2018 EMEA Risk Leader Summit Speakers

Britta Achmann
Head of Business Implementation Risk Change
and FRTB Implementation Lead
Deutsche Bank

Charlotte Branfield
Global Head of Information Security Internal Standards & Cyber Advocacy
CIiti

David Coleman
PRMIA Board Member; Head of Risk
EBRD

David Croen
Head of Credit Risk
Bloomberg

Jon Danielsson
Director of the Systemic Risk Centre
London School of Economics

Brandon Davies
NED
Obillex

Charlie Donovan
Directer of the Centre for Climate Finance & Investment
Imperial College Business School

Terri Duhon
NED and Chair of Risk Committee
Morgan Stanley International

Neil Esho
Deputy Secretary General
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Bruce Fletcher
Group CRO
RBS

Ronnie Garreaud
Head of Risk Strategy
Allianz

Tonko Gast
CEO
Dynamic Credit

Jos Gheerardyn
CEO
Yields.io

Matthew Goodwin
Professor of Political Science
Senior Visiting Fellow Chatham House

Julie Griffiths
Chief Risk Officer, EMEA and APAC
Columbia Threadneedle

Torbjorn Jacobsson
CRO
Avida

Puneet Jasuja 
Head of Risk Strategy 
HSBC

Luke Kemp
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk,
Cambridge University
Honourary Lecturer, Australian National University

Nasreen Kasenally
CRO
UBS Asset Management

Kathryn Kerle
Head of Decision Making
Decision Committee Chair at Royal Bank of Scotland

Christoph Kofler
Head of Machine Learning Annotation
Bloomberg

Benoit Legrand
CEO
ING Ventures

Justin McCarthy
PRMIA Chair
Managing Consultant
FutureGRC

Oscar McCarthy
PRMIA Board Member
Associate Partner
Avantage Reply

Robert McWilliams
PRMIA Vice-Chair
Global Head of CVA
ING Bank

Richard Olsen
Co-Founder
Lykke

Kevin O'Rourke
General Manager and Chief Risk Officer Europe
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

John Scott
Head of Sustainability Risk
Zurich

Wei Shi
Chief Risk Officer and Board Director
Bank of China (UK) Limited
Deputy General Manager
Bank of China, London Branch

Raj Singh
Co-Founder
Accredere AG

Giles Spungin, PhD(Lon)
Managing Director, 
Global Head of Regulatory Compliance and Operational Risk Analytics
HSBC

Eugene Stern
Business Manager for Enterprise Risk
Bloomberg

David Suetens
County Manager
State Street

Alan Vaksman
Deputy Chairman of the Board
Gazprombank

Olivier Vigneron
CRO EMEA
J.P. Morgan

 

Speaker Bios

Britta Achmann, Head of Business Implementation Risk Change and FRTB Implementation Lead
Deutsche Bank
Financial Services professional with 15 years of experience working in Tier 1 US and UK financial institutions. Strong technical background, developed career from investment banking front-office Sales and Trading to Risk Management. Progressed through market risk and credit risk management roles to the current senior position in capital management.  Deep understanding of products, business processes, risk management and regulatory requirements with focus on the trading book.  Experienced sponsor and leader of a number of large-scale programmes, proven record of accomplishment in leadership, management and effective communication with various and varied stakeholder groups, including senior management and regulators.

Charlotte Branfield, Global Head of Information Security Internal Standards & Cyber Advocacy, Global Information Security
Citi
Charlotte is Citi’s Global Head of Information Security Internal Standards & Cyber Advocacy, with overall responsibilities for the life-cycle of Citi’s internal Information Security standards and policies, and a global, cross-franchise external engagement program to strengthen and develop Citi’s relationships with the public sector and industry partners. In this role she is also responsible for partnering with teams across Citi to support their understanding of cyber and data protection public policy, legislation and regulation, future trends and political developments. Charlotte also spent time working in Citi’s Public Sector Corporate Banking and Global Government Affairs teams. Prior to joining Citi, Charlotte had roles working with government and industry partners within retail banking and financial crime public policy.

Francesca Carlesi, Co-Founder & CEO
MoloFinance
Senior executive with more than 15 years of experience in the financial sector across various domains (strategy,/business development, finance, M&A, regulation) and sectors (private equity, retail and commercial banking, investment banking, asset and wealth management). Passionate about Fintech/Regtech and the power of technology to transform Financial Services.

David Coleman, PRMIA Board Member / Head of Risk
EBRD
Head of Risk Management, including Credit, Market and Operational Risk, plus Equity Investment Risk;  Management and Recovery activities; Head of Bank wide Culture Change programme; Head of Efficiency and Effectiveness programme.

Chris Corbishley, Investor
Forward Partners
Chris is an Investor at Forward Partners, a leading early-stage VC fund providing startups with a game changing combination of capital + operational support. Their unique approach is helping to build the UK's next generation of talented AI, e-commerce and marketplace businesses. He previously founded machine learning platform growthsquared.io, enabling e-commerce businesses to apply advanced analytics to their data. Before that, as Head of Analytics at Swoon Editions, he championed the "zero stock, zero lead time” model in online retail. 

Chris has a PhD in organisational economics from Imperial College London and has worked part-time on the London Stock Exchange ELITE programme - supporting UK scale-ups such as Skyscanner, graze.com, Vision Direct and MedicAnimal - with the exciting nightmare of rapid growth.

Charles Donovan, Director of the Centre for Climate Finance & Investment
Imperial College Business School
Charles Donovan, DBA is the Director of the Centre for Climate Finance & Investment and a Principal Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School.  Charles gained 15 years of finance and policy experience before joining Imperial College in 2013.  He was previously Head of Structuring and Valuation for Alternative Energy at BP plc and an Energy Policy Analyst in the U.S. Government during the first Clinton Administration.  He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington, graduated with honors from the MBA program at Vanderbilt University, and completed a Doctorate in Management at the IE Business School.  Charles is the editor and co-author of Renewable Energy Finance: Powering the Future.

Terri Duhon, NED and Chair of Risk Committee
Morgan Stanley International
Terri Duhon is the Non-Executive Chair of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd. She is also on the board of Morgan Stanley International as a Non-Executive Director where she chairs the Risk Committee, a Non-Executive Director of Rathbone Brothers Plc, a FTSE 250 Wealth Manager, an Associate Fellow at The Said Business School at Oxford University, on the MIT Corporation Visiting Committee and a motivational speaker for Speakers for Schools. After graduating from MIT in Math, Terri Duhon started her career at JPMorgan and spent 10 years working as a derivative trader where she was part of the ground-breaking credit derivative business.  Later she became an entrepreneur and worked on high profile investigations e.g. the Libor Scandal.  She has been on the board of CHAPS Co, the board of Operation Smile and was a founding member of the Women’s Leadership Group for the Prince’s Trust.  She is the author of How the Trading Floor Really Works. 

Neil Esho, Deputy Secretary General
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
As Deputy Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), Neil is part of the leadership team responsible for directing the work of the Basel Committee Secretariat and implementing its strategy. Neil is actively involved in a wide range of the Committee’s policy development and implementation work program. Prior to joining the Basel Committee Secretariat in April 2006, Neil’s previous positions include Head of Research at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), and Senior Lecturer in the School of Banking and Finance at the University of New South Wales.

Bruce Fletcher, Group CRO
RBS
Bruce recently was appointed to Group CRO of RBS. In his previous role, he was CRO with HSBC, responsible for management and oversight of all risk aspects of the global Retail Banking and Wealth Management business, which has an annual PBT in excess of USD6bn. Lead a team of more than 2,000 risk and operations professionals in more than 30 countries. Major business lines include retail lending (approx. USD300bn in assets), business banking/SME, branch banking, wealth and asset management (USD400bn funds under management), and insurance (USD4bn PVIF).

Ronnie Garreaud, Head of Risk Strategy
Allianz
Head of Group Risk Insurance Coverage (Germany, France, Italy, Benelux, USA, Asia, Africa, CH) bei Allianz

Jos Gheerardyn, CEO
Yeilds.io
Jos is the co-founder and CEO of Yields.io. Prior to his current role he has been active in quantitative finance both as a manager and as an analyst. Over the past 15 years he has been working with leading international investment banks as well as with award winning start-up companies. He is the author of multiple patents applying quantitative risk management techniques to imbalance markets. Jos holds a PhD in superstring theory from the University of Leuven (Belgium).

Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Political Science / Senior Visiting Fellow
Chatham House
Matthew is an academic, writer and speaker known for his work on British and European politics. He is Professor of Politics at Rutherford College, University of Kent, and Senior Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. He lives in London. Matthew is a political scientist by training. He holds a BA Hons (first-class), M.A. and PhD and completed a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship with the Economic and Social Research Council. 

Matthew has published four books, including the 2015 Political Book of the Year, and dozens of research articles and policy reports. After roles in a self-funded research institute and a government department he has engaged with over 200 non-academic organizations, ranging from the Central Intelligence Agency to the UK Home Office and numerous financial institutions. He leads public policy masterclasses, gives keynote talks and chairs discussions. 

Matthew's contribution to research has been recognised by several bodies. In 2014 he was awarded the Richard Rose Prize, given annually to one scholar. Since completing his PhD he has secured more than £1 million in research funding. Further information can be found on his personal website. Matthew appears regularly in media, writing for the New York Times, Financial Times, Politico, Daily Telegraph and The Times, among others, and appearing on BBC News, Sky News, Al Jazeera and many more. He tweets @GoodwinMJ

Torbjörn Jacobsson, CRO
Avida Finans
Torbjörn Jacobsson, M.Sc, is the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of Avida Finans and before that CFO/CIO/CRO at Marginalen Bank, both located in Stockholm, Sweden. He has over 20 years of experience in building and developing small Swedish financial institutions regarding risk, finance and IT. He has also been a very active member in several committees within the Swedish Bankers´ Association with focus on consultation paper reviews. This have given him a broad knowledge about the banking industry, it´s regulations and how an efficient risk management can give a competitive advantage and improved customer experience. Torbjörn have an Executive MBA from Stockholm Business School and a research cooperation with School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg. He is performing a yearly survey since 2015 within the Nordic banking industry about the effects of increased regulation for banks. He is also speaking on conferences and giving guest lectures at several universities. In February 2017 was Torbjörn finalist to the Swedish award: GRC profile of the year.

Nasreen Kasenally, CRO
UBS Asset Management
Chief Risk Officer Of UBS Asset management (AM) since Jan 2017 and is responsible for investment, market, liquidity and compliance and operational risk of UBS Asset Management including active/passive funds, Multi-asset, hedge funds, real estate, private equity and infrastructure fund businesses. Member of the AM Executive Committee, AM Operating Committee and co-chair the AM Executive Risk Committee and UBS Group Executive Risk Committee. Interactions with regulators and external auditors.

Also currently the Chief Risk Officer of UBS EMEA region including all the entities for the various UBS divisions in EMEA. Member of the EMEA Executive committee.

Senior Risk professional with over 20 years of experience of which 18 years at UBS covering investment banking side (sell side).

Luke Kemp, Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk,  Cambridge University
Honourary Lecturer, Australian National University
Luke is an expert in international environmental governance and advised the Australian parliament on the ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. His research now focuses on how we can foresee and govern new technologies to create a better world, rather than a dystopia. He holds both a Doctorate in Political Science (2016) and a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies with first class honours from the ANU (2011). His research has been covered by international media outlets such as the Guardian, the Washington Post, the New Yorker and the New York Times.

Kathryn Kerle, Head of Decision Making
Decision Committee Chair at Royal Bank of Scotland
A results-driven risk professional, with a proven track record of analysing problems, defining solutions and mobilising people to implement the solution. Exceptional influencing skills, with demonstrated success in building consensus across a wide range of business areas. Extensive experience in serving public company boards. Broad understanding of all risk disciplines, with in-depth knowledge of credit risk. Seeking opportunities to design and deliver business solutions that enhance organisational impact and increase financial results. Enjoys travel, reading, cooking and mentoring. She's a science dilettante.

Benoit Legrand, CEO
ING Ventures
Intrapreneur with more than 20 years experience in Digital, Transformation and Innovation in various areas of banking (Investment Banking, Branch Retail Banking, Private Banking and Direct Banking) in 5 different countries (Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Poland and Singapore) as Well as Corporate Venture Capital and Start-Ups.

Amaya Lopez-Duran, Head of Risk Strategy
BBVA
Amaya Lopez-Duran, PhD, began her professional career in the financial world joining Deutsche Börse Systems in 2001, where she participated in the launching of the Eurex derivatives market in the US. In 2006, she joined the BBVA Group as the Structured Notes team of Global Markets. In 2009 she moved to the Risk & Portfolio Management unit as Head of the risks systems for the wholesale portfolio management. In 2015 she became the Head of Strategy in GRM, defining the main transformation lines that result in the various projects and ensuring their deployment in all the geographies. She is member of the Bank’s Investment Committee ad a board member of Denizen y Holvi, two digital JV of the group.

Dr. Lopez-Duran holds a degree in Physics, Autonomous University of Madrid and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Humboldt University, Berlin.

Justin McCarthy, PRMIA Chair / Managing Consultant
Future GRC
Global Board member and Executive Committee Member with the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) - this allows a global view of risk management, governance, marketing and sales for a non-profit professional association with a global membership of nearly 50,000+ members in 65 chapters in over 100 countries. Hands-on work with the publication, exam and training offerings of PRMIA has been a real world education to complement marketing, strategy and other such education at the MBA level in Smurfit Graduation School of Business at UCD.

Professional career with significant and progressive experience of Banking, Governance, Risk Management, Compliance, Operations, Technology, Training and Consulting. This has included work in global firms like EMC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America.

Worked on the PRISM risk based supervision project with the Irish Regulator at the Central Bank of Ireland. This experience has been enhanced by working with financial services entities to meet the requirements coming from this significant regulatory project.

Working on several publications and courses as author, trainer or editor, including Asset Liability Management, Operational Risk, Credit and Counterparty Risk and Strategic Management.

Oscar McCarthy, PRMIA Board Member / Associate Partner
Avantage Reply
Oscar leads Avantage Reply, a risk management consulting and technology firm, in the Netherlands. Our current areas of focus include Brexit and new technologies such as Machine Learning, as well as regulatory analysis and solution implementation. Oscar has 20 years of professional experience in banking and consulting, including positions at ABN Amro, Lloyds and IBM. He also serves pro-bono on the Board of PRMIA, the Professional Risk Manager's Association.

Richard Olsen, Co-Founder
Lykke
Lykke is a movement to build a global marketplace utilizing the Blockchain technology pioneered by Bitcoin. 

Wei Shi, Chief Risk Officer and Board Director, Bank of China (UK) Limited / Deputy General Manager, Bank of China, London Branch
Mrs. Shi is responsible for oversight of the risk management framework and internal control of both BOC UK and London Branch. As a senior manager of the Bank, She has been allocated the Chief risk function (SMF4) and Compliance oversight function (SMF16), and chairs the Credit Risk Policy Committee (CRPC), Compliance Committee, Operational Risk Committee (ORC) as well as the IT Management and Services Committee (ITMC).

Before her current role, she had served at Bank of China Head Office in Beijing for more than 22 years in various capacities including Deputy General Manager of Financial Institutions Department and Team Head of Credit Policy of Risk Management Department. 

Mrs. Shi graduated from Renmin University in China with a major in Finance, and holds MBA Honors from the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College in the USA. 

Raj Singh, Co-Founder 
Accredere AG
Transformational, innovative risk and change driving entrepreneurial insurtech oriented financial services leader with strong risk and conduct management, sales and entrepreneurial experience in multiple global market places with global publicly listed best in class companies.

Giles Spungin, PhD(Lon), Managing Director, Global Head of Regulatory Compliance and Operational Risk Analytics
HSBC
Giles is responsible for development and imbedding of advanced analytics capability for Regulatory Compliance and Operational Risk functions globally. Activity examples include bank-wide predictive risk management framework, automation and behavioural analytics, surveillance analytics and capital modelling. Giles chairs respective Model Risk Oversight Committees. Prior to joining HSBC, he worked in other highly quantitative roles, including Goldman Sachs and Deutche Bank. Giles has Quant Risk Management and Algorithmic Trading development background.

Eugene Stern, Business Manager for Enterprise Risk
Bloomberg
Co-wrote business plan for the Bloomberg Enterprise Risk business. Now building out a scalable, high-performance market and counterparty risk system integrating Bloomberg market and reference data, risk analytics, pricing analytics, data aggregation, reporting, and dynamic GUI's for large institutional clients.

David Suetens, County Manager
State Street
Country head for State Street and its affiliates in Luxembourg and is the executive vice president of State Street Bank in Luxembourg. In this role, he is responsible for the business strategy and governance, and is the chair of the management board. Mr. Suetens is a member of the Supervisory Board of State Street Bank International Bank GmbH, supervised by the ECB and chairs a key sub-committee.

Alan Vaksman, Deputy Chairman of the Board
GazpromBank
Specialties: Corporate investment banking, Venture capital , Digital strategy, Risk management, Fintech, Emerging markets, Strategy.

An experienced international financial services executive with extensive risk, corporate investment banking, and venture capital experience. Recent experience includes focus on investments in industry 4 and digital companies. Alan was a project manager for a strategic innovation division at FirstRand bank South Africa, risk executive in London's KPMG financial services advisory, programme manager for Goldman Sachs, London and partner at PwC Central and Easter Europe financial services advisory practice leading risk management and capital markets consulting . He is currently a deputy CEO for Gazprombank, the third largest bank in Russia with over $ 100 billion of assets . Alan has BA degree in psychology and law, post graduate corporate law degree (LLB) and an MBA degree from a leading business school . He has working experience in South Africa, UK and Russia.

Olivier Vigneron, CRO EMEA
J.P. Morgan
Chief Risk Officer EMEA region, Firm wide Risk Executive for Market Risk Previously head of firm wide capital modeling (Mar 2012-Sep 2015), co-head credit hybrids trading (Sep 2008-Feb 2012).