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May 2026 Member Forum – From Guidance to Action: Building Resilience Across Critical Third-Party Ecosystems
As global regulators intensify their focus on third-party ecosystems, organizations must rethink how they identify, assess, and manage critical vendors through the lens of operational resilience. This session explores the shifting regulatory landscape and what it signals for the future of third-party risk. We’ll connect the dots between regulatory intent, sector-wide dependencies, and emerging pressures like AI-driven complexity. Attendees will walk away with clear considerations for strengthening resilience across their most critical third-party relationships.
Speakers:
- Toby ChanAssociate Director, Protiviti, Inc.As an Associate Director at Protiviti UK, Toby brings over 15 years of experience in technology consulting, specializing in privacy, data protection, and third-party risk management. His work focuses on implementing robust enterprise risk and compliance frameworks that enable organizations to navigate complex regulatory landscapes while fostering resilience and operational efficiency.View full bio
- Gary RoboffSenior Advisor, Shared AssessmentsGary Roboff is a Senior Advisor to Shared Assessments where he focuses on payments, risk management, mobile financial services, and information management. Gary has almost four decades of experience in financial services planning and management, including 25 years at JP Morgan Chase where he retired as Senior Vice President of Electronic Commerce. Gary has worked extensively in electronic payments, payments fraud, third party risk management, privacy and information utilization, as well as business frameworks and standards for electronic commerce applications. Gary was a founder of the International Security Trust and Privacy Alliance (ISTPA); led the effort to return the Bank to the merchant services business with the founding of Chase Merchant Services LLC (now Chase Paymentech); and led the development of pinned debit services at Chemical and Manufacturers Hanover. During 1993 and 1994, while on assignment from Chemical Bank, Gary served as President and CEO of the New York Switch Corporation, (the NYCE ATM and Debit Network), and was a founder of its successor corporation (NYCE Corporation, now an affiliate of FIS). Gary has served on the Board of Directors at multiple companies and organizations including ISTPA, the NYCE network, and the Electronic Funds Transfer Association, and served on the Board of Trustees at Clark University for 12 years, nine of them as Vice Chair. Gary received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Clark University, and has completed additional graduate work at M.I.T.View full bio