Ratna Pawan

Founder & Director – RiskAssist Inc

Ratna Pawan is an award-winning risk & resilience professional with 25+ years in Financial Services, specializing in Business Continuity, Operational Risk, Cyber Security, Fraud Investigations, and more. She has held key roles in global banks like HSBC, ABN AMRO, Standard Chartered, and Mashreq, and contributed to the launch of HDFC Bank & YES Bank.

Now based in Toronto, Ratna leads industry initiatives, including BCI’s Women in Resilience (WiR) SIG and Operations Resilience SIG. A sought-after speaker, she has received multiple accolades, including:

• BCI America’s ‘Continuity & Resilience Volunteer’ (2024)
• BCI India & South Asia ‘Collaboration in Resilience’ (2022)
• ‘Top Indian Women Influencers in Security’ (2022)