellence: Large
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This category celebrates organisations, teams or individuals demonstrating exemplary operational risk frameworks and resilience programs. It recognises robust approaches to managing operational risk, strengthening business continuity and building organisational resilience through effective frameworks, processes and initiatives that enable organisations to anticipate, manage and respond to disruption.
Physical Security & Asset Protection Excellence
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This category celebrates organisations, teams or individuals demonstrating exceptional achievement in physical security and asset protection. It recognises robust strategies, frameworks and initiatives that safeguard people, facilities, equipment and critical infrastructure, strengthen risk mitigation and security, and protect the integrity of an organisation’s physical assets and operations.
Operational Risk Excellence
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This category celebrates organisations, teams or individuals demonstrating exceptional standards in operational risk management and resilience. It recognises robust frameworks, proactive approaches to identifying and mitigating risk, and practices that strengthen resilience, improve decision-making and deliver meaningful organisational impact.
Financial Crime Prevention
| Companies / Teams or Individual
This category celebrates organisations, teams or individuals demonstrating excellence in the prevention, detection and management of financial crime. It recognises robust and effective approaches to fraud, anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions and wider financial crime risks, particularly those delivering strong controls, enhanced protection and meaningful impact at scale.
Credit Risk Management
| Companies / Teams or Individual
Highlighting excellence in the development and application of credit or liquidity risk frameworks that support organisational stability and resilience. This award recognises organisations, teams or individuals taking a robust and effective approach to identifying, assessing and managing financial risk, enabling stronger decision-making and sustainable performance.
Third-Party Risk Management
| Companies / Teams or Individual
Honouring outstanding approaches to managing risk across vendors, supply chains and the wider third-party ecosystem. This award recognises organisations, teams or individuals that have developed effective programs to identify, assess and mitigate third-party exposures, strengthening oversight, resilience and confidence across increasingly complex external relationships.
Procurement Risk & Supplier Governance Excellence
| Companies / Teams or Individual
Focused on excellence in supplier governance and procurement risk management, this award highlights organisations, teams or individuals taking a proactive approach to the oversight of third-party relationships. It recognises effective practices that strengthen resilience, transparency and compliance across the supply chain while supporting responsible and well-governed procurement.
Best Use of AI in GRC
| Companies / Programmes
Rewarding organisations and programmes that are harnessing artificial intelligence to advance Governance, Risk & Compliance. This award highlights innovative and responsible applications of AI that enhance GRC processes, improve insight and efficiency, strengthen decision-making, and demonstrate clear, measurable value in addressing risk and compliance challenges.
Recognising the leaders who navigate the intersection of risk.
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