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Narasimha Kini
Business Leader

Narasimha KiniKini leads the Risk Advisory Services division of EXL and has the overall responsibility for client acquisition, relationship management and service delivery for clients across the globe.

He joined EXL in 2001 and has held responsibilities for internal audit, risk management, legal & regulatory compliance and information security. Kini has led Risk Advisory Services since its inception and has managed several large risk advisory engagements.

Kini is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant licensee candidate. His other credentials include CISA, CIA, CFM and CMA. He has successfully completed qualifying examinations and is a licensee candidate for CISM and CISSP credentials. He has over 15 years experience in public accounting, consulting, financial management and risk advisory services. Prior to EXL, he worked with two of the Big Four accounting firms in their business assurance and consulting divisions, where he has extensively served varied clients in the financial services, manufacturing, retail, and energy sectors.

 
   
   
Nikhil Anand
Head of Operations: North America

Nikhil AnandNikhil heads our North America Risk Advisory practice. He holds the overall responsibility for service delivery, client relationships and practice development in the North America region. Nikhil’s expertise lies in evaluation and assessment of IT systems, processes and controls from a risk management and compliance perspective.

At EXL, Nikhil has led several IT controls and security evaluation projects for large multinational companies based in the US.

Nikhil is an engineer from the Delhi College of Engineering and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In addition to this, Nikhil holds CISSP and CISA certifications and is also a ISO 27001 Lead Auditor. He joined EXL after having worked for over 4 years with one of India’s largest IT Services companies where he led projects in IT controls assessment, information security consulting, IT security design, data privacy and information security legislative compliance and certification services for ISO 27001 across industry verticals.
 
 
   
Clive Robinson
Head of Operations: UK & Europe

Clive Robinson
Clive leads our UK & Europe Risk Advisory practice providing risk, governance and compliance consulting to Europe based clients. With more than 20 years internal audit and risk advisory experience, Clive joined EXL from one of the Big 4 accounting firms where he managed a number of outsourced and co-sourced internal audit engagements within the public and private sectors. He has facilitated risk management activity with clients through workshops, operational risk reviews and risk benchmarking.

Clive’s expertise in SOX and regulatory compliance has helped multi-national companies institute risk, compliance and governance frameworks within their business operations.

In addition to being a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Clive has completed the BSI ISO9000:2000 Lead Auditor qualification to assist organisations work within structured quality management systems.
 
 
   
Yogendra Tuli
Head of Operations: Asia Pacific

Yogendra TuliYogendra leads our risk advisory practice in the Asia Pacific region. He manages client relationships in the Far East and Asia Pacific and is also responsible for managing client service delivery from our offshore centers.

At EXL, Yogendra has advised several clients including Fortune 100 and leading financial services companies in the areas of SOX 404 readiness and operational risk management. He has worked extensively for clients across the Far East and the US.

Yogendra is a Certified Accountant with over 9 years of experience in Assurance & Business Advisory Services, Global Risk Management Solutions and Forensic Services. He brings with him 7 years of experience with a Big Four accounting firm. Yogendra has worked extensively on assignments involving internal control reviews, operational audits and risk management projects. Yogendra's expertise lies in creating manuals and operating procedures and in developing frameworks for robust Management Information Systems (MIS) for clients across diverse industry verticals.
 
 
   
Vinit Dayal
Principal Advisor

Vinit DayalVinit is a principal advisor at EXL Risk Advisory and is leading the risk advisory services for banks and other financial institutions. He has developed the EXL Risk Advisory internal audit methodology in compliance with international best practices and he is responsible for ensuring its successful implementation across client locations.

Vinit is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors. He has over 23 years of professional experience with leading commercial banks and two of the Big Four in assurance, banking operations and internal audit.

His professional exposure includes the implementation of a best-practice Corporate Governance framework and an enterprise-wide Risk Management framework for Basel 2 implementation for a leading commercial bank. He has also been involved in implementing risk-based internal audit approaches for leading banks in compliance with the Basel Committee’s guidelines on internal audit for banks. Vinit is on the Governing Board of the IIA’s New Delhi Chapter.