Santosh Govind: A Trailblazer in Governance, Risk, Sustainability and Leadership Training in Malaysia

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Meet Santosh Govind, MBA, MICPA, CIA – a seasoned executive leader and HRD Corp Accredited Trainer who’s transforming how professionals approach internal audit, enterprise risk management, and ESG practices.

As a key trainer at Kognifi Sdn Bhd, Santosh brings over 38 years of expertise to empower cross-functional teams, C-Suite executives, and board members.

He’s dealt extensively with C-Suite leaders and Board Audit Committees, ensuring robust internal controls, business process improvements, and sustainability governance.

Whether you’re looking to strengthen internal controls, navigate ESG requirements, or build resilient leadership, his sessions at Kognifi deliver actionable strategies with lasting impact.

What sets Santosh apart is his strong foundation in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles. He earned his ESG Certification from IIA USA in 2025, building on his Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) credential from 2022. As a thought leader, he’s delivered high-impact training on advisory skills, internal audit, ERM (including Fraud Risk Awareness), and sustainability across companies in Malaysia and abroad.

Santosh’s Professional Highlights That’ll Blow Your Mind

Santosh’s expertise spans a wide array of areas, making him ideal for training programs tailored to modern business challenges:

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Guiding HR, Finance, IT, and corporate leaders to collaborate effectively.
• Training & Development: Mentoring over 100 professionals through seminars and programs, building growth in governance, risk, and control.
• Presentation to C-Suite & Board: Mastering communication to influence high-level decision-makers.
• Corporate Governance & Enterprise Risk Management: Developing frameworks that enhance efficiency and mitigate risks.
• Business Process Improvement: Streamlining operations for better outcomes.
• Sustainability & ESG: Championing sustainable auditing practices, with a focus on auditing sustainable organizations.
• Internal Auditing & Financial Management: Drawing from his finance and audit background to provide practical insights.

Santosh Govind’s Focus Training

Key Training Courses to Supercharge Your Professional Edge

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Kognifi is an HRD Corp (HRDF) Training Provider

Kognifi is an approved training provider (TP) by HRD Corp. We are listed in the HRD Corp portal. You can search for Kognifi on this HRD Corp link.

Kognifi provides HRD Corp claimable training in Malaysia.  Kognifi has a list of in-house business management, sales and marketing trainings in Malaysia.

How To Order Our Training Courses

Determine the training course you want your team to attend. Contact us to get the latest training course outline, pricing, and schedule for one of the following types of training for your selected course.

• In-House Training
• Public Training

We will then send you the official quotation for the HRD Corp Levy grant application. This quotation will be digitally signed to verify that it’s from Kognifi Sdn Bhd.

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