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Yasser ElMasry
Global Chief Risk Officer, Interim Head of Risk Assurance & Compliance
Olympus
Speaker Bio
Yasser ElMasry is a global executive with more than 17 years of international leadership experience helping multinational organizations navigate complexity, strengthen resilience, and execute strategy with confidence. He has held leadership roles across the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, including Olympus, Novartis, and Sandoz, with extensive experience leading organizations and enterprise-wide initiatives across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
His expertise spans Integrated Assurance, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance & Internal Controls, Business Continuity & Crisis Management, Operations, and Supply Chain Management. Throughout his career, he has led large-scale business transformation programs, including Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), ERP implementations, external supply operations, and large-scale crisis management.
Yasser currently serves as Global Chief Risk Officer at Olympus, a leading global MedTech company. A trusted advisor to executive leadership teams and boards, he is passionate about building high-performing teams and modern governance and assurance capabilities that extend beyond compliance to drive strategic value and strengthen trust with society. He focuses on integrating risk intelligence into business strategy to enhance performance, support informed decision-making, and build resilient organizations.
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His expertise spans Integrated Assurance, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance & Internal Controls, Business Continuity & Crisis Management, Operations, and Supply Chain Management. Throughout his career, he has led large-scale business transformation programs, including Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), ERP implementations, external supply operations, and large-scale crisis management.
Yasser currently serves as Global Chief Risk Officer at Olympus, a leading global MedTech company. A trusted advisor to executive leadership teams and boards, he is passionate about building high-performing teams and modern governance and assurance capabilities that extend beyond compliance to drive strategic value and strengthen trust with society. He focuses on integrating risk intelligence into business strategy to enhance performance, support informed decision-making, and build resilient organizations.
Session
Monday, 28 September, 2026 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST
Executive Story: Integrating Risk and Compliance with Strategy
Franck Freymond,
EVP, Chief Audit & Risk Executive, STMicroelectronics
Aleksej Daineko,
VP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Office, Lundbeck
Yasser ElMasry,
Global Chief Risk Officer, Interim Head of Risk Assurance & Compliance, Olympus
This panel will showcase organizations that have successfully integrated risk, compliance and assurance perspectives into corporate strategy and decision-making. Panelists will share their experiences, including how their functions established a strategic mandate, built partnerships across the business, adapted their approaches over time and applied lessons learned along the way.
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