Sibasis Panda

Sibasis currently serves as the Director of Internal Audit at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), one of the Big Five Canadian banks with operations in several jurisdictions across the globe (US, Europe and Asia-Pacific). In his current role, Sibasis is accountable for implementing the ESG Strategy for Internal Audit to ensure comprehensive coverage of ESG processes and controls as part of the various engagements.

Through his work, Sibasis has gained exposure to critical areas within the evolving ESG space, including climate stress testing, sustainable finance, environmental risk management and sustainability reporting. Sibasis has an MBA from the University of Toronto and has completed the CFA Program. In addition, he holds designations in Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) offered by the GARP Institute and Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential by the IFRS Foundation.