Frank Mandalka has over 20 years’ experience in advisory and auditing in the financial services sector at Big Four and medium-sized audit firms. Since 2021 he has led the financial services IT audit team at Grant Thornton, which specialises in implementing and auditing the regulatory requirements on IT at credit institutions, financial services institutions, and payment and e-money institutions. It has a special focus on the implementation of the EU DORA Regulation on regulation of the financial sector in the areas of cyber-security, risks to control systems and digital operational resilience.
Field of expertise
Advice on the proper implementation of current BAIT and MaRisk regulatory requirements, gap analyses of proper implementation of BAIT and audit of proper implementation of current BAIT and MaRisk, particularly related to outsourcing, IT emergency management, information security and information risk management.
Memberships
Specialist group on IT compliance in finance and insurance (ISACA)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
