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8:00 Registration and breakfast | 8:50 Chair’s opening remarks
KEYNOTE SESSIONS:
GEOPOLITICAL RISK PANEL DISCUSSION
9:00 Aligning risk management to address global geopolitical and macroeconomic risks
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- Translating geopolitical instability into actionable strategies for financial institutions
- Assessing the impact of global tensions and economic pressure on risk
- Enhancing decision-making amid unpredictable global events
- Developing strategies to manage regulatory divergence across jurisdictions
 | Kimon de Ridder,former CRO, Bupa Insurance |
| Sophie Dupre – Echeverria,Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, |
| Tin Lau,CRO,Mirae Asset Securities |
FIRESIDE CHAT: INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
9:50 Risk like never before – the CRO’s perspective on opportunities, challenges and navigating the way forward
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- Divergence in FS: cryptos, Basel and banking supervision, ESG, digital
- Regulatory change and separation
- Non-financial and critical operational risks ahead
- EU AI Digital Act and international repercussions
- Macroeconomic outlook, liquidity ratios and interest rate risks
| Rajeev Bhatnagar, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, BNY |
| Andreas Simou, Managing Director, Center for Financial Professionals |
Morning refreshment break and networking
Future of Risk Management:AI & Regulation
Non-Financial & OperationalRisk
Financial Risk and Treasury
11:00-11:40
AI ethics and risk governance: Building trust through transparency
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- Establishing ethicalframeworks for AI in riskmanagement
- Tackling transparency, bias,fairness and accountabilityissues
- Engaging with regulators andstakeholders on AIgovernance
- Building internal governancestructures to align innovationwith risk tolerance
| Nitesh Kumar, MD, Global Head of Cyber and Payment System Risk, Controls Testing and Automation Center, BNP Paribas |
11:00-11:40
RESILIENCE
Stress testing Operational Risk: Challenges & Approaches
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- How is Operational Risk sensitive to economic shocks?
- Why is stress testing Operational Risk challenging?
- What is the guidance from regulators?
- A portfolio of approaches for stress testing Operational Risk.
| Michael Grimwade, MD, Operational Risk, ICBC Standard Bank Plc |
11:00-11:40
Holistic approach to financial and prudential risk management
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- How to manage robustly financial risk (Market risk, cpty risk) and prudential risk (Liquidity, funding and capital)?
- What are the main challenges and best practices? How to best manage Board expectations?
- What are the trade-offs, trends and key considerations?
- What does it mean for a risk function? Skillsets in demand? Partnership with other teams or functions?
| Pascal Hermann,Head of Integrated |
11:40-12:10
Operationalizing AI: From proofof concept to real-worldimplementation
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- Exploring practical use casesof AI across risk management
- Early advances in frauddetection andoperational risk
- Navigating the challenges ofscaling AI in large institutions
- Leverage AI to streamlinecompliance and enhanceefficiency
| Ioan Nascu, GenAI Security Assurance, Citi |
11:40-12:20
RCSA
Enhancing RCSAs andextracting actionable insights
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- Building robust RCSAs toidentify and mitigate non-financial risks effectively
- Leveraging data andtechnology to streamlineRCSA processes
- Integrating RCSAs intobroader governance andoperational risk frameworks
- Fostering collaboration acrossteams to improve the qualityand relevance of assessments
| Armel Massimina,Head ofOperational Risk, National Bank of Kuwait (International) |
11:40-12:20
MARKET VOLATILITY
Reviewing approach andhedging strategies to managemarket volatility anduncertainty
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- Building strategies for stabilityamid unpredictable marketconditions
- Exploring tools to navigatevolatile financial environments
- Balancing risk and opportunity inuncertain markets
- Aligning hedging strategies withorganizational objectives
| Tin Lau,CRO,Mirae Asset Securities |
12:10-12:20
LUNCHEON ADDRESS
The Future of Risk Management: AI-Driven 360° Governance, Compliance, and Resilience
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- Transforming risk assessments from reactive compliance to real-time decision intelligence.
- The Risk Management Flywheel: A continuous AI-driven approach to resilience.
- Identifying unknown unknowns with AI-powered counterfactual detection.
- AI-driven benchmarking reveals governance gaps and recommends next-best actions.
- Enhancing RSCAs with AI to improve governance and regulatory readiness.
| Sasha Tuel, Head of Customer Success, Weave.AI |
12:20 Lunch break and networking
1:20-2:10
AI-powered risk management:Harnessing AI to advance riskmanagement models andscoring
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- Utilizing AI for behavior andscoring models to enhancedecision-making
- Exploring how AI enhances fraud detection, creditscoring, and predictiveanalytics
- Reviewing AI’s role inenabling real-time riskassessment
- Key challenges: governance,transparency, and regulatorycompliance
| Marina Piccioni,CRO,CDPVenture Capital |
| Sunil Verma,Director, Citi |
| Ratul Ahmed, Divisional Board Member, Commerzbank AG |
1:20-2:10
SCENARIO PLANNING PANELDISCUSSION
Crisis simulation and scenarioplanning for non-financial risk
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- Designing robust scenarios totest resilience within NFR
- Incorporatinggeopolitical and supply chain risks into scenarios
- Conducting advanced crisissimulations to improvereadiness
- Aligning simulations withregulatory expectations
- Exploring cross-functionalapproaches to improveoperational preparedness
| Martina Garcia, Board Director,Haitong Bank |
| Stefana Brown, Group Technology & Data Risk Director, Legal & General |
1:20-2:10
NSFR PANEL DISCUSSION
NSFR in the spotlight:Enhancing balance sheetresilience amid new challenges
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- Adapting NSFR strategiespost-banking crisis
- Reassess NSFRframeworks in light ofincreased liquidity volatility
- Integrating ESG andsustainability goals into NSFRcompliance
- Navigating market volatilityand interest rate shifts
- Optimizing NSFR compliancethrough advanced technologyand data-driven approaches
- Preparing for regulatoryupdates or additional scrutinyon liquidity metrics
| Youcef Ghoula,Deputy CEO,BNPParibas |
| ValeriuBajenaru, former Global Head of ERM ,CreditSuisse |
| Dr Coskun Tarkocin, Director, Head of Liquidity Optimisation,HSBC |
2:10-2:50
Leveraging Technology to Automate and Strengthen the Model Risk Ecosystem
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- Offering strategic insights into scaling MRM processes through advanced automation, especially in the GenAl era
- Industrializing model validation and testing for greater speed, efficiency, effectiveness, and stronger compliance guardrails
- Demonstrating how our MRM ecosystem — NIMBUS Uno, MoDeVa, and MRM Vault is transforming model development, validation, testing, and governance
| Vikas Tyagi,Founder and CEO, Solytics Partners |
2:10-2:50
How PSD3 / PSR and SEPA Instant legislations will shape Financial Services
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- Overview of Major Changes in the PSD3/PSR and SEPA Instant legislations
- Strengthening user protection and confidence in payments
- Fraud prevention, liability regime & authorization
- Developing cross-functional governance structures and risk frameworks to address these sweeping changes.
| Anoop Vayalil, MD, Global Head of Payment Systems Risk and Testing, BNP Paribas |
2:10-2:50
Securitization for capital and liquidity management
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- Credit capital requirements underBasel IV
- Implementing strategies for RWAmanagement to develop capitalvelocity
- Trends in capital markets roundsecuritization and SRT transactions
- Other methods of risk transfer: a comparison
- Ongoing regulatory developmentsaround securitization: the ECconsultation
| Frederic Zana,Head of Quantitative Structuring,Credit Agricole |
2:50-3:40
REGULATION PANELDISCUSSION
Adapting to regulatory changesand staying ahead in a tech-driven world
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- Monitor and comply withrapidly evolving regulatoryrequirements
- Balance the cost ofcompliance with operationaleffectiveness
- Develop agile frameworks toaddress future technologyrisks
| Kristina Hannah, Head of Regulatory Controls,Lloyds Banking Group |
| Anne Godbold,Head of Regulatory Change,Direct Line Group |
| ArgiroOuraniou, Head of Compliance Risk Management and Governance, Group Compliance, Eurobank SA |
2:50-3:40
FINANCIAL CRIME PANELDISCUSSION
Managing financial crime in anevolving digital, regulatory andpolitical landscape
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- Navigating the evolving landscape of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations in an advent of AMLA
- Addressing challenges in evolving sanctions compliance programs
- Leveraging technology to strengthen transaction monitoring and reporting
- Use of Generative AI in the transformation of financial crime management
- Navigating financial crime risks of crypto assets in 2025
- Developing proactive strategies to align with global regulatory trends in financial crime
| Ionela Emmett, Senior Manager, Financial Crime Controls, Risks and Policy & Advisory,ICBC Standard Bank |
2:50-3:40
LIQUIDITY RISK PANEL DISCUSSION
Navigating liquidity risks post-2023 banking crisis
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- Managing regulatory expectations for liquidity risk management
- Implementing pre-positions reserves to mitigate funding volatility
- Balancing operational flexibility with compliance requirements
- Reviewing events that led to the 2023 banking crisis and lessons learned for liquidity risk management
- Developing real-time frameworks for managing intraday liquidity
- Ensuring robust oversight of settlement and clearing risks
- Leveraging advanced tools to improve intraday visibility
| Brian Brown, Head of Liquidity Risk Management – UKI/Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank |
| Stefano Chiarlone,CFO,UniCredit |
| Jerome Henry,Principal Advisor – DG Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability,ECB |
3:40 Afternoon refreshment break and networking
4:10-4:50
CLIMATE RISK
Optimizing Risk Management, Lending, and Portfolio Resilience through Data-Driven Insights
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- Transitioning from siloed datasystems to unifiedinfrastructures
- Best practices for creatingscalable data ecosystems
- Impact of poor data on AI,operational efficiency, anddecision-making
- Enhancing data governancefor real-time insight
| Manuel Vicente,VP Commercial, Climate X |
4:10-4:50
SUPPLY CHAIN RISK
Strengthening oversight and resilience of third party and supply chain risks
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- Reviewing PRA and DORAstandards for critical serviceproviders
- Ensuring robust contingencyand exit plans for criticalproviders
- Addressing gaps in vendorengagement and resiliencetesting
- Managing risks from criticalsuppliers across industries
- Enhancing oversight ofvendor performance andcompliance
4:10-4:50
FINDING DATA INSIGHTS WITH AI:
Early Warning Indicators and the case for humans
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- EWI Models have become extremelysophisticated; how do we use them?
- How to bridge the gap between Dataoverload and Credit actions.
- Migrating from traditional CreditAnalysis to Early Warning CreditManagement. Is AI the solution?
- The Future of Credit Officers andPortfolio Management. Who willsurvive AI?
| Mauricio Masondo,MD, Head of ESG Credit Management,Citi |
4:50-5:30
Model Risk and Validation in the context of growing complexity
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- Increasing trend in use of models and need for independent assessment
- Model risk Assessment Approaches and key roles
- Use case: generating efficiency in Model Validation by mean of digitalization and GenAI
| Rita Gnutti,Head of Internal Validation and Controls, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo |
4:50-5:30
Securing supply chains and strengthening third party cyber risk approaches
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- Managing systemic risks fromcritical service providers andvendors
- Implementing robustmonitoring capability andcontrols across supply chains
- Building partnerships forshared resilience inconnected ecosystems
- Assessing and mitigatingcyber vulnerabilities in thirdparty networks
| Cedric d’albis, Chief Auditor Innovation and Technology,RaboBank |
4:50-5:30
CREDIT RISK
Managing the evolution of credit risk and impact of volatile markets on portfolios
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- Managing rising credit risks amid market uncertainty
- Adapting provisioning strategies to reflect shifting customer behaviors
- Exploring the use of AI to enhance credit scoring and decisions
- Addressing non-performing loans with innovative approaches
5:30 End of day 1 and networking drinks reception
8:00 Registration and breakfast | 8:50 Chair’s opening remarks
KEYNOTE SESSIONS:
RESILIENCE PANEL
9:00 Operational resilience beyond 2025: Lessons learned and future challenges
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- Explore how firms have adapted to meet the PRA’s 2025 resilience requirements
- Examining the regulatory and operational impacts of the 2023 banking crisis
- Case studies of resilience in action, from supply chain disruptions to cyber incidents
- Integrating resilience into ongoing operational strategies
| Michael Sparks, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer – Issuer Services,BNY |
| David Arnold,CRO,First Abu Dhabi Bank |
| Soren Agergaard Anderson ,Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, |
THE HUMAN FACTOR IN RISK MANAGEMENT
9:50 Hear reflections regarding the role of Risk teams in fostering a healthy risk culture within their organizations.
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- Session details coming soon…
| Deb Barnes,CRO,OMERS |
10:30 Morning refreshment break and networking
Future of Risk Management:Tech & Innovation
Non-Financial & OperationalRisk
Financial Risk and Treasury
11:00-11:50
CYBER PANEL DISCUSSION
Preparing for the next wave ofcyber risks as threat vectorscontinue to evolve
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- Insights into emergingcyber threats and newattack vectors
- Protecting against advancedthreats targeting financialinstitutions
- Strategies for strengtheningdefenses and aligning withregulatory requirements(e.g., DORA)
- Collaboration with third-party vendors to securedigital infrastructures
- Enhancing recoveryframeworks to mitigate theimpact of incidents
- Strengthening resilience toransomware, phishingadvanced threats
11:00-11:50
GOVERNANCE PANEL DISCUSSION
Strengthening governance amidrapid technological change toretain oversight of non-financialrisks
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- Building agile governanceframeworks for evolving techrisks
- Board-level insights into techadoption and compliance
- Ensuring effective oversight oftechnology adoption
- Enhancing collaboration acrossgovernance, compliance andoperations
- Establishing board levelaccountability for non-financialrisk
| Marili Anderson,Head of UK Compliance,Rabobank London Branch |
| Sean Titley, former Director of Enterprise, Operational and Model Risk, Metro Bank |
| Lorraine Solway, Director of Risk, Nest |
11:00-11:50
FINANCING GREEN PROJECTSPANEL DISCUSSION
Unlocking opportunities in ESGinvestments
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- Scaling up investments insustainable energy andinfrastructure projects
- Reviewing challenges ofpricing and structuring greenfinancial products
- Leveraging ESG-focusedfinancing as a growthopportunity
- Aligning green financinginitiatives with corporatesustainability goals
| Pietro Stimamiglio, Climate & ESG Capital Markets, NatWest |
11:50-12:30
CLOUD
Harnessing opportunities withcloud technology whilemanaging threats
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- The benefits and risks ofadopting cloud technologyin risk management
- Real-world examples ofcloud-enabled innovations
- Mitigating vendor risks inthe cloud ecosystems
11:50-12:30
CYBERSECURITY
Developing advanced incidentresponse, incident managementand recovery frameworks
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- Navigating regulatoryexpectations for cybersecurityresilience
- Building board-level buy-in forcybersecurity investment
- Building robust cybersecuritydefenses for non-financialsystems
- Collaborating across theindustry to address systemiccyber risks
- Aligning cybersecurity measures with broader operational risk frameworks
| Mo Philip, Head of Information Security & IT Risk,Legal & General |
11:50-12:30
DECARBONIZATION
Decarbonizing financialportfolios and aligning with net-zero goals
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- Developing transition plans tomeet net zero targets
- Data requirements tounderstand scope ofproject and initialexposure
- Data requirements tounderstand scope ofproject and initialexposure
- Transitioning portfolios tomeet net-zero emissionscommitments
- Exploring innovative solutionsincluding green bonds and ESG-focused funds
- Integrating carbon footprint data into treasury planning
- Aligning financial strategies with long-term sustainability objectives
12:30 Lunch break and networking
1:30-2:10
DLT
Leveraging blockchain anddistributed ledger technologyin a decentralized economy
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- Explore how blockchain canenhance transparency andsecurity
- Risks of decentralizedsystems and smart contracts
- The role of blockchain incompliance and fraudprevention
- Aligning compliance effortswith evolving regulation
- Managing exposure riskswith crypto volatility
1:30-2:10
VOLATILITY
Adapting governance frameworks to manage heightened geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty
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- Connecting geopoliticaldevelopments to financial risks
- Best practices for proactivegeopolitical risk management
- Building frameworks to addressgeopolitical and economicvolatility
- Aligning risk strategies withglobal regulatory divergenceand enforcement trends
- Developing adaptivegovernance structures tomitigate external risks
| Senior Risk Professional,UBS |
1:30-2:10
CLIMATE STRESS TESTING
Reviewing climate stress testing requirements and evolving regulatory expectations
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- Developing scenarios to stresstest climate-related financialrisks
- Addressing regulatoryexpectations for climate stresstests
- Leveraging climate insights toinform treasury planning
- Integrating ESGconsiderations into stresstesting frameworks
| Senior Risk Professional,Banco Sabadell |
2:10-2:50
QUANTUM COMPUTING
Quantum computing: Keeping pace with and preparing for disruptive technology
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- Potential risks andopportunities quantumcomputing brings to riskmanagement
- Aligning risk strategies withadvances in technology
- Preparing for thecybersecurity implicationsof quantum advances
- Collaborating withregulators and techproviders on quantumreadiness
2:10-2:50
TALENT
Cultivating the next generation ofrisk managers and the evolutionof the workforce
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- Bridging the talent gap in atechnology environment
- Developing training programsfor future risk leaders
- Identifying key skills requiredfor the future of risk management
- What are the key skills of the CRO of the future?
- Strategies for attracting and retaining top risk talent
- Build agile teams prepared for evolving compliance and governance demands
- Align workforce planning with long-term organizational goals.
| Emma Hagan,CEO,ClearBank UK |
2:10-2:50
IFRS 9
Beyond compliance – unleashingthe business value hidden in theIFRS 9 ECL calculations
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- How to transform the ECLcalculations from a quarterlyreporting exercise to risk analytics
- Effective interest calculation toquantify portfolio attrition risk.
- Using survival hazard curves to understand early vintage behavior
- Decomposing the LGD into cure rate and LGL (Loss given loss) to better understand what drives credit losses.
| Jakob Lavrod, Senior Quantitative Risk Analyst,Handelsbanken |
2:50-3:40
MODEL RISK PANELDISCUSSION
Enhancing model risk programs and frameworks to strengthen resilience and drive innovation
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- Integrating model risk intoenterprise risk managementframeworks to addressinterconnected risks
- Managing risks associated withrapid advancements in technology
- Balancing innovation withcontrol, stability, and regulatorycompliance
- Leveraging advanced analytics to improve risk practices
- Incorporating technology advances into frameworks to enhance agility
| Dimitrios Asvestis,Head of Traded Risk Model Validation,Barclays |
| Alvaro Guevara, Head of Quantitative Modelling,Banco Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Tadeusz Peksa, Executive Director, Head of Model Risk Framework, Standard Chartered Bank |
2:50-3:40
CULTURE PANEL DISCUSSION
Embedding resilience into corporate culture
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- Fostering a culture of resilienceand governance
- Creating organizational buy-infor resilience initiatives
- Aligning cultural values withoperational risk goals
- Measuring culturaleffectiveness in non-financialrisk frameworks
| Jeff Simmons,former CRO, MUFG |
2:50-3:40
FRTB PANEL DISCUSSION
Reviewing the future of Basel 3.1and implementation of FRTB
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- Navigating compliance withBasel 3.1 requirements forliquidity and capital
- Aligning internal frameworkswith global regulatoryexpectations
- Reviewing the future of FRTBand global alignment
- The impact of future ofUS regulatory decisionson globalimplementation
- Managing overlaps andtransitions between tradingand banking book risks
- Explore the operationalimpacts of internal models vs. standardized approaches
| Etienne Varloot,Global Head of Market and Counterparty Risk,Credit Agricole |
| Pardeep Bhatti,Head of Prudential Regulation,Natwest |
3:40 Afternoon refreshment break and networking
4:10-4:50
Developing model risk management frameworks to keep up with evolving innovation
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- Exploring challengesvalidating AI and machinelearning models in dynamicenvironments
- Regulatory expectations fortransparency andexplainability in AI-drivendecision-making
- Best practices for buildingrobust validationframeworks
- Align governance andcompliance standards
| Dara Sosulski,MD, Head of AI and Model Management,HSBC |
4:10-4:50
ESG
Operationalizing ESG riskframeworks: From concept toimplementation
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- Translating ESG initiatives intoactionable risk frameworks
- Overcoming challenges inintegrating ESG intogovernance and compliance
- Leverage ESG as a tool forachieving long-term businessobjectives
- Align ESG frameworks withnon-financial and reputationalrisk strategies
| Alia Cooper,Wholesale Sustainability Risk Strategy and Framework,HSBC |
4:10-4:50
DIGITAL CURRENCY
Managing digital currencies in treasury management: Risks and opportunities
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- Assessing the implications ofcentral bank digital currencies(CBDCs) on treasury functions
- Managing exposure tocryptocurrencies and otherdigital assets
- Exploring the role of digitalcurrencies in modernizingtreasury operations
- Addressing compliancechallenges in decentralizedfinance
| Senior Risk Professional, Dudley Building Society |
4:50-5:30
TALENT
Addressing scarcity andretention challenges in acompetitive landscape
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- Retaining and motivatingteams with increasedcompetition
- Investing in technology tosupport workforceproductivity and innovation
- Addressing talent gaps intechnology-driven risk roles
- Developing upskilling andeducation programs
| Ratul Ahmed, Divisional Board Member, Commerzbank AG |
4:50-5:30
Developing governanceframeworks to enhance ESGtransparency
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- Integrating ESG factors intonon-financial risk frameworks
- Developing governanceframeworks to mitigategreenwashing risks
- Building governance models forlong-term ESG alignment
- Ensuring compliance withsustainability regulationsacross jurisdictions
- Enhancing transparency in ESGreporting
4:50-5:30
TECHNOLOGY
Exploring opportunities to Leverage advanced analytics and AI for treasury and balance sheet management
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- Enhancing treasury operationswith cutting-edge analytics
- Managing challenges inintegrating new technologies
- Building scalable systems tofuture-proof treasuryprocesses
- Leveraging AI to enhancedecision-making in treasuryfunctions
5:30 End of Risk Evolve 2025
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