Dr. Georg-Ruprecht von Heusinger, PRM, Lecturer in Finance, MWSE, Poland Holds a Bachelor in Economics from the University of Buckingham, UK, a Masters degree from the London School of Economics in Economics and Philosophy and a doctorate from the Cracow University of Economics, Poland. He decided to pursue the PRM designation because every professional certificate or designation is a challenge for yourself and a signal to prospective employers – and in his case a reassurance for his students. Continue reading Heusinger's PRM Story

Vinaya Sharma, PRM, Actuary, Allstate, USA Received his Bachelors Degree in Business from Drake University (1993), his Fellowship from the Society of Actuaries (1996), and the PRM designation in 2003. He decided to pursue the PRM because the PRM designation seemed like a natural progression given his previous involvement with ERM. It helped expand his knowledge base on operational risk, credit risk, and market risk techniques. Continue reading Sharma's PRM Story

Emad Mahmoud, PRM, Senior Investment Associate, Prudential Financial, USA Holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, an ME in Civil Engineering, City College of New York, CUNY, an MA in Economics, City College of New York, CUNY, an MBA, Lubin School of Business, Pace University, New York and an MS in Computational Finance, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University. He holds the CFA designation, PRM designation, FRM designation and the Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in New York State. He pursued the PRM to challenge himself and to gain a competitive advantage in a competitive, rapidly evolving profession. Continue reading Mahmoud's PRM Story

Pirmin Stutzer, PRM, Financial Engineer, Man Investments, Switzerland Holds a Master degree in economics (Lic. rer. pol; University of Fribourg, Switzerland), Master degree in statistics (MSc in Stat; University of Neuchatel, Switzerland), Master degree in Financial Engineering and Quantitative Analysis (MSc FEQA, ISMA Centre, University of Reading, UK). He pursued the PRM as a continuation of permanent on-the-job and off-the-job training. Continue reading Stutzer's PRM Story

Aurele Houngbedji, PRM, Senior Financial Analyst, Ohio Savings Bank, USA Holds a Ph.D. in Mathematical Finance at the University of Pittsburgh. He decided to pursue the PRM because to succeed as a risk professional, it is very important to have not only the required quantitative skills but also be able to understand the financial markets, the business, and to have the ability to explain complex mathematical ideas to our clients, traders, and other people with less quantitative background. The PRMIA PRM program meet his criteria to achieve his goal which he perceived as a benchmark in the risk management industry. Continue reading Houngbedji's PRM Story

Ben De Prisco, PRM, Vice President, Research & Financial Engineering, Algorithmics (now IBM Analytics), Canada Holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto; and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. He promoted the PRM within Algorithmics because the course content is current, comprehensive and reflective of the knowledge required by those engaged in today’s risk management discipline. Promoting the PRM within Algorithmics was seen as a natural way to continue to set industry leading standards for our staff in both skill set and knowledge base. Continue reading about Prisco and Algorithmics' PRM Story