As the Global Chief Sustainability Officer, Sarah is responsible for leading the ongoing development and execution of Manulife’s sustainability, community investment and sponsorship strategy and oversees and guides Manulife’s environmental, social & governance (ESG) reporting and disclosures. Before joining Manulife, Sarah was National Director of Sustainability & Social Impact advisory at Deloitte in Canada and led the Social Innovation business at Hitachi. She has her PhD in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Centre for Corporate Governance at the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia), Master’s in Management from Bond University, and a Bachelor of Science from The University of Western Ontario.

Jay Cook joined Lloyd’s Bank in January 2013 as Chief Risk Officer for North America and assumed additional responsibility for Europe and Asia in 2016.

Jay has over 30 years of industry experience and joined from RBS, where he had worked for the last four years in a variety of senior roles including Chief Risk Officer of RBS Americas, Citizens Financial Group and RBS NV Americas where he had responsibility for all aspects of risk management including credit, market, operational, regulatory, compliance, BSA/AML, risk analytics and quality assurance.

Prior to his time at RBS Jay had a number of senior roles at Citigroup, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Lehman Brothers.

Ty Lambert joined BancorpSouth in 2006 and has held a variety of management positions with responsibilities contributing to balance sheet management, credit risk management, corporate planning, and modeling and forecasting.  In his current role as Chief Risk Officer, his team is responsible for data analytics, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management, vendor management, and Bank Secrecy Act/ Anti-Money Laundering efforts.  Prior to joining BancorpSouth, Ty was an investment portfolio manager.

Sabeena Ahmed Liconte serves as Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer to the investment banking division of Bank of China International –  BOC International (USA) Holdings Inc. (“BOCI US Holdings”) and its two subsidiaries, BOCI Commodities & Futures (USA) LLC, a registered futures commission merchant and CME Group Inc. clearing member, and BOC International (USA) Inc., a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA (collectively, “BOCI”).

Prior to joining BOCI, Sabeena’s previous professional experience included Futures & Derivatives Counsel to E*TRADE Financial Corp., including E*TRADE Clearing Corp. and E*TRADE Securities Corp.; the Office of General Counsel at Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, the Division of Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Bank of New York Mellon’s Legal Division and the Securities Fraud Prosecution division of the Attorney General’s Office for the State of New Jersey.

Sabeena is a licensed attorney with a Juris Doctor from the St. John’s University School of Law. She also completed a visiting year at Fordham University School of Law. In addition to her law degree, she holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Columbia University and, paying homage to her Canadian roots, a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Political Science from the University of Toronto.

She also serves as a board member and Secretary to Bank of China International’s US holding company, BOCI US Holdings; board member of the Center for Financial Professionals FinTech Advisory Group; Diversity Chair of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Committee – Futures and Derivatives Law Subcommittee, and committee member of the New York City Bar Association’s Foreign and Comparative Law Committee and Derivatives and Futures Committee.

Nick Silitch is senior vice president, chief risk officer of Prudential Financial, Inc. In this role, Silitch oversees Prudential’s risk management infrastructure and risk profile across all business lines and risk types. Under his direction, his team develops models, metrics, frameworks and governance to manage risk, and works with internal corporate partners and business groups to identify, assess and prioritize risk across the company.

Paige Wisdom is a strategic executive with deep expertise in finance, risk management and capital markets at Fortune 500 financial institutions and private equity and venture capital-backed FinTech start-ups.  She has a track record of leading high performing teams through extensive M&A, financial market and large-scale transformation.  She is recognized as a results-oriented leader focused on leveraging data-driven analytics and creating an inclusive culture for talent development.

Paige currently serves on the board of Morgan Stanley Bank N.A. and Morgan Stanley Private Bank.  She currently is a member of both the Risk and Audit Committees.

For the past five years, Paige has been the CFO of non-bank, early-stage financial services companies owned by venture capital and private equity, including Exeter Finance, Renovate America, and Southern Management.

During the 2008 financial crisis, Paige took on the important role of Chief Enterprise Risk Officer at Freddie Mac where she was responsible for the management of credit, market, model, and operational risk as well as building the risk framework and governance for the $2 trillion company.

Paige holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in math and computer science from the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Bill has worked in the financial services space for over 20 years in several senior roles, specifically within Product Management for more than 10 years. Bill is focused on delivering integrated finance, risk and regulatory compliance and reporting solutions to support regulated financial institutions in meeting their obligations to external regulators and their own board of directors.

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Alessia Falsarone, SASB FSA, is a Managing Director with PineBridge Investments in New York, a global asset manager focused on high-conviction investing. She is responsible for the alignment of portfolio strategy and investment risk across the developed markets credit platform, including as head of sustainable investing. Prior to PineBridge, she held senior investment roles at AIG, Citigroup and Credit Suisse. Ms. Falsarone is a mentor in the Stanford IGNITE accelerator program and a Member of the Board of 1787fp, a digital platform focused on consumer finance. Ms. Falsarone is an alumna of Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Seth Giovanetti has over 20 years in Global Banking and Management and Board Advisory Consulting.  He currently serves as the Head of Operational Risk at Oportun Financial, an AI-centric fintech lender which caters to low and moderate income customers by providing personal loans and banking products to the traditionally underbanked community.   Before joining Oportun, Seth led the Enterprise Risk team at TIAA/Nuveen and he has held various Sr. level Global Enterprise and Operational risk positions at HSBC, PwC and Mitsubishi Financial Group.

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Anthony joined Novo in 2017 as one of the first 10 global employees. In his current role as Head of Data & Risk, Anthony oversees Risk, Compliance, and Partner Bank Relationships. Anthony started working in the Fintech industry after graduating from Columbia University with a Masters of Science in Applied Analytics. Before working in fintech, Anthony served in the Australian Army, and then worked in corporate advisory with a focus on financial analysis of distressed mining assets in the Asia- Pacific region. Anthony completed an undergraduate degree majoring in Economics & Finance at the University of Western Australia.

Finance Executive with extensive experience in Global Banking, Corporate Finance, Asset Liability Management, Entrepreneurship, AI & Fintech. Shifted between entrepreneurial and senior banking leadership roles, comfortable with new ideas, innovative and willing to challenge the status quo. Transformative, Thoughts leader and frequent speaker and author in banking magazines in USA and Europe. Armel serves in the board of multiple non-profit organizations that make a difference in the community and society.

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David Palmer is a senior supervisory financial analyst in the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation at the Federal Reserve Board. He focuses on several primary topic areas, including banks’ capital planning practices, banks’ model risk management practices, banks’ and supervisors’ stress testing activities, validation of supervisory stress testing models, and banks’ credit risk capital models. He engages in both policy-related projects as well as on-site examinations. David was a primary author of the Federal Reserve’s Supervisory Guidance on Model Risk Management (SR 11-7), issued in April 2011 jointly with the OCC (and more recently with FDIC), and continues to lead the implementation of that guidance within the Federal Reserve. He was also a key contributor to the Federal Reserve’s supervisory guidance on capital planning for large firms issued in December 2015 (SR Letters 15-18 and 15-19), as well as to the Federal Reserve’s final rules to implement Dodd-Frank stress testing requirements and the Federal Reserve’s Capital Plan Rule.  More recently, David has been involved in evaluating supervised firms’ use of fintech, including artificial intelligence/machine learning.

He has a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and a master’s degree from Georgetown University.

Roderick Powell is Senior Vice President and Head of Model Risk Management at Ameris Bank in Atlanta, Georgia.  Prior to joining Ameris Bank, Powell was a Director at KPMG LLP where he specialized in model development, implementation, and validation for large Financial Institutions, including Banks, Insurance Companies, and Mutual Funds.  He also worked at Bank of America where he was Senior Vice President and Head of Market Risk Management for the Mortgage Securities Trading Desk.  Powell earned his MBA from Florida State University.  He also earned a Certificate in Applied Data Science and Machine Learning from Emory University.  In addition, Powell is a Certified Financial Risk Manager (“FRM”).  He is a frequent speaker on the use of Artificial Intelligence, i.e., Machine Learning, and Robotic Process Automation (“RPA”) in the Financial Services industry.

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With over 30 years of financial services industry experience, Chris has an in-depth knowledge of model governance, model validation, financial model development, market risk modeling, Asset Liability Management and team development. Chris is currently the Director of Model Risk Management at Arvest Bank and was previously with TIAA Bank’s Enterprise Risk Management Group for seven years. His experience includes leadership roles at Diebold and Fiserv, where he consulted with financial institutions nationally and internationally to design and implement financial strategies to maximize productivity and growth, as well as Asset/Liability Management and quantitative analysis at HSBC and First Niagara Banks. Chris is actively involved with diversity and inclusion initiatives, having served as Co-Chairman for TIAA Bank’s Veterans-based Employee Resource Group, Our Corps.

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Xiaoling (Sean) Yu is a SVP and Director of Model Validation at KeyBank. He has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry in different quantitative roles.  His areas of functional expertise include Consumer and Commercial Credit Risk, Stress Testing and Capital Modeling, Allowance/Reserve, Comliance Modeling, Business Analytics, and Model Governance.  Prior to Key, Sean was Sr. Group Manager of Quantitative Analytics and Model Development in PNC Financial Service Group.  He started his financial services career in National City Bank as a Sr. Capital Allocation Analyst after worked as a Research Consultant at the Center for Regional Economic Issues of Case Western Reserve University.  Sean has a Ph.D. in Economics from Case Western Reserve University, and a Master in Management Science and a Bachelor in Industrial Economics from Tianjin University.

Malik is a VP and Head of Audit for Capital Markets, Private Equity and Infrastructure and Ventures at OMERS. Malik has over 15 years of experience having started with Citibank as the Head of Product Control, CFO with Citibank in 2005. Since then he has enjoyed a varied career path including Controller, CFO at Credit Suisse Singapore, Credit Flow and Structured Credit. Malik immigrated to Canada in 2010 and joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as a Senior Director, Audit, where he is responsible for Capital Markets, Risk, Treasury, and Finance.

Having worked with large global financial institutions across several countries in Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa during the last 15 years, Malik brings a wealth of knowledge and global perspective around governance, risk finance, and controls. Malik believes that the work he does in audit & finance cut across many functions and is complex, often requiring effective listening & analytical skills to give sound advice and fulsome assessment.

A CFA Chartered Holder and as Associate CPA CA, Canada, Malik has also served as a Chair of Finance and Accounting Professional Alliance and supports global charities in Asia and Africa for poverty elimination and sustainable living.

Amy Butler is the Chief Risk Officer for Legal & General America (LGA). Amy joined LGA in April 2011 and was appointed the LGA CRO in August of that same year. She has over 30 years experience in the insurance industry with a strong background in insurance operations. Amy built and evolved the LGA enterprise risk management function in alignment with the enterprise risk management framework of LGA’s London based parent company Legal & General Group plc. Prior to joining LGA, Amy spent 23 years with The Prudential Insurance Company of America in significant roles in Operations, Finance, Internal Audit and Annuities Operations Risk Management. She also served as the AVP of Internal Audit at the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company for four years with specific responsibility for the Insurance and Annuity operations. Amy holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Management from St Francis College and an MBA in Accounting from LaSalle University. She is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the ACLI Global Risk Management Committee. Amy holds FLMI and CFSA designations.

Rick is a Senior Bank Examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Operational Risk Supervision, a member of the LISCC (Large Institution Supervisory Coordinating Committee) group. He received a B.A. (Economics) and M.A. (Organizational Behavior) from Yale University. Rick was a member of J.P. Morgan’s original operational risk development team in the late 1990s, specializing in loss event data group. He was involved in early industry initiatives to define standard taxonomy for operational risk, and later consulted on risk framework development. Today, Rick supervises operational risk and governance practices at complex financial institutions.

Three-time “The Risk Universe Magazine” Cover-front Author, Mark Elkommos works at SMBC as VP, Compliance Monitoring & Testing, is a seasoned AML professional with more than 15 years of Financial Crime Compliance experience. Mark also is an avid technology & compliance reader, and evidently, a popular author of AML and FinTech topics. He wrote numerous articles on many Risk Management Magazines, also he is a regular LinkedIn blogger. Visit his LinkedIn page and website to know more

Saqib Jamshed currently serves as Managing Director – Model Risk Management at the Options Clearing Corporation in Chicago. He has held senior Risk Management positions at State Street Corporation and GE Capital. Saqib spent the bulk of career at the Royal Bank of Scotland where he started out as a Programmer and then moved on to become a trader on the fund derivatives desk. He earned a Masters in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Supervisory Special Agent Milan R Kosanovich has worked for the FBI for over eleven years specializing in white collar criminal investigations.  He is a graduate of Syracuse University (BS) and Georgetown University (JD).  He has worked in the New Haven and Cleveland field offices.  He served as a detaileé to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission while working as a supervisor in the Economic Crimes Unit at FBIHQ.  Kosanovich has lectured and presented on behalf of the FBI in Estonia, Netherlands, Canada, Israel, Seychelles, Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.  He is currently assigned to the White Collar Crime squad in Cleveland and serves in multiple collateral duties as a member of the nationwide Corporate Fraud Response Team and as a Hostage Negotiator.

Sabeena Ahmed Liconte serves as Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer to the investment banking division of Bank of China International –  BOC International (USA) Holdings Inc. (“BOCI US Holdings”) and its two subsidiaries, BOCI Commodities & Futures (USA) LLC, a registered futures commission merchant and CME Group Inc. clearing member, and BOC International (USA) Inc., a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA (collectively, “BOCI”).

Prior to joining BOCI, Sabeena’s previous professional experience included Futures & Derivatives Counsel to E*TRADE Financial Corp., including E*TRADE Clearing Corp. and E*TRADE Securities Corp.; the Office of General Counsel at Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, the Division of Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Bank of New York Mellon’s Legal Division and the Securities Fraud Prosecution division of the Attorney General’s Office for the State of New Jersey.

Sabeena is a licensed attorney with a Juris Doctor from the St. John’s University School of Law. She also completed a visiting year at Fordham University School of Law. In addition to her law degree, she holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Columbia University and, paying homage to her Canadian roots, a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Political Science from the University of Toronto.

She also serves as a board member and Secretary to Bank of China International’s US holding company, BOCI US Holdings; board member of the Center for Financial Professionals FinTech Advisory Group; Diversity Chair of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Committee – Futures and Derivatives Law Subcommittee, and committee member of the New York City Bar Association’s Foreign and Comparative Law Committee and Derivatives and Futures Committee.

Arindam Majumdar is the Managing Director of ERM at Bank OZK in Little Rock where he manages the Bank’s Risk Appetite, Top-Down Risk Identification and the Risk Analytics function for the Bank. Arindam previously worked at Discover Financial Services in Chicago. At Discover, Arindam was a key member of the Risk team, helping the institution establish its Enterprise Risk Management practice and Capital Stress Testing program. Arindam has a Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, an MBA from University of Iowa, a Master’s Degree in Banking and Leadership from Wharton and Risk Certification for Corporate Leaders from Harvard Business School. Arindam is also a twice-published author in the Risk Management Association (RMA) Journal, where he has penned his thought on Risk Identification and Risk Aggregation.

I have over 30 years of Compliance experience in the financial services industry.  I am the Head of AML Risk, Regulatory Advocacy, Products and Monitoring and champion an amazing team who delivers with pride every time.  My team provides leadership to Regulatory Advocacy and Change Management, new Products and Services that the Bank wants to bring to market, objective evaluation of business line compliance to AML requirements, AML Risk Assessment, evaluation of AML surveillance systems and execution against Operational Risk Management requirements.

Charlotte is my base and my team is in NJ, MN, SC and TX.

Jeff Prelle is the SVP of Risk Analytics and Head of Data Governance since joining BancorpSouth in April of 2020. Prior to joining BancorpSouth, Jeff was the head of Modeling, Model Validation, and Financial Consulting at Situs AMC and ran the legacy McGuire Solutions product service offerings. He has worked for TD Ameritrade and Moody’s Analytics leading model development, stress testing, data governance, and balance sheet management functions. He has extensive experience in enterprise risk management, compliance, quantitative analytics, artificial intelligence, balance sheet management, credit risk management, capital stress testing, and corporate planning.

Hugo Ramirez is an experienced, awarded audit top executive with a demonstrated history of working 32 years at three countries in the banking industry (29 in auditing). Mr. Ramirez holds a Master in Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in International Trade. Skilled in Management, Risk Management, Financial Analysis, Forensic (Fraud) Investigations, Regulatory Compliance, Finance, Data Analytics, and Banking Operations, Hugo is a strong professional also graduated from The University of Texas at Austin- McCombs School of Business, and, the Tecnologico de Monterrey (Leadership and Top Executives Development programs). Mr. Ramirez is a CRMA (IIA) and is Certified as Regulatory Vendor Program Manager. During his time at BBVA (32 years) he has held several top senior audit positions at four entities including Chief Audit Executive at  two of those. Mr. Ramirez was key during the implementation of several global multidisciplinary audit projects along his career (e.g. Compliance RA tools, Agile organization, Offsite-Audit, etc.). He is a long-established member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. College professor and conference speaker are also part of his professional practice background.

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Rebecca “Becky” Schauer Robertson is a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry with extensive experience in risk strategy and mitigation. In her role as Director of the Financial Investigations Unit at Atlantic Union Bank, Robertson serves as the Bank’s BSA and OFAC Officers and is responsible for ensuring the Bank’s compliance with all facets of the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control and fraud investigations, while monitoring all other related anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud laws and regulations.

Robertson received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Milligan University.

She holds the advanced designation of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist – Audit, and designations of Certified AML and Fraud Professional as well as Certified Fraud Examiner. As an industry thought leader, she frequently participates as a subject matter expert panelist and speaker on the topic of BSA/AML. Currently she serves as chair of the ABA’s CAFP Advisory Board, is a member of the ACAMS Virginia Chapter Board, and a past board member of the ACAMS Carolinas Chapter, past president of both the South Carolina InfraGard and FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association and past treasurer of the Crimestoppers of the Midlands SC Board.

Santosh is technology leader with 17+ years of experience in delivery of strategic, high impact technology programs. His experience spans multiple domains and industries. Most of his last decade he has built and executed technology roadmaps for large Canadian banks and insurance firms covering digital transformation, analytics, cloud, big data and emerging technologies like blockchain and machine learning. His core competencies are technology strategy, enterprise architecture and distributed systems. Throughout his career he has actively partnered, coached and mentored a number of leaders at various levels through technology challenges.

Jason Wang, CFA, is Chief Risk Officer at Synergy Credit Union, the fourth largest credit union in Saskatchewan, Canada. He also sits on the advisory board of Marble Financial, a Vancouver-based fintech. In the past two decades, Jason has had extensive risk management, analytics and compliance experience spanning across organizations in the banking industry, including Citigroup, American Express, and TransUnion. Jason has been frequently interviewed by major media outlets including Bloomberg, CBC, CTV, etc. Jason received his Master of Business Administration from New York University. In addition, Jason is a CFA charterholder.

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Mark Cabana is the head of US Rates Strategy at BofA Global Research, based in New York. In this role, he publishes research and trade recommendations covering US short-term interest rates and macro strategy. He also meets regularly with a broad range of clients to discuss the firm’s views on Fed policy, interest rates, and financial regulation. Cabana joined the firm in 2015.

Before joining BofA Securities, Mark worked as an officer in the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He spent nearly 9 years on the Open Markets Trading Desk which spanned the duration of the financial crisis. While at the NY Fed, Cabana was closely involved with the design and implementation for a number of asset purchase / QE programs and also managed a team focused on analyzing global macroeconomic conditions and financial markets.

Cabana earned a bachelor’s degree from Furman University and a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in finance and international relations. He is a CFA charterholder.

Petr Chovanec is a Director of Business Modeling and Forecasting at UBS Global Wealth Management where he leads a team modeling and predicting balance sheet and income statement of America’s wealth management banking. In his position, he is involved in business forecasting, strategic planning, capital optimization, and various stress testing exercises (CCAR, CECL, LPA). Before the position with UBS, he spent four years in capital management group and in model validation of Citizens Bank (formerly RBS Citizens) and State Street. Before that he was a front office quant in fixed income, currency and commodities trading with State Street and ENGiE.

Julian oversees Berenberg Capital Markets’ risk management program as the Head of Risk Controlling. Berenberg is a multinational full-service investment bank founded in 1590 with a significant presence in New York. Prior to returning to the industry, he consulted large financial institutions around the globe with a focus on Western Europe and North America. His financial and tech skills made him a trusted advisor across treasury, finance, ALM, and risk departments and a frequent speaker at industry events.

Mike is a Portfolio Manager for TIAA’s $280 Billion General Account investment portfolio.  His responsibilities include portfolio management, asset allocation, derivatives/hedging strategies, currency risk management, and portfolio ALM. Mike also works with TIAA’s Treasury team on portfolio liquidity management and funding/debt management.

Before joining TIAA, Mike was Director of Investment Risk Management at Genworth Financial where he was responsible for asset/liability management, derivatives risk oversight and counterparty credit risk.  At Genworth, Mike was also a Senior Derivative Trader where he traded interest rate swaps, futures, equity options, and developed hedging strategies.  Prior to working at Genworth, Mike was at Principal Financial Group where he managed a portfolio of structured products and derivatives.

Mike holds a BS in industrial engineering from University of Michigan and an MBA in finance from University of Illinois.  He is a CFA Charterholder and a Professional Risk Manager (PRM).

Alpa is Head of Third Party Governance Advisory Group. Prior to this role she was head of the Americas Business Change Group within Asset Servicing, where she was responsible for the management and oversight of client implementations. She oversees the strategy and execution of cross functional transition plans for new business opportunities and high profile, complex initiatives for existing clients.

Alpa is responsible for strategic planning, organizational restructuring, client relationship management, compliance, and risk. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Alpa served as Vice President and Chief of Staff in the Regulatory and Tax Operations division at Goldman Sachs & Company. She was a global project manager for the Federal Preparedness program. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Alpa served as Cost Allocation Specialist for Societe Generale. She led various assignments at Fluor Daniel Corporation including overseeing a Nuclear Waste clean-up project costing in excess of $5 billion and the implementation of SAP system. She has a successful track record as a leader in managing complex client relationships, risk management, and transformation.

At BNY Mellon, Alpa is a chair of the IMPACT South Asian Leadership Hub. Currently Alpa sits on the board for Pratham and Ascend Leadership. Alpa is a Steering Committee Member for Shared Assessments.

Alpa is the program creator for Women Helping Women in Finance by helping young college women jumpstart their career within financial services through mentorship and exposure to the Financial Industry. She also created a program called Take 2 with the objective to increase the success for women returning to the workplace by providing them with an opportunity to explore a new career path or reacquaint themselves with new market trends or changes in their area of expertise after an extended career break.

Alpa earned a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Finance from California State University.

Shahab Khan currently works for JP Morgan Chase & Co. in New York in Capital & Liquidity Policy Group as a subject matter expert. Prior to this, he was Head of Regulatory Interpretations at Deutsche Bank. Before this, he worked in various financial institutions and was associated with one of the big four accounting firms in the financial advisory group at the beginning of his career. During his professional career, he has held various positions in Treasury and M&A groups. For the last several years, he has been dealing with regulations related to Capital, Liquidity, RWA, Market Risk etc. that are applicable in the U.S. In addition to MBA, he is also a certified Treasury Professional. He is an avid reader and loves to travel.

Finance Executive with extensive experience in Global Banking, Corporate Finance, Asset Liability Management, Entrepreneurship, AI & Fintech. Shifted between entrepreneurial and senior banking leadership roles, comfortable with new ideas, innovative and willing to challenge the status quo. Transformative, Thoughts leader and frequent speaker and author in banking magazines in USA and Europe. Armel serves in the board of multiple non-profit organizations that make a difference in the community and society.

Markus Lammer is the Chief Operating Officer of the Ultra High Net Worth business for Credit Suisse in the US. He launched the Ultra High Net Worth coverage platform in Investment Banking and Capital Markets. Markus is also the Chief Operating Officer for the Financial Institutions and the Oil & Gas Groups.

Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer for Credit Suisse Germany and Central Europe, and also the Head of the Board of Credit Suisse Germany. Markus received his Mag. Degree from University of Graz in Austria, and his LLM from Yale University as a Fulbright Scholar.

Yuhong holds Plasma Physics PhD from Columbia University. She currently works in BNP Paribas for model validation covering liquidity models, Asset Management portfolio models, valuation models, stress testing models, etc. In the past, she has worked across market risk, credit risk and model risk at Morgan Stanley and Citi Group.

Matt Macia joined TIAA as the Bank Chief Risk Officer in January 2014.  In his current role, he is responsible for leading the risk management practice at TIAA’s banking operation.

Matt has over 24 years of combined banking and risk management experience.  He began his career at Providian in San Francisco working in their consumer lending business as a quantitative analyst and product manager.   Thereafter, he spent seven years as a Director of Risk Management for several lines of businesses within HSBC Americas.

He was a Senior Vice President, Director of Risk Management at Wachovia for 10 years covering their auto, credit card, commercial card and small business portfolios.  He also led their model development and validation team.  Immediately prior to joining TIAA, Matt was the Enterprise Risk Executive covering deposits and small business lending for Bank of America.

Matt lives in Weddington, NC with his spouse of 20 years, Lisa, and their two children Morgan and Joey.  He holds a B.A. in Economics from Fresno State University and completed his postgraduate study at the London School of Economics in London, U.K.

As Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for Ulster Savings Bank, located in Kingston, NY, I am responsible for oversight of all Bank risk management functions, including the Bank’s Legal and Compliance departments; I also serve as the Chief Information Security Officer.  I previously served as Vice President and Risk Manager at Bankwell in Bridgeport, CT, as First Vice President and Audit/Compliance Officer at Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan in Naugatuck, CT, and as Senior Attorney with the FDIC.  I hold a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Rhode Island, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University.

Phil Ohana, CFA joined UBS Audit group in 2018 as a market risk subject matter expert. Previously, he was an executive director at Morgan Stanley focusing on market risk and regulatory risk topics.

Prior to Morgan Stanley, Phil worked at Societe Generale as a risk manager covering Fixed Income desks and later as the Risk COO in the Americas. Phil holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of business and a master in applied mathematics from ENSEEIHT, France.

Frank joined China Construction Bank NY branch (CCB) in 2014 as SVP & Treasurer of. Was Treasurer for Dexia Credit Local US , where Frank launched the Dexia US operations as USD global competence center to USD 70 billion, following Treasurer of the National Bank of Kuwait US operations.

Frank chaired the US Liquidity Contingency Committees of both Dexia & NBK; leading Dexia global USD liquidity management efforts during the crisis of 2008, 10 & 11; and NBK during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

A forward thinking seasoned risk strategist and influential thought leader, Frank leverages a thorough understanding of the mechanics of treasury to manage the evolving regulations on treasury.  Frank has worked as an independent advisor and consultant. Recent engagements included European, American, Asian and Middle Eastern banks, hedge funds and a private equity firm specifically focusing on Treasury Best Practices, Liquidity and FTP.

Frank is a regular speaker at industry conferences, moderating the 2012 IIF (Institute of International Finance) Executive Program on Treasury Risk. Presented at the IQPC CFO Conference 2016. Chaired the Marcus Evans Annual 2013 & 2015, 16 Liquidity Conference and 2013, 14, 15, Annual Funds Transfer Pricing and BSM. Presented at 2015 Funds Mgt. Conference.

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Donald R. van Deventer founded the Kamakura Corporation in April, 1990 and is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  Dr. van Deventer was senior vice president in the Tokyo investment banking department of Lehman Brothers from 1987 to 1990.  From 1982 to 1987, Dr. van Deventer was the treasurer for First Interstate Bancorp in Los Angeles.  Dr. van Deventer was a Vice President in the risk management department of Security Pacific National Bank from 1977 to 1982.

The third edition of his newest book, Advanced Financial Risk Management (with Kenji Imai and Mark Mesler) is forthcoming in 2020. Dr. van Deventer completed his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University in 1977.  Dr. van Deventer also holds a degree in mathematics and economics from Occidental College, where he graduated second in his class, summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Ken Wolckenhauer is the Head of Vendor Management at Nordea Bank’s New York branch. Leading up to this position, Ken was as a subject matter expert, trainer, solutions provider, and consultant for FIS, the world’s largest global provider dedicated to banking and payments technologies. With FIS, Ken specialized in financial industry regulatory risk and compliance, mostly in the area of anti-money laundering and watchlist compliance. Nordea Bank leveraged Ken’s risk and compliance knowledge to build out the vendor management program for the New York branch, developing a program that would properly manage risk as well as gaining acceptance to the US regulators. The success of the US program is now being used to advise Nordea’s European branches on enhancements to its TPRM program. Ken is a graduate of Bucknell University and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

José J. Canals-Cerdá is a Senior Special Advisor and leads the Supervisory Research and Policy Forum (SURF) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in the Supervision, Regulation, and Credit Department. He is a Ph.D. Economist from the University of Virginia, a Darden Executive Training program graduate, FRM-GARP certified, and holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, statistics, and decision sciences. He led the development of the Federal Reserve Stress Testing methodology for cards portfolios. He leads R&D and benchmark/challenger modeling projects for CCAR/CECL.

Supervisory Special Agent Milan R Kosanovich has worked for the FBI for over eleven years specializing in white collar criminal investigations.  He is a graduate of Syracuse University (BS) and Georgetown University (JD).  He has worked in the New Haven and Cleveland field offices.  He served as a detaileé to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission while working as a supervisor in the Economic Crimes Unit at FBIHQ.  Kosanovich has lectured and presented on behalf of the FBI in Estonia, Netherlands, Canada, Israel, Seychelles, Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.  He is currently assigned to the White Collar Crime squad in Cleveland and serves in multiple collateral duties as a member of the nationwide Corporate Fraud Response Team and as a Hostage Negotiator.

Ty Lambert joined BancorpSouth in 2006 and has held a variety of management positions with responsibilities contributing to balance sheet management, credit risk management, corporate planning, and modeling and forecasting.  In his current role as Chief Risk Officer, his team is responsible for data analytics, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management, vendor management, and Bank Secrecy Act/ Anti-Money Laundering efforts.  Prior to joining BancorpSouth, Ty was an investment portfolio manager.

Jeff Prelle is the SVP of Risk Analytics and Head of Data Governance since joining BancorpSouth in April of 2020. Prior to joining BancorpSouth, Jeff was the head of Modeling, Model Validation, and Financial Consulting at Situs AMC and ran the legacy McGuire Solutions product service offerings. He has worked for TD Ameritrade and Moody’s Analytics leading model development, stress testing, data governance, and balance sheet management functions. He has extensive experience in enterprise risk management, compliance, quantitative analytics, artificial intelligence, balance sheet management, credit risk management, capital stress testing, and corporate planning.

Andrew is speaking at Risk Americas 2022

Debbie is responsible for the rollout of the unified data management framework and managing relationships with regulatory agencies and internal audit. She has more than 25 years of experience in financial services and technology and has advised on market trends, product positioning and strategy as well as guiding financial institutions on technology adoption.

Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Williams directed the marketing and business development efforts for the Risk Analytics business at S&P Capital IQ. Prior to S&P Capital IQ, she held significant roles as Head of Marketing and Business Development at R2 Financial Technologies, Director of the Basel II Program for RBS Citizens Bank, and co-founder and COO of Meridien Research.

Williams is based in New York and holds a bachelor’s in Economics from Vassar College and a master’s in Business and Entrepreneurship from Babson F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business. She is a member of the steering committee and previous regional director for the Boston region and a founding member of PRMIA (Professional Risk Management International Association).