Jan Küpfer studied business administration and economics, holds two professional diplomas from the IIA (CIA, CRMA) and a PhD from Comenius University. He is a governance specialist with roots in Switzerland. He worked abroad for several years and has many years of academic and practical experience in the field of GRC. Since his doctoral studies he has been a guest lecturer at universities and an occasional speaker and panelist at GRC conferences. Dr. Jan Küpfer is Head Governance, Security & Compliance of Swiss Life AG, responsible for the functions Compliance, Operational Risk & ICS as well as Information Security & IT Risk Management of Division Switzerland.