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The exchange of experience is a forum for audit managers to share their experiences from internal and external audits, discuss upcoming audit focal points and discuss organisational options and framework conditions for modern audit work. 

The event will focus on the following topics, amongst others:

• DORA following the first audit cycle – successes and potential | Dr. Waldemar Grudzien, Managing Director, GRM Global Regulation Management AG
• DORA – audit findings, case studies on WpHG audits | Sandra Strelow, Audit Specialist, Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG
• Impact of the 9th MaRisk Amendment on internal audit | Dr Stefan Götz, Director of Banking Supervision and Accounting, Association of German Banks
• AI tools in internal audit | Johannes Matschiner, Director of Forensic, Risk Compliance, BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft 
• AI and Data Analysis in BNP Paribas' Audit Process - Opportunities and Challenges in Practice | Marc Oliver Henneken, Head of Hub Central & Eastern Europe, BNP Paribas S.A. German Branch
• On-site Audits - Expectations for Internal Audit | Prof. Dr. Marijan Nemet, Deloitte GmbH
• On-site Audits from the Perspective of WertpapierService Bank | Sandra Strelow, Audit Specialist, Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG
• Developments in banking law | Thorsten Höche, General Counsel/Managing Director, Association of German Banks

You will receive a detailed certificate of attendance for your participation.

Language: Please note, that the conference language is German.

Speakers:

Dr. Waldemar Grudzien
Dr. Waldemar Grudzien is an expert in financial regulatory audits, information security, and data protection. He assists clients in all phases of regulatory audits and in complying with information security and data protection requirements. At the request of clients, he regularly participates in financial regulatory audits on behalf of financial institutions.

Sandra Strelow
Sandra Strelow holds a degree in Business Administration (FH), a Master of Laws (LL.M.), and is a certified internal auditor with many years of professional experience in the corporate functions of auditing, risk and outsourcing management, and controlling. As an audit expert, she has been responsible at Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG since 2024 for conducting and managing audits and consulting engagements across all subject areas and for addressing fundamental audit-related issues. In addition, she is active in the DIIR working groups on “MaRisk” and “Internal Audit and Sustainability.”

Dr. Stefan Götz
Dr. Stefan Götz serves as Director of the Banking Supervision & Accounting Task Force at the German Banking Association, where he is responsible for Pillar 2 and LSIs.

Johannes Matschiner
Johannes Matschiner is the Director of the Forensic, Risk & Compliance practice. He has more than 16 years of professional experience in auditing and advising national and international companies of various sizes in the financial sector.  He possesses broad and in-depth knowledge of the processes and process structures of companies in the financial sector. As Director of the Forensic, Risk & Compliance practice, his focus is on the national and international supervisory and regulatory requirements of the financial market, which encompasses a wide variety of structures.

Marc Oliver Henneken
Before joining BNP Paribas in 2009, Marc Oliver Henneken held various positions within the Internal Audit department of the Dresdner Bank Group and Fortis. He began his career at BNP Paribas as Head of Internal Audit at Von Essen Bank and was later appointed Deputy Head of the Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) Hub. Since May 2025, as Head of the CEE Hub, he has been responsible for audit activities in 11 countries in the DACH region and Central Europe.

Thorsten Höche
Thorsten Höche is a trained banker, attorney, and Managing Director and General Counsel of the German Banking Association. He holds various positions at legal publications and regularly contributes as an author and speaker.