Mark Thomas
President, Escoute Consulting
Bio
Mark is an internationally known Governance, Risk and Compliance expert specializing in information assurance, IT risk, IT strategy, service management and digital trust. Mark has a wide array of industry experience including government, health care, finance/banking, manufacturing, and technology services. He has held roles spanning from CIO to IT consulting and is considered a thought leader in frameworks such as COBIT, NIST, ITIL and multiple ISO standards.
Noted Related Experience:
Typical training and engagements include governance strategy, maturity assessments, hands-on implementation, and consultative training and coaching in the service management, enterprise governance/risk and cybersecurity domains. Acted as interim leadership for clients with a specific focus of organizational
design, operational processes, risk, cybersecurity and governance models including ITIL, COBIT, NIST and TOGAF. Provided training services for major training firms and consulting clients in
several disciplines including Business Analysis, ITIL, COBIT, MOF, ISO, NIST Cybersecurity and IT strategy areas.
Presentation Abstract
Enabling a sustainable ESG program using good governance practices
The desire to become socially and environmentally sustainable is going through a major transformation. Enterprises are in an optimal position to support and invest in the environmental and social aspects of their communities and environments at large by leveraging their existing I&T governance framework. This workshop will cover the basics of ESG and how frameworks such as COBIT can assist in creating the basis for becoming a more ESG friendly enterprise.
Learning objectives:
• Understand the history and key points of Environmental and Social Governance (ESG)
• Identify governance and management objectives and practices needed to create an ESG system.
• Associate information and technology aspects to the successful adoption of ESG objectives and practices in your governance and assurance efforts
Conference Date
25 Oct 2023
Conference Location
Athens, Greece
Venue
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)
Contact
conference@isaca.gr