With financial institutions increasingly adapting to regulatory demands and expectations, risk professionals face additional burdens to ensure industry standards are upheld alongside further challenges with emerging risks.

4th Annual Risk EMEA 2015

Risk & Regulation Congress

Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th April, London

CFP’s 4th Annual Risk EMEA Congress will bring together 50+ CROs and Heads of Risk Departments from the world’s leading financial institutions to discuss key industry challenges. Across two-days, you will hear thought-leading presentations and discussions addressing key themes including; Complying to Conflicting Regulators, New Generation Operational Risk, Risk Culture & Conduct, FRTB, Stress Testing, CCP & Counterparty Risk and many more.

The conference will include the following speakers and panelists:

• Adrian Burbanks, CRO, Europe, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
• Alexey Lobanov, Deputy Director, Bank of Russia
• Alexey Miroshnichenko, Deputy Chief Risk Office, Gazprombank
• Alex Frankl, Head of Risk, BCS Consulting
• Alison Urbas, Director, Risk Controlling, Western Union International
• Anant Saxena, VP, Stress Testing, Credit Suisse
• Andrea Buzzigoli, Manager, Portfolio Analytics, HSBS
• Andrew Ross, European Head of OTC Clearing, Morgan Stanley
• Barry Hadingham, Head of Derivatives and Counterparty Risk, Aviva Investors
• Brandon Davies, Former Chairman, Premier European Capital & Gatehouse Bank
• Catherine Toupin-Doumont, Global Head of Stress Testing, Nomura International
• Cecilia Gejke, Executive Director, Mizuho Securities
• Christopher Hall, Head of Stress Testing, RBS
• Colin Burke, Head of Tech Model Validation and Market Risk Model Approval, Lloyds Bank
• Colin Johnson, Chairman, Asset and Liability Management, Santander
• Dan Freeman, Fraud Information and People Risk, RBS
• David Attenborough, Head of Business Development EMEA, AxiomSL
• David Suetens, Executive VP, International CRO, State Street
• Demetrio Maffei, Head of Market Risk Internal Model, Intesa Sanpaolo
• Ed Jenkins, CRO, Global Banking and Markets, HSBC
• Edward Royan, Chief Operating Officer, EMEA, AxiomSL
• Erik Vynckier, Chief Investment Officer, Insurance, Alliance Bernstein
• Federico Galizia, Deputy Director, Head of Risk Management and Operations, European Investment Fund
• Filippo Grippa, Head of Counterparty Credit Risk Change, RBS
• Frederik Ten Veen, CRO, ABN Amro Clearing
• Gael Robert, Director, Risk Management, Mizuho International
• Gino Landuyt, Managing Director, Trium Capital
• Graeme Wolvaardt, Global Head of Regulatory and Market Strategy, Europe Arab Bank Pic
• Hunor Albert Lorincz, Global Head of Interest Rates, Inflation & FX, Nomura
• Ian Morris, OTC Client Clearing Specialist, Commerzbank
• Jacques Beyssade, CRO, Natixis
• Jan Heemskerk, Head of Operational Risk Management, ING Investment Management
• Jason Wells, Global Lead Business Risk and Control Manager, HSBC
• Jean-Jacques Van Helten, MD and CRO, Europe, BMO
• Jonathan Willder, Director Market Initiatives, Deutsche Bank
• Jeroen Van Doorsselaere, Director, Global Finance and Performance, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
• Kieran Mongan, Head of Strategic Group IT Security, Bank of Ireland
• Lee McCormack, Executive Director, Nomura
• Marius Bochniak, Model Development, LBBW
• Mark Profeti, Director, Securities Strategy and Market Infrastructure, Barclays
• Markus Sgouridis, Executive Director, UBS
• Martin Smidt, CRO, Nordea Investment Funds
• Michael Christianson, Head of Operational Risk, Lloyds Banking Group
• Michael Eichhorn, MD, Strategic Risk Management, Credit Suisse
• Moorad Choudhry, Professor, Brunel University
• Nick Chaudhry, Head of OTC Client Clearing, Commerzbank
• Patricia Geraghty, IPO Treasury, RBS
• Paul Davis, Head of Fraud and Financial Crime, Lloyds
• Paul Gill, Head of Compliance, Metro Bank
• Piers Haben, Deputy Secretary General, European Banking Authority
• Philippe Mangold, Head of Stress Testing, Credit Suisse
• Rajib Chakraborty, Data Architect, Lloyds Banking Group
• Raphael Albrecht, Director, Independent Validation Unit, Barclays
• Richard Bach, Assistant Director, Cyber Security, BIS
• Richard Crecel, Head of Risk Modelling Function, Societe Generale
• Richard Flood, Head of Operational Risk EMEA, State Street
• Richard Rossmanith, Head of Counterparty Credit Risk Analytics Change Delivery, RBS
• Richard Settle, CRO, ICSS, Deutsche Bank
• Ricky Maloney, Head of Buy Side Sales and Relations, Eurex
• Robin Lehmensich, Operational Risk Manager, Nomura
• Rory Conway, Head of Compliance, MetLife Europe
• Ruairi O'Healai, International CRO, Morgan Stanley
• Ruth Wandhofer, Global Head of Regulatory and Market Strategy, Citi
• Sanghamitra Karra, MD, EMEA Head of Stress Testing, Morgan Stanley
• Sean Hrabak, Director, Model Validation, Citi
• Silas Findley, MD, Head of Futures, Clearing and Collateral for EMEA, Citi
• Stratos Nikolakakis, Markets and ALM Modelling, ABN AMRO
• Sunil Verma, Director, UBS Investment Bank
• Teresa Walsh, Intelligence Executive, Citi
• Timothy Davies, VP, Credit and Risk, Western Union Business Solutions
• Timothy Hudson, Global Head of Conduct Risk, UBS
• Tom Springbett, Head of OTC Derivatives and Post Trade Policy, FCA (Bank of England)
• Thomas Campana, Global Head of Cyber Intelligence and Threat, HSBC
• Valerie Maysey, Director, Trading Risk Management, UniCredit
• Vincent Baritsch, Head of Group Prudential Policy, RBS
• Vladimir Chorniy, Head of Risk Modelling Strategy, BNP Paribas
• Wolfgang Reitgruber, FVP, Credit Risk Methods and Integration, UniCredit Bank Austria AG
• Yannick Naud, Portfolio Manager, Sturgeon Capital

The full agenda is available through the website, which we've linked to at the end of this article; however, we've provided a summarised version of the schedule. Day 2, on the 15th April, splits into three simultaneous streams, and guests are welcome to move between streams and create a personalised conference agenda.

Day 1, Tuesday 14th April

Day 2, Wednesday 15th April

The congress is being held at the America Square Conference Centre, which hosts a variety of functions, including training, meetings and other conferences. It's located centrally near London Fenchurch Street station, and Tower Hill underground station.

Bookings for The Risk EMEA 2015 main congress, including the agenda above cost:

• £1,290: Early Bird rate, for bookings made prior to March 27th
• £1,790: Standard rate, for bookings made after March 27th

Other extras include the Pre-Congress CCP & Clearing Congress Forum (April 13th), and Post-Congress Cyber Crime Forum/Reporting to the Board Masterclass (April 16th). These are available in a number of packages alongside the main conference, and group rates also apply.

For more information and to register, visit the website using this link.

Users that are registered with The OTC Space can obtain an exclusive 15% discount. Simply use the dicount code 'OTC15' when purchasing.