Geetha Kanagasingam Tizi has over 25 years of experience in corporate governance & compliance, risk management, internal audit and corporate insurance solutions in consultancy, multinational, local and global firms.

She is a professional advisor who founded First Global Risk Solutions and is a managing consultant to a clientele of listed corporations and SMEs in South East Asia providing governance, risk, compliance, corporate insurance and assurance advisory services. 

Geetha held senior leadership positions in multinational firms. She was the Vice President of Group Risk in Barclays Banks PLC providing expert risk assessment including risk financial transfer solutions advisory across business lines and corporate functions globally within the Bank where she spent almost a decade.  Prior to that she was the Regional Chief Internal Auditor, APAC for Cadbury PLC where she was integral to the paradigm shift of the internal audit function towards risk based approach. 

Geetha’s business strategy and leadership skills was proven where she held the position as the Principal Officer for the insurance arm (Singapore Aviation General Insurance Association Pte Ltd) of Singapore Airlines Ltd driving the business strategy change yielding a 20% increase in profits with the application of appropriate risk appetite.  Geetha also spent several years as the Risk Manager for the listed ground handling group of companies of Singapore Airlines Ltd where she established the enterprise risk management framework from scratch.  Ms Kanagasingam Tizi began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers where she progressed to Manager of the Global Risk Advisory Solutions Division providing risk management and internal audit advisory services to large multination and local listed corporations.

Her qualifications include Masters of Business Administration (MBA) with U21 Global School for Global Leaders in Singapore; Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK, Certified Internal Auditor of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), New York, USA and Certified Professional in Financial Crime (Anti- Money Laundering & Counter Financing of Terrorism) with International Compliance Association, UK.

Geetha is a professional member of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers Association and International Compliance Association, United Kingdom.  She is a Consultant Advisory member of Gerson Lehrman Group and a Council Committee Member of Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS) holding a Professional Enterprise Risk Manager certification from the Association.  She was also a founding Board member of risk association, Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA).