“Governance should create confidence, not friction. Risk frameworks must be objective-led - aligned to clear company outcomes - and operational resilience must be tested to ensure the backbone of the organisation is sustainable. When risk appetite is clear, controls are visible, and resilience is proven, Boards and executives can move decisively with regulators and stakeholders aligned.”
Christopher Robilliard
APAC Business Development Director, Drova
About Christopher
Christopher Robilliard is APAC Business Development Director at Drova, partnering with Boards, Executive Teams and Senior Risk Owners to strengthen governance maturity and operational resilience across regulated environments.
He works with organisations operating under ASIC, APRA, ASRS and NDIS frameworks to translate regulatory expectations into practical, scalable operating models. His focus is aligning governance, controls and reporting directly to strategy - ensuring compliance confidence while supporting sustainable growth.
He specialises in digitising risk and control frameworks into single sources of truth, improving Board reporting integrity, risk transparency and audit defensibility. Working closely with CEOs, CFOs, CROs and Risk Committees, he helps clarify risk appetite and embed measurable oversight across the enterprise.
With more than 25 years of APAC leadership experience across enterprise software and regulatory technology, Christopher has built and scaled regional businesses, led cross-border teams and driven growth in highly regulated and mission-critical sectors.
Outside of work, his most dynamic risk environment involves balancing executive life with two young daughters who consistently test internal controls and operate well beyond declared risk appetite - a reminder that resilience and adaptability matter as much at home as they do in the Boardroom.
He writes about operational resilience, APRA CPS 220/230/234, ASIC governance accountability, ASRS sustainability reporting and the digitisation of enterprise GRC frameworks.
Chris's focus areas
Risk appetite and Board-level reporting
ASIC governance and disclosure alignment
ASRS sustainability and financial materiality
Enterprise risk, controls and incident management
Third-party risk oversight
How Christopher helps
Clarifies risk appetite and strengthens Board oversight.
Translates regulatory complexity into scalable, objective-led operating models.
Improves audit defensibility across ASIC, APRA, ASRS and NDIS environments.
Digitises governance frameworks into measurable, real-time control environments.
Strengthens operational resilience and third-party risk governance.
Proof & credibility
APAC Business Development Director, Drova
Held senior executive roles across Asia Pacific with US reporting lines and direct leadership responsibility across the region, building and scaling businesses with budget accountability ranging from US$10M to US$500M.
Led growth and market expansion for top-tier US corporations and leading regulatory compliance and due diligence software providers, including Drova, Ansarada, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Datasite, Seagate and Ingram Micro.
Frequently first on the ground in APAC, establishing regional go-to-market strategy, building high-performing teams with country heads reporting in, and creating sustainable revenue engines across regulated and enterprise markets.
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