Paul has over 20 years of experience in the industry, much of which has been in the domain of traded risk modelling. Paul currently provides oversight of the traded risk models applied in Merrill Lynch International, a subsidiary of Bank of America. Previously, Paul was the Global Head of Traded Risk Analytics at HSBC.

Professional and ambitious Senior Leader with over 20 years of banking career across different business lines.

Experienced in managing international teams of different sizes and professional background, also within matrix and complex organisational setup, using the appropriate leadership style .

Focussed on addressing medium to long term strategic implications of short term actions supported by fact-based analysis and decision making.

Always ready to face new professional challenges outside my comfort zone and to improve my personal working skills.

Long-standing professional experience in Finance, Planning and Strategy, ESG, Credit Portfolio Management, Cross-Country HR Management, Operational Risk .

Nicolas Guittard started his career as a credit Quant at Barclays Capital in London. He then held a position as a credit derivatives trader before moving to Credit Suisse where he joined the Quant team focusing on interest rates derivatives. He later moved to Zurich within Credit Suisse and covered credit models for stress testing. He has been in charge of scenario analytics for 2 years and joined UBS post the merger with Credit Suisse.

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Emma Hagan is Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at ClearBank, responsible for all risk and compliance-related activities. She has over 18 years’ experience in commercial and corporate banking in both first and second lines of defence.

Emma joined ClearBank from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), where she was Chief Risk Officer for EMEA, serving as part of the EMEA leadership and global risk leadership teams. Prior to SVB, she worked at Lloyds HBOS in a variety of roles.

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Sahil Joshi works at Macquarie, where he leads stress testing team covering EMEA regulated entities; part of Prudential Risk team, based within Macquarie’s Risk Management Group. The team covers enterprise-wide stress tests, climate risk stress tests, emerging risk scenarios, risk methodologies and plays a critical role in the preparation of capital adequacy assessments (ICAAPs/ICARAs) and providing second line oversight in capital management.

My experience includes challenging and diverse roles within asset management, investment banking, financial services regulation, and the audit of financial services.

I am qualified as: a Chartered MSCI, a Fellow Chartered Global Management Accountant, Barrister of England and Wales. My first degree was a Masters in Computer Systems Engineering, which was dual honours in electronic engineering and computer science. My dissertation was in the computational analysis of multicompartmental pharmacokinetic mathematical models.

In addition, I have also renewed my machine learning skills by means of Andrew Ng’s Deep Learning course. I have also given speeches on behalf of the FCA on prudential regulation and represented the UK’s interests at IOSCO and various ESAs.

Philippe Mangold is a Managing Director at UBS and serves since Nov’23 as Head Market Intelligence & Situation Management. In his previous role at Credit Suisse he has been the Deputy Global Head Credit Portfolio Management and as Global Head Country Portfolio Management & Analytics. Prior to this, he held different leadership positi2ons in Treasury & liquidity risk management, scenario analytics and stress testing. He worked in London and Zurich. His experience additionally includes war room leadership to manage through crisis situations, as well as project management, e.g. related to the build-up of scenario analytics capabilities, and the overhaul of the bank’s liquidity risk management, including the department’s strategic transformation and global expansion.

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Lars Jul Overby is Head of the Risk-based Metrics (RBM) Unit in the Prudential Regulation and Supervisory Policy Department of the European Banking Authority (EBA). He is currently responsible for the EBA work on developing regulation in the areas of credit, market and operational risk. As part of his work, he chairs several EU working groups and organises the annual EBA Research Workshop. Prior to joining the EBA, he worked in Nykredit, Denmarks Nationalbank, ECB and Nordea. He holds a PhD from the University of Copenhagen in empirical market microstructure.

Dimitris Papathanasiou is the Head of Global Funding Concentration and International Treasury risk at Credit Suisse. He joined the bank in 2016 and for 6 years was the Head of  EMEA treasury and liquidity risk. Before that he was the Head of the Front Office for 6 years and acting Group Treasurer for 7 months in CocaCola HBC. Earlier he has worked as risk manager and portfolio manager in Kaupthing Bank. At the early stages of his career he had various roles as treasury auditor and equity analyst. Dimitris holds an MSc in Finance and Investments and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, 

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Jacek is a Vice-Director of ALM Risk of mBank Group (#4 Bank in Poland, part of Commerzbank Group). He is a member of the Risk Committee, CALCO and ALM Committees. He is involved in risk monitoring, governance, stress testing, contingency planning, ALM, FTP and regulatory topics.

Previously, he held Vice President role at JP Morgan Chase in London. He was responsible for credit risk of portfolio of Emerging Markets FI & Sovereigns.

Jacek holds a MSc. in Management and Regulation of Risk from LSE and a BSc. in International Business Administration from RSM Erasmus University. Jacek regularly presents at conferences in London, Prague, Vienna and Warsaw.

Privately, father of two boys, whom he infects with passion to skiing and sailing.

Over the last 25 years, Mr Scharmann has worked in various areas of banking, including Derivatives, Securitisation, Debt Capital Markets, Credit Risk Management, Portfolio Management and Treasury. Before joining Santander Consumer Bank AG in 2014, he spent 13 years in London, most recently as Managing Director in the Treasury division of RBS and before that several years in the Debt Capital Markets division of ABN Amro Bank.

In his current role as Head of Treasury for Santander’s unit in Germany, Mr Scharmann is responsible for normal Treasury activities such as liquidity and interest rate risk management as well as money market execution and capital management. Since 2016, his unit has also been responsible for local recovery & resolution planning. During the Corona crisis, his additional responsibility for the coordination of Special Situation Management has already been successfully tested.

Eric Schaanning recently left the UBS / Credit Suisse Group to pursue other opportunities within banking. In his last role at UBS / Credit Suisse, Eric was heading the Group Banking Book team covering Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book for the combined UBS & Credit Suisse Group. Prior to joining UBS / Credit Suisse, Eric held various positions at the European Central Bank and Norges Bank, covering Stress Testing, Macroprudential Policy, Cyber Risk and Central Clearing among others. Eric holds a PhD in Mathematics from Imperial College London and an MSc in Mathematics from ETH Zürich.

Imran Syed is currently Head of Scenario Analysis – Contingent Market Risk at UBS. He was part of the core team that established the Counterparty Market Risk function at Credit Suisse. Imran has over a decade of stress testing and scenario design experience across Market, Counterparty risk and firmwide stress testing as well as Regulatory Stress Testing. His experience spans across scenario design, execution as well as stress testing infrastructure. Prior to this he set up and led the Equities market risk team for Credit Suisse in India. He was previously the Head of Equities, Capital Markets and Risk Analytics at BofA Centre of Excellence.

Jeff Simmons joined MUFG Bank in June 2014 as the Head of Enterprise Risk, tasked with creating the function. He has been involved intensively with the enhancement of the Risk Management framework in MUFG Bank (Europe). This has involved him in the formation of an Enterprise Risk function in Amsterdam tasked with delivering the full range of regulatory submissions. In April 2018 he transitioned to MUFG Securities to become involved in the Brexit project. In this capacity he is the CRO for MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V. the Dutch subsidiary of MUFG Securities (EMEA).

Prior to joining the bank he spent some 20 years specializing in best practice Risk Management including Market Risk, Credit Risk, Risk Model Validation and Regulatory Risk consulting. As well as have line management responsibilities in various institutions he has also gained extensive experience in implementing Risk Management frameworks from both a technical and operating model based perspective.

Ed Thomas is a Senior Vice President at ProcessUnity, with an extensive background in Third-Party Risk Management. A seasoned expert in the field, Ed has years of experience guiding organizations on their journey to establish efficient and effective risk management programs. Combining his deep industry knowledge with practical insights, Ed aims to assist organizations in realizing the full potential of their TPRM programs. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the top thought leaders in the field.

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I am the Global CEO and Co-Founder of Mirai Advisory. Our company was founded ten years ago as a niche consulting firm focused on Balance Sheet Management. After three years, we began developing our own ALM tool, called Mirai ALM Tool. This is a cloud-native solution that has been successfully deployed in over 9 countries, with a G-SIB as one of our clients.

Hadrien joined the Risk team of BNY Mellon in 2021. He is responsible for the oversight of Interest Rate Risk Management in the Banking Book (“IRRBB”) for all entities outside the US. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Hadrien worked at Avantage Reply, a consultancy where he supported the ALM, Risk, and Finance departments of financial institutions mostly on change projects. He also worked for a number of years in market risk modelling at Dexia / Belfius bank, primarily on Value-at-Risk models.

Cedric works in Portfolio Management at Citi, within the front office, and is responsible for the allocation of risk appetite across business divisions, industries and products. Cedric has more than 20 years of experience in the sell side and buy side, with roles ranging from structuring to risk management.

Marion is a 27 years old entrepreneur. She discovered entrepreneurship in Melbourne. Back in Paris for her master degree, she wanted to join a meaningful project.

Her path crossed with Grégoire Hug who had the project of revolutionizing finance towards sustainable practices.

She joined WeeFin’s adventure as a first employee, she has been a real all-rounder, convinced the first clients, onboarded the team (+ 60 pp), …  Through her ambition and vision, at 25, she associated with Gregoire and took over the product (SaaS).

Now Marion is part of the executive team and a board member. As part of 2024’s strategy and after raising 10M€ as series A fundraising, she’s in charge of the internationalization.

Mihaela Breg has more than 17 year of experience spanning across retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking, and a track record of operating in highly complex and regulated environments at a global level (in the Eurozone, the UK and the US). Over the years, Mihaela was involved in leading the successful delivery of various oversight and change programmes leading up to the current role as Head of Operational Resilience & Third Party Oversight for Europe Arab Bank in London. Being a proactive leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, she combined her corporate skills also with FinTech experience in the start-up environment, becoming a co-author of The PayTech Book published in January 2020 (the first globally crowd-sourced book focused on the future of finance and payments revolution).

Rory is the Global Head of Compliance Operations and Assurance at Zurich Insurance based in Zurich, Switzerland. A qualified barrister, Rory has specialised in financial services compliance for over 20 years. He has held various international compliance roles in large firms such as Head of Compliance Europe at Aviva, Chief Compliance Officer EMEA at MetLife and Chief Compliance Officer Europe at Lombard International Assurance prior to joining Zurich in January 2023.

Rory is the Global Head of Compliance Operations and Assurance at Zurich Insurance based in Zurich, Switzerland. A qualified barrister, Rory has specialised in financial services compliance for over 20 years. He has held various international compliance roles in large firms such as Head of Compliance Europe at Aviva, Chief Compliance Officer EMEA at MetLife and Chief Compliance Officer Europe at Lombard International Assurance prior to joining Zurich in January 2023.

Ela Emmett has recently been appointed as a Senior Manager, Financial Crime Controls, Risks and Policy & Advisory within the Compliance function at ICBC Standard Bank.

In her previous role with Commerzbank AG London, she led the AML Monitoring and Investigation team and acted as Fraud Officer for the London Branch, leading the Anti-Fraud Programme and ensuring oversight and implementation of the respective local and global governance. She was responsible for managing complex investigations across different business platforms and critical input in developing anti-financial crime policies, procedures, measures, and controls. While at Commerzbank, Ela closely interacted with the Joint Money Laundering Task Force (JMLIT), enabling the Bank to contribute to live investigations.

Before joining Commerzbank in 2018, Ela served in a similar investigative role at Citibank NA for over ten years, gaining experience in financial crime, including fraud investigations and AML.

Ela holds a Master`s degree in Criminal Studies from the University of Portsmouth, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies and achieved several other financial crime-related certifications, i.e., ACAMS, ACFE and ECCP.

At the beginning of her career, Ela had the opportunity to train with the Analysis Training Unit at Greater Manchester Police and attended several training courses with the City of London Police to develop knowledge on a comprehensive range of financial crime topics across the spectrum from foundation level to industry experts.

Results-driven risk professional with over 18 years of experience in risk, assurance, and audit management within the financial services industry. Subject matter expert across all Enterprise and Operational risk domains with a proven track record of transforming frameworks, behaviours, and culture to advance organisations risk management capabilities. Proven track record of transitioning organisations from manual to proactive data-led approaches, driving efficiency, and enhancing risk mitigation strategies. Significant expertise in engaging across complex matrix organisations, effectively influencing C-suite executives, board members, and various regulatory bodies.

Alex Hollis, MBA BSc CMgr, is one of the foremost governance, risk and compliance technology experts having consulted with hundreds of companies and institutions across Europe. With an Academic background in Computing from the University of Derby, Alex later went on to gain his MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute. During his near two and half decades in IT consulting, the past 15 years Alex has consulted on over successful 100 GRC technology implementations winning awards for innovation around operational risk and bow tie risk modelling. Alex’s experienced and practical insights make him a regular speaker, educator, and consultant for thought-leaders. Outside of his professional work Alex has been a proud volunteer police officer for 13 years in Thames Valley in the role of Special Chief Inspector of Operations.   

Julius is Head of Audit at the Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) in London and in that role responsible for covering Risk Management, Compliance, Treasury, Capital Adequacy and Finance in the EMEA region, and Client Asset Safety globally. Before joining BNY Mellon in 2015 he worked at PwC in Luxembourg as Risk and Regulatory Consultant, specialised in Prudential Risk/ Basel III. Julius has a Master in Economics and Political Sciences, and holds both the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) as well as the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) Certificate.

Julie Hubbard is the Chief Control Officer, Business Services at One Savings Bank with over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services and Outsourcing sector. Julie has held various roles in her career working in global, high street, start up and scale up organisations specialising in Operations Management, Transformation and Change, Third Party Risk Management and Quality Assurance.

Her carreer in Vendor Management started 20 years ago when first working at CitiFiancial to her responsibilities today at OSB which includes the Group Procurement, Vendor Management and Business Services Assurance Teams.

Over the years Julie has been involved and seen the evolvement of the Third Party Risk Management framework and regulatory direction and for the last 8+ years working at One Savings Bank and has been instrumental in driving forward and developing the target operarting model, strategies and policies for the Bank ensuring compliance with asscociated Third Party Risk Management, Intragroup and Outsourcing requlations across the 1st Line Operations, IT and support teams.

Grégoire Hug is a French entrepreneur, CEO, and co-founder of the company WeeFin.

He holds a master’s degree in econometrics and quantitative economics from Aix-Marseille University, as well as a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Ecole Centrale Marseille. Grégoire began his professional career in 2011 at BNP Paribas Securities Services as an analyst in the Risk and Performance department before becoming the head of the same department in 2016. In 2018, he embarked on an entrepreneurial adventure and founded WeeFin, a fintech company with the ambition to make sustainable finance more demanding and ambitious.

Additionally, Grégoire is responsible for the Portfolio Management course at Ecole Centrale Marseille and teaches Sustainable Finance at Aix-Marseille University.

Manoj Kulwal is the Co-Founder of RiskSpotlight. He has 20 years of experience delivering non-financial risk framework, processes, and IT systems initiatives in financial services firms globally.

He is a leading industry expert on deploying Generative AI technologies for non-financial risk management to enhance productivity and quality of outcomes.

Involved in industry initiatives such as IOR’s “Certificate in Operational Risk Management”  and international risk management standard “ISO 31000“.

Nitesh Kumar is the Global Head of Cyber and Payment Systems Risk for BNP Paribas Group. He is an internationally recognized executive with a background in Payment Systems Risk Management, Cyber Security Resilience, Data Privacy, and Operational & Technology Risk Management. He has extensive global experience in the Financial Services in the United States, United Kingdom and India. He has successfully created a sustainable Risk and Audit teams where pragmatic and collaborative risk management is a daily part of corporate decision-making supporting the Cyber Resilience, Digital Transformation, Secure Cloud adoption and innovation strategies.

A seasoned senior professional with nearly 30 years’ experience in Governance, Risk, and Compliance, Charles has worked across Europe and the USA with organisations both large and small to deliver to enhance organisational performance though the development and implementation of risk and compliance programs. He is focused on understanding how integrating the right mix of GRC technologies can foster informed decision-making and risk management in the clients he works with. His career reflects a commitment to excellence and a passion for advancing GRC practices, contributing significantly to the fields of risk management and compliance across diverse industries.

Carl Moxley is Legal & General’s Group Climate Director.

He is responsible for leading and executing L&G’s climate strategy (including nature and biodiversity), approach, targets, reporting and governance across the Group. He will also drive the coordination of the Group wide development of investment and societal opportunities that the journey to net zero generates.

Moxley joined L&G in 2017 as Chief Risk Officer of Legal & General Retirement. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer of LGRI over the last four and a half years, overseeing growth of the global PRT business as well as the implementation of IFRS 17.

Nigel has held senior roles in Risk at Credit Suisse, Santander and Natwest, including Operational and Enterprise Risk as well as capital and stress testing roles.  Since 2020, Nigel has worked on Climate, delivering the CBES and the Climate Programme.  Recent focus has been on building Nature capability as head of Nature Change Programme.

Chiz is Global Financial Crimes Counsel for EMEA at Morgan Stanley.  She trained and qualified at Freshfields, practicing as a financial institutions litigation for a number of years before undertaking an LL.M at Columbia University, New York.  She subsequently worked at the UN as a diplomat for the Nigerian delegation to the Security Council, handling a humanitarian affairs portfolio.  Chiz later returned to private practice in London, developing a sanctions advisory and financial crimes practice, before joining Morgan Stanley as lead financial crimes legal counsel for the EMEA region.

Adam has over 30 years’ experience in Legal and Compliance.  His journey into banking is atypical in that he has spent most of his career as a trial lawyer and has, by his estimate, more than 1,000 trials under his belt.  From 1987 until 1999 he practised as a barrister in what was then the Midland and Oxford Circuit, specialising in commercial and chancery matters. He then moved to the US and requalified as an attorney.  In the US, he had a national practice with an increasing focus on white collar crime and financial services.  He joined BNY Mellon’s Legal Department in 2015 and, after a brief return to private practice in 2019, joined EMEA Compliance in 2020.

Adam holds an LLB from the University of Birmingham, an LLM from the University of Bristol, and a JD from Harvard Law School.  He is a member of the English Bar and admitted to practice in Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Alistair Shields is an experienced risk professional at Bank of America since 2014 and currently managing Privacy Compliance and Operational Risk in EMEA, having previously headed Global Information Security functions at Credit Suisse and Rabobank with earlier roles in IT development and Infrastructure management at BT and Vodafone.  A law graduate with long established professional qualifications in risk & security Alistair maintains an interest in FinTech, Security Risk & Governance technology startups and innovators as risk advisor to the banks technology partnership development group.

Gagan Singh is the Group Data Protection and Digital Risk Manager at Legal and General. He provides Risk expertise; to ensure systems and application in Group Technology and Group Data & Analytics are compliant with GDPR and Digital products enhance customer experience while keeping the residual risk within risk appetite. Prior to joining Legal and General, he worked as Global Cybersecurity Controls Manager at HSBC and Cyber Risk Lead at Nationwide bank. He holds MBA and Bachelor of Engineering Degree.

Gagan is passionate about building customer trust by ensuring products and systems enhance Customer Experience and Data Protection. This passion has been developed while working as Product Manager for UK Current Accounts in HSBC and then transitioning in to Cyber, Digital and Data Protection Risk roles. He strongly believes that secure and privacy enhancing products earn customer trust and result in better customer journeys.

Saima is an industry recognised leader who specialises in Governance, Risk, Compliance and Global Business Transformations.  Experienced in navigating at Board level acting as a presenter and advisor.  Saima has worked within non-financial and Financial Services; helping Investment Banks, FMIs and Tech Companies achieve a balance between regulation, governance, and commercial results. Saima is currently the Group Head of Third Party Risk Management & Outsourcing (TPRM&O) within the second line of defence for the Bank of Ireland Group. Please visit Saima’s LinkedIn profile for further information.

Sean has 30 years of experience in Risk Management across disciplines, including Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Credit Risk, Strategic Risk and Front Office Supervision.   He is a passionate advocate for the furtherance of Operational Risk as a discipline, co-authoring papers and acting as a speaker and panellist at many external events.

Sean has held Director level roles at a number of organisations, both on a consultancy and permanent basis.  He is currently Director of Enterprise and Operational Risk at Metro Bank, running a team responsible for the Bank’s overall risk management framework and approach to Operational Risk from a second line perspective.  This includes liaison with the PRA and FCA and making ongoing enhancements to the Bank’s approach to risk appetite, governance and embedding a strong risk culture across the three lines of defence.  His team works closely with the first line on approaches to Fraud, Operational Resilience, Third Party Risk Management and the management of People, Change, Data, Information Security and Technology Risks.

Sean is a member of the Institute of Operational Risk/IRM Operational Risk Advisory Committee, providing advice on its approach to Operational Risk and running the IOR’s Chapters across the globe.

Nick brings significant experience across the first and third lines of defence. Prior to joining NatWest earlier this year, Nick was Chief Controls Officer at Nationwide, leading the transformation of the first line controls capability across the firm.  In previous roles across Barclays, UBS and Northern Trust, Nick has led audit teams across key functions, businesses and geographies, as well as heading first line assurance and governance functions.

Dimitrios has over 15 years of Banking experience in various Quantitative Modelling roles, most recently as the Head of Traded Risk Model Validation at Barclays covering all Market and Counterparty risk / capital models. He is also responsible for Model Risk Measurement, focusing on approaches to assess model uncertainty for the key risk metrics of the Bank. Prior to that, he worked at Deutsche Bank where he led various teams within Counterparty and Market Risk model development and then within Model Risk Management, incl. Model Validation teams, Framework design and Technology for model testing. He holds an MSc in Finance from The London School of Economics.

Tanveer Bhatti is a risk manager, physicist, and certified finance professional with an extensive career encompassing sell-side and buy-side positions in investment banks, private banking, and asset management in London and New York. Renowned for his approach combining analytical rigor and practical relevance, he is particularly interested in the practical implications of new technologies, markets, electronic trading, modelling approaches, and data. His focus lies in leveraging these elements to enable emerging or non-existent products, services, business models, and societal advancement. Recently, he has been exploring the capabilities of artificial intelligence, large-scale data analysis, improved data analysis methods, accelerated delivery, and automated decision-making. He holds degrees in mathematics and physics from Cambridge University, including postgraduate studies, and has held senior global roles in Tier 1 GSIBs in the US and UK, overseeing large, geographically dispersed finance and risk management teams.

Prior to joining Citi Toby was the Chief Control Officer for the Global Banking business of HSBC, based in London. Toby has also held the position of Global Head of Conduct and Supervision for the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of Deutsche Bank AG. Toby started his career as a banking lawyer. In his legal capacity he has worked for a number of banks over the last twenty years including Barclays, Bayerische Landesbank, The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Silicon Valley Bank and Gulf International Bank, leading teams of lawyers advising various businesses. When still working in private practice, Toby specialised in corporate finance and structuring.

Vladimir Chorniy started his career in finance as a founding member and later led Credit Risk Analytics team in Barclays Capital. Later he headed Risk Methodology and Analytics team in BNP Paribas responsible for methodologies covering counterparty risk (EE/PFE models), market risk (VAR, IRC, CRM), credit value adjustment, capital calculations and exotic derivative treatment. Later Vladimir has assumed a new role to determine long term strategy of risk modelling in BNP Paribas as Head of Risk Modelling Strategy and Senior Technical Lead. In 2022 whilst retaining his lead role in model development Vladimir founded and became the head of Risk Model Fundamentals and Research Lab to reflect evolving role and understanding of model risk. Vladimir holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Cambridge University.

As Chief Product Officer. Mehdi is responsible for advancing ValidMind’s product portfolio as the company continues to scale its reach across financial services and insurance industries. Previously, Mehdi was VP of Product at Zenon.ai, a solution focused on Al-enabled automation for financial services, healthcare, and technology-focused B2B. Prior to founding ValidMind, he was Chief of Staff to the CDAO at AMEX and Analytics consultant at Booz Allen.

Muhammad Sajid Iqbal, a distinguished Deputy Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Market & Investment Risk Professional, brings over 16 years of expertise to the dynamic world of risk management. Currently at the helm of risk affairs for Habib Bank AG Zurich in Dubai, Sajid is renowned for his astute leadership, innovative solutions, and unwavering commitment to excellence. Key highlights include:
• Global Speaker: A sought-after authority, Sajid has graced prestigious conferences worldwide, sharing insights on diverse topics, from the “Rise & Fall of Crypto” at Risk Minds International in Barcelona to unraveling “Digital Transformation Strategies” at the Branch Transformation event in London.
• Seasoned Risk Professional: With an extensive background in handling various investment asset classes, Sajid’s proficiency spans FX, Equities, Bonds, Islamic Sukuks, Funds, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, and derivatives. His adeptness in analyzing quantitative models and generating custom risk analysis reports sets him apart.
• Innovative Solutions: Sajid’s impact is not just theoretical; he’s a hands-on leader. His contributions include the implementation of SAXO white label trading solutions, leading the acquisition of licenses for HBZ wealth management, and spearheading the LIBOR replacement project.
• Global Recognition: From Barclays to Royal Bank of Scotland, Sajid has left an indelible mark on every institution he has been a part of. He championed Treasury back-office transformations, implemented RPA for crucial processes, and seamlessly led teams through significant changes.
In a world constantly evolving in risk landscapes, Muhammad Sajid Iqbal stands as a beacon of innovation, resilience, and expertise. His presence at any risk conference promises not only knowledge but actionable insights that shape the future of risk management.

Rob Garlick, Managing Director, is Head of Innovation, Technology, and the Future of Work at Citi Global Insights.

As Head of Citi Research EMEA from 2016- 2021, Rob led the team’s rise in the Institutional Investor surveys, from: #7 to #1 in UK; #9 to #2 in Western European; #7 to #2 in CEEMEA; and #7 to #1 globally. Other industry awards included: #1 rank for ESG Research from both II and ESG Investing; Best ETF Research providers by ETF Express; and Best Innovation paper by Savvy Investor.

Rob joined Citi in 1996 and previous roles at the firm include: Global Product Head at Citi Research, driving industry-leading thematic content (#1 rated by Extel); running Citi’s US Equity Sales desk in the UK to some of the world’s leading asset managers and hedge funds; and a No.1 rated Global Specialist Salesperson, covering Media and Telecommunications.

Rob started his career in Fund Management in 1993 at Singer & Friedlander, where he helped run the US equity fund. Rob passed the AIIMR as a prize-winner in Interpretation of Accounts & Corporate Finance. Among other industry qualifications, Rob holds a BSc (Econ) degree in Accounting and Management, an MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change and is a qualified Executive Coach.

Eleimon has a rich and diverse background. He began his career in academia, teaching and researching credit risk management. Later, he transitioned to the financial sector, where he led second-line teams in banks and building societies. His work involved independent validation of various model and risk types, including IRB, IFRS 9, stress testing, AI/ML, fraud, AML, and even climate change modelling.

In addition to his banking experience, Eleimon contributed to regulatory oversight. He worked for the PRA, reviewing a multitude of IRB models across different asset classes. As a Big-4 consultant, he focused on delivering diverse projects within the broader realm of model risk management.

Currently, Eleimon holds the position of Head of Independent Model Validation at Virgin Money. In this role, he not only ensures that the bank’s model risk is appropriately managed but also fosters the development of his team in all aspects related to model risk.

Farooq has been with UBS since June 2020. He previously held various senior positions in Investment Risk at Fidelity International and Royal London Asset Management. He spent close to a decade in managing hedge fund Investment Risk at Tudor Investment Corporation and City Financial. He started his risk career in the Investment Banking space, at Royal Bank of Scotland, Lehman Brothers and finally Nomura before transitioning to the alternative’s arena.

Rita is “Head of Internal Validation and Controls Coordination Area” in Group CRO Area of IntesaSanpaolo with responsibility on Internal Validation, Group Model Risk Management and Second Level Credit Controls and Data Quality controls at group level.

Previous experience was in Financial Risk Management (from 2005 till February 2020), as Head of Market and Counterparty Risk Internal Models with responsibility on modelling, Market and Counterparty Risk Architecture and Regulatory Reporting for Market and Counterparty Risk and of the “Market Data Management Team” in charge of scenario generation for internal models. In charge of the “Volker Rule Team” for analysis and reporting at desk level of Volker quantitative metrics, which have been developed leveraging on the Market Risk Architecture.

Stuart is a risk, strategy and innovation leader with more than 15 years of experience in Risk Management and Innovation in large incumbent bank, challenger bank and venture environments.   He leads teams and programmes running projects leveraging new technology, compliance with future regulation and shifting organisational culture.  Most recently, his area of interests include promoting the application of (and considering the consequences of) Artificial Intelligence in the workplace, application of Behavioural Science in Financial Services, and data-driven innovation.

Steven Green will be speaking at CeFPro’s Risk Evolve 2024

Aleksi Grym is Head of Fintech at the Bank of Finland. His team manages a portfolio of projects covering financial technology, new payment systems and digital currencies. He is a member of the ECB’s digital euro project steering group and has been a member in several other international working groups. Before joining the Finnish central bank Aleksi worked in the consulting and technology industry for over fifteen years in London and Helsinki, advising organisations ranging from SME’s to leading global corporations.

Tahmid Quddus Islam is an Assistant Vice President at Citi Global Insights (CGI) where he researches and creates thematic reports on topics related to innovation and technology. He has an interest in the commercialization of emerging & disruptive technologies and the impact this can have on businesses. He has been looking at quantum computing for a number of years, and recently led Citi’s 150-page deep-dive report into the topic: https://icg.citi.com/icghome/what-we-think/citigps/insights/quantum-computing

Tahmid joined Citi in 2018. Prior to Citi, he worked at Barclays as an Analyst from 2016, where he created Client Analytics solutions to help C-Suite executives identify opportunities for wallet growth. His work has been recommended and presented to both the Barclaycard CEO and overall Barclays Group CEO.

Tahmid has a BSc in Physics from University College London and a MSc in Astrophysics from Cambridge University. He undertook his masters research project for the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the Institute of Astronomy (IoA). He produced the first-ever list of quantitative measures for the ESA’s GAIA satellite, forming the basis of future cosmology for their $1 billion programme ‘building the most precise 3D map of one billion stars in our galaxy’. Tahmid also attended the Oxford Chicago Valuation Programme (OCVP) at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, becoming the youngest ever participant of the executive education course.

Neo is former Treasurer for Natwest in Germany. He has led the setup of the bank’s Treasury activities post Brexit, from licencing to establishing the team and being responsible for Capital, Liquidity and Interest rate risk.

Neo has previously held roles with Natwest and Commerzbank in London and Frankfurt, championing operations and business transformation projects in the markets business.

Neo holds an MiBA from the University of Hamburg, has completed Visiting Scholar / Research assignments in the U.S.A and Norway and a dozen of Economics trainings in Europe.

Neo’s current interests lie in Financial Regulation and Coaching for Leaders.

Karolos is the head of algorithmic trading model risk at Nomura managing the model risk of all algorithmic trading models across the firm, globally and for all asset classes. Previously, he worked at Citi as a lead validator for algo trading models, and at MUFG in the electronic trading space (FX market making) as a front office quant trader where he prototyped trading models using statistical and machine learning methods. He holds a PhD in Statistics from the London School of Economics funded by EPSRC.

After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, Ron started his career as a software engineer in the Silicon Valley. He has spent the last 20+ years in Digital leadership roles at some of the largest financial services companies in the world, including Lloyds Banking Group, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase and most recently at HSBC. He has led numerous successful transformation projects during this time, including the rewrite and reimplementation of the retail, investment, and commercial banking websites at Lloyds (lloyds.co.uk), Deutsche Bank (autobahn.db.com), and JPMorgan (chase.com). Most recently he was responsible for the flagship platforms HSBCnet and HSBC Connect, including manaing vendor relationships and transformation plans and processes globally, involving the nearly all of the leading players in India, China, the US, and the UK. He is comfortable running and advising both small and large teams, and is passionate about delivering value, security, and stability to customers and employees.

Kishan is A dynamic risk management specialist – professionally trained in risk management (CRISC/CISA/CISSP/CISM) and project management (PRINCE2/PMP) – uniquely qualified to combine experience in the identification, assessment and response of risks with in-depth project planning, reporting and an understanding of the use of technology in large-scale organisations.

Alexandra is an Underwriter of AI performance risks at Munich Re. She partners with AI providers to de-risk their customers’ operations and boost sales, working across the full value chain of their solution, from technical due diligence on AI capabilities to go-to-market strategies to improve adoption of their offering. She spearheads the development of a new insurance product for liabilities arising from discrimination/bias in AI; and moderates the podcast, AI – Safe and Sound, exploring AI in business. Alexandra holds a Juris Doctor (Master’s of Law) from the University of Western Australia.

Dr. Ying Poikonen is currently the Head of Modelling Group for EMEA region in SMBC. She is responsible for the quantification of Credit, Market, Liquidity, Operational and Climate Change related financial risks for both internal and regulatory purpose, as well as the development of Model Risk Management and Stress Testing for EMEA region. Prior to joining SMBC, Ying worked in Deutsche bank. She holds a PhD degree in Engineering from Warwick University.

Dr. Dara Sosulski is the Head of AI and Model Management for Markets and Securities Services at HSBC, where she has worked since 2015. Over the course of her career at the bank she has led a variety of teams specialising in Data Science, analytics, and modelling. Prior to joining HSBC she was an award-winning Neuroscientist, receiving her PhD from Columbia University before moving to University College London on a fellowship from The Royal Society. An unabashed optimist and lifelong geek, she loves discovering new ways to use AI and technology to solve problems anywhere and everywhere.

Bas is a data scientist working at de Volksbank based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is the lead responsible for the development of AI models in the mortgage domain. Moreover, he has drafted the AI model risk management policy for the bank (including ethics, transparency, and explainability topics) and is currently leading the policy’simplementation across the various AI teams.

Previously, he has worked for OMP and AkzoNobel where he developed supply chain optimization models. He holds an MPhil in Econometrics & Operations Research from Maastricht University.

A highly experienced Chief Risk Officer and responsible for enterprise risk, compliance, governance and data protection across a global healthcare insurance group. I’m excited to be at the forefront of AI governance and implementation, taking a leading role in guiding the insurance industry as it enters the AI age.

Katherine leads the Global Financial and Model Risk Regulatory Policy and Engagement team for Risk at HSBC. The team acts as the external regulatory interface for the Wholesale Credit, Traded Risk, Treasury Risk Management and Global Risk Analytics functions and includes the provision of guidance  on regulatory risk matters, regulatory policy interpretation and industry engagement.  She has been with HSBC for eight and a half years. Prior to this she was based in Brussels as a Public Affairs consultant specialising in financial services regulation. Katherine has an MA in International Economic Relations from American University and a Maîtrise in European and International Law from the University of La Reunion. She is a fluent French speaker.

Castle Hill will be sponsoring Risk Evolve 2024

ProcessUnity will be sponsor CeFPro’s Risk Evolve 2024

Quantitative Risk Management (QRM) is the world’s premier consulting firm focused on balance sheet management and mortgage analytics. Since 1987, QRM has partnered with institutions from the banking, finance, and insurance industries to enhance their ability to achieve higher risk-adjusted returns. We develop industry-leading risk management principles, practices, and models, and provide our clients the advice, knowledge, and tools necessary to leverage our innovations toward better decision making and improved operational efficiency. With offices in Chicago, London, and Singapore, QRM has established over 250 long-term engagements with top financial institutions worldwide

CIMCON will be sponsoring CeFPro’s Risk Evolve 2024 Convention.

RiskSpotlight, a pioneer in financial services non-financial risk (NFR) consultancy, has been providing comprehensive solutions for over 11 years. Specialising in everything from NFR framework development to tool implementation, the firm also offers market leading content and training to its global FS clients. With a focus on innovation, RiskSpotlight now integrates Generative AI into its services, enhancing quality, consistency, and capacity to meet the evolving needs of global clients.

Solytics Partners is a RiskTech100 firm at the forefront of innovation in the global financial landscape. Solytics combines deep domain expertise in Risk, AML, data analytics and ESG along with strong technology and advanced analytics capabilities, to future-proof financial institutions in a dynamic regulatory and technology landscape.

Our suite of advanced analytics solutions and a sophisticated “accelerated delivery” framework, speeds up the value creation for client across the spectrum of model development, model validation, model governance, and stress testing, essentially solving the complexities of model deployment and ensuring financial institutions remain resilient and competitive in an ever- evolving world.

Weefin is an impact fintech company founded in 2018 and aimed at professional investors.
Based on our belief that sustainability should be at the heart of every investment decision, we developed a SaaS platform called ESG Connect that allows financial actors to optimize their environmental impact by easily integrating sustainability metrics into their investment strategy.
ESG Connect is an ESG Operating System that allows financial actors to cross-reference numerous ESG databases from different providers, check their quality, set up customized metrics based on their investment strategy, and issue all required ESG reports, including regulatory ones.

4most will be sponsoring CeFPro’s Risk Evolve 2024

Archer, an RSA company, is a leader in providing integrated risk management solutions that enable customers to improve strategic decision making and operational resiliency. As true pioneers in GRC software, Archer remains solely dedicated to helping customers understand risk holistically by engaging stakeholders, leveraging a modern platform that spans key domains of risk and supports analysis driven by both business and IT impacts. The Archer customer base represents one of the largest pure risk management communities globally, with over 1,500 deployments including more than 90 of the Fortune 100.

Protecht will be sponsoring CeFPro’s Risk Evolve 2024.

Quantifi will be sponsoring CeFPro’s Risk Evolve 2024.

ValidMind will be sponsoring CeFPro’s Risk Evolve 2024.

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