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Spollen, David


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Firm: EY Financial Services
Position: Director, Technology Risk
Address: EY Building Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street Dublin 2

Special Areas:

Digital Risk
Digital Operational Resilience
Operational Resilience
Technology Resilience
Technology/Cyber Risk Management (including IT risk operating model development and implementation)
Third Party Risk Management (including third party risk frameworks development and implementation)
IT governance model development and implementation
Compliance and Regulatory Assurance
IT Internal Audit
SWIFT CSP Independent Attestations
Service Organisation Control Reporting

Career:

David Spollen is a Director in EY Financial Services specialising in Digital Risk and Resilience. He has significant experience in all topics listed above. He previously worked as Head of Technology Risk in a pillar Irish bank as well as Head of Technology Risk Consulting in another Irish professional services firm.

David has 18 years of professional services and industry experience, primarily in Financial Services in Europe across Banking and Capital Markets, Insurance and Asset Management sectors. He has extensive experience in DORA, Operational Resilience, Cyber Security, Third Party Risk Management and Technology Risk Management where his work has covered regulatory, audit and specialist consulting services including Skilled Person Reviews and major transformational programmes.

He has a teaming leadership style, values-driven behaviour and authentic personality. One of his focus areas is the design and delivery of IT Risk Management services for IT functions as well as embedding robust IT Risk Management into digital transformation programmes.