Kartik Wadhwa
Senior Risk & Advisory Consultant at PwC. Guest services, ticketing and accessibility operations at the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games and The Championships, Wimbledon.
- Based
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Experience
- 8+ yrs, risk & advisory
- 2024–26
- Paris 2024 · Wimbledon x2
- Languages
- EN · DE · ES · HI · PA
About
I spend most of the year testing whether internal controls hold up under audit — at PwC, reviewing SOX 404, IFC and SOC 1 compliance for newly listed companies and multinational clients across BFSI, automotive and manufacturing. A few weeks a year, I test something else: whether a queue, an access gate or an accessibility point holds up under real crowds.
At the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games I worked ticketing and accessibility operations across eight-plus venues, and closed the Games as part of the Paralympic Opening Ceremony's globally broadcast cast. In 2025 and 2026 I was selected back for consecutive years at Wimbledon, on ticketing, day-steward and guest-services duty at The Queue.
Different rooms, same instinct: build the process before the pressure arrives, and stay calm when it does. I'm based in Frankfurt and fluent in five languages.
Experience
Led IFC, SOX 404, SOC 1 and private audit engagements for public and private clients across BFSI, automotive and manufacturing, including HSBC, Mercedes-Benz, Škoda–VW Group and Jaguar Land Rover.
Directed SOX 404(b) readiness for newly listed companies post-IPO/SPAC with zero material weaknesses reported; ran 20+ audit and advisory engagements end to end.
Mumbai, India
Ran ticketing, electronic access control and POS operations at The Queue; first-level escalation point for ticketing and access issues under high-volume conditions.
Day-steward duties across venue zones; multilingual guest support. Selected back for a second consecutive year in 2026.
London, UK
Ticketing and access operations across eight-plus venues; on-ground accessibility coordinator providing wheelchair assistance and hearing-loop support; volunteer scheduling and training.
Performed as a Ceremony Show Team Member in the Paralympic Opening Ceremony, broadcast live to a global audience.
Paris, France
Financial and operational due diligence for supplier, dealer and distributor onboarding — BMW, Ford, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Nestlé and IKEA among the client base — risk-scored across finance, operations and compliance (FCPA, UKBA, AML).
Achiever Award, two quarters running; Best Presentation Trophy, 2018.
New Delhi, India
Selected Work
SOX 404(b) readiness, post-listing
Context: Newly listed companies needed PCAOB-compliant internal controls fast, post-IPO/SPAC.
Action: Led control testing, risk assessment and remediation tracking against a fixed regulatory clock.
Result: 404(b) compliance achieved with zero material weaknesses reported.
Accessibility operations, Paris 2024
Context: Games-wide accessibility standard across eight-plus venues, tens of thousands of spectators daily.
Action: On-ground accessibility coordinator — wheelchair assistance, hearing-loop distribution, dedicated info points.
Result: Consistent, compliant accessibility support sustained through peak Games-day volume.
Ticketing & access, The Queue
Context: One of the world's most attended annual ticketed events, high-volume entry conditions.
Action: Managed electronic access control, ticket resolution and first-level escalation across two tournaments.
Result: Re-selected for a second consecutive year, 2026.
Vendor & dealer risk screening
Context: Automotive and FMCG clients needed supplier and dealer risk screening before onboarding.
Action: Due diligence and risk scoring across finance, operations and regulatory compliance.
Result: Informed onboarding decisions across dozens of client relationships; Achiever Award recognition.
Skills
Risk, audit & compliance
Internal audit · SOX/IFC/SOC 404 · PCAOB standards · financial & operational due diligence · FCPA, UKBA & AML
Event & venue operations
Ticketing & electronic access control · day-steward & crowd safety · accessibility coordination · volunteer & workforce management
Analysis & tools
Financial statement analysis · SWOT & Porter's Five Forces · Power BI · advanced Excel · SharePoint
Languages
English (C2) · Hindi & Punjabi (native) · German (A1–A2) · Spanish (A1)
Education
Integrated MBA Tech — B.Tech, Electronics & Telecommunication, with an MBA in Finance. Final grade 84.5%.
Certifications
Career Essentials in Generative AI — Microsoft & LinkedIn Learning, 2026
Fundamentals of Sports Marketing — Rajasthan Royals / DeakinCo, 2023
Equity Derivatives — NISM, 2017