From risks to opportunities: The role of GRC teams in creating value
How can risk and GRC teams move beyond protecting organisations from risk and start creating tangible value? On 22 September 2026, IIA Netherlands partner Optro hosts a free webinar with Richard Chambers, former President and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors, exploring how risk professionals can turn today's uncertainty into tomorrow's opportunities.
From risk protection to value creation
The 2020s have already brought organisations a remarkable combination of challenges: COVID-19, macroeconomic turmoil, geopolitical conflicts, third-party risk uncertainty, cyber risks, global trade protectionism, supply chain disruption and the rapid rise of AI.
Traditional approaches to risk management are increasingly being challenged by this environment. According to Optro, organisations that have navigated these risks successfully have done more than protect themselves from adverse events. They have also identified opportunities and created value for their stakeholders.
During the webinar From risks to opportunities: The role of GRC teams in creating value, Richard Chambers will reflect on lessons learned so far in the 2020s and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities facing GRC teams in the AI era.
What will you learn?
The webinar explores how organisations can transform risks into opportunities and reposition risk teams from traditional value protectors to tomorrow's value creators.
Among the topics covered are:
- Key lessons for risk professionals from a decade marked by stagnant resource levels, persistent risk volatility and the growing importance of integrating AI into risk processes;
- How AI is creating greater enterprise uncertainty, while also opening up new opportunities;
- The main challenges and opportunities ahead for managing risk;
- How risk teams can evolve from protecting value to actively creating it.
About the speaker
Richard Chambers is Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit at Optro and former President and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). He led The IIA for more than a decade and is an internationally recognised voice in internal audit, risk and governance.
Drawing on his extensive experience, Chambers will connect developments in risk management with the changing role of GRC teams and explore what risk professionals can do to remain relevant in an increasingly uncertain and AI-driven environment.
Join the free webinar
From risks to opportunities: The role of GRC teams in creating value takes place on Tuesday, 22 September 2026 at 3:00 PM British Summer Time and lasts approximately one hour.
Participation is free. Participants who attend the webinar live can earn 1 CPE credit. CPE credits are not available for on-demand viewing.
Interested in exploring how your risk function can move from protecting value to creating it?
