Managing the increasingly complex operational risk environment and evolving best practices
OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT USA
7th Annual | October 12-13, 2022 | New York City

RESILIENCE
Reviewing requirements for operational resilience and developing agile programs in a changing environment
THIRD PARTY RISK
Enhancing control environment across supply chains and managing exposure to vendor and third party risks
DATA PRIVACY
Managing evolution of data privacy requirements and alignment of expectations across jurisdictions
SOCIAL
Understanding what social represents in an ESG context and driving agendas across business lines
QUANTIFICATION
Leveraging scenario analysis and quantification methods to better identify impact of disruption
RCSA
Conducting impactful RCSAs to identify material risks
BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Enhancing business continuity planning in a volatile global environment
MODEL RISK
Managing continuous evolution of model risk with increased digitalization


Sabeena Liconte
Chief of Compliance
ICBC

Gregory Vinton
Director, US Controls, Operational Risk Management
Scotiabank

Aielleen Fajardo
Managing Director, Head of Internal Investigations
TIAA

Stephen Woitsky
VP, Operational Risk Officer
Wells Fargo

Michael Reidy
Head of Risk Appetite and Reporting
Societe Generale

Nick Diieso
Director Global Head of Operational Risk – ICG Ops, Markets and Securities Services
Citi

Chris Smigielski
Director of Model Risk Management
Arvest Bank

Paul Clarke
Segment Director, Operational Risk Management
TD Bank






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Please contact the Center for Financial Professionals today to discuss how we can deliver your thought-leadership at the event, help you generate leads, and provide you with unique networking and branding opportunities. For more information on what we can offer, please contact chris.simou@cefpro.com or call us on +1 888 677 7007 ext. 207 where a member of the team will be happy to tailor the right package for you.
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8:15 Registration and breakfast
8:50 Chair’s opening remarks
RESILIENCE – PANEL DISCUSSION
Session details
- Identifying overlap between risk and IT processes
- Evolution of resilience program post pandemic
- Inclusion of political disruption within resiliency
- Testing plans and recovery to limit disruption
- Requirements for mapping processes and controls
- Evaluating criticality in resilience requirements
- Identifying resilience challenges across supply chain
Sabeena Liconte, Chief of Compliance, ICBC
Gus Ortega, Head of Operational Risk Management, Voya Financial
Jack Sprague, SVP, Operational and Resilience Risk, HSBC USA
THIRD PARTY RISK
Session details
- Session to come
Gregory Vinton, Director, US Internal Controls, Third Party Risk, Scotiabank
Preety Tulsain, Head of Third-Party Risk US/ Enterprise Risk, Scotiabank
10:20 Morning refreshment break and networking
THIRD PARTY RISK – PANEL DISCUSSION
Session details
- Enforcing proper processes for delivery
- Mitigating introduction of additional risks
- Monitoring access to data across organization boundaries
- Developing adequate control mechanisms
- Controls to address incidents firms are experiencing
- Managing compliance of contracts
- Communicating incidences in a timely manner
- Managing instances that expose the firm to reputation risk
- Corrective action and remediation steps in real time
Aielleen Fajardo, Managing Director, Head of Internal Investigations, TIAA
Jeremy Resler, SVP, Director Third Party Risk Management Governance, US Bank
Sri Intan, Head of Vendor Risk Management, Commerzbank
CYBER
Session details
- Cyber incident notifications
- Impact to banks and third-party service providers
- Alignment of privacy regulations
- Managing third party cyber risks
- Heightened risk of state sponsored attacks with Russia conflict
- Managing vulnerabilities in a WFH/Hybrid environment
- Increased reliance on vendors
- Anti-phishing campaigns to educate employees
- Increased use of ransomware attacks
DATA MANAGEMENT
Session details
- Developing a data governance process
- Impact of privacy on data programs
- Data security practices across vendors
- Managing data in an increasingly digital world
- Operationalizing risk data
- Developing for advanced and predictive analytics
- Challenges with client reference data
- Implications of having bad reference data at the source on consumers of data
Michael Ivie, MD, Head of FS Consulting, Phyton Consulting
12:45 Lunch break and networking
CLOUD
Session details
- Leveraging cloud providers
- Meeting demands faced by large financial institutions
- Reliance on cloud providers to mitigate operational risk
- Technology support
- Understanding the distinction between public and private cloud
- Level of rigor relating to data privacy
- Intrinsic risks from controls over public vs. private cloud
DATA PRIVACY
Session details
- Protection safeguards for employee data and customers
- Mitigating risk of unintentional data transmission to unauthorized persons
- Reviewing local and global regulations
- Staying abreast of changes in legislation
- Understanding impacts and developing best practice
ESG
Session details
- Vetting decisions on investments
- Managing constantly changing global expectations
- Building out new functions to manage ESG
- Developing sustainability frameworks
- Impact on operational risk practices
- Increased business continuity processes
- Monitoring products for green bonds
- Profile/portfolio monitoring and transitioning
3:25 Afternoon refreshment break and networking
SOCIAL
Session details
- Managing social challenges
- Changing definitions of social across business lines
- Drawing commonalities of themes
- Keeping up with changing regulatory initiatives and expectations
- Best practice to manage expectations with stakeholders
- Responsibility to understand impact
Ameet Barve, Managing Director & Management Board Member, Former Lloyds
REPUTATION
Session details
- Monitoring for reputation risk
- Vetting scenarios before taking public stance
- Identifying key risks
- Monitoring media, social media and news outlets
- Aligning investment values with customer values
- Identifying leading indicators for reputational risk
5:40 Chair’s closing remarks
5:50 End of day one and networking drinks reception

8:15 Registration and breakfast
8:50 Chair’s opening remarks
GEOPOLITICAL RISK
Session details
- Managing risks with evolving volatility
- Financial services in international conflict
- Impact of swift system limitations
- Best practice to anticipate political risk
- Scenario analysis of impact to firms
QUANTIFICATION – PANEL DISCUSSION
Session details
- Leveraging historical data to quantify damage
- Quantifying reputation risk
- Measuring business interruption
- Capabilities to run additional scenario
- Developing quantifiable stress scenarios
- Developing scenarios applicable to business units
- Regulatory expectations on scenarios
- Identifying large scale impact scenarios
Jason Conn, Head of Electronic Trading Risk Governance, Citi
Craig Spielmann, Risk Intelligence Leader, CNM LLP
10:15 Morning refreshment break and networking
RISK APPETITE
Session details
- Making decisions based off of appetite
- Leveraging systems data and people structure
- Continuous monitoring of risks
- Developing readily available data programs
- Reliable and quantifiable data
- Developing metrics for cyber risk
Stephen Woitsky, VP, Operational Risk Officer, Wells Fargo
RCSA
Session details
- Session to come
David Box, Vice President, Single Family Operational Risk, Fannie Mae
RCSA – PANEL DISCUSSION
Session details
- Adopting a risk-based approach
- Prioritizing critical processes to identify inherent risk
- Identifying effectiveness of key controls to mitigate risk
- Reviewing regulatory expectations
James Serinese, Head of Front Office Risk and Control and Operational Risk, Scotiabank
David Box, Vice President, Single Family Operational Risk, Fannie Mae
Javier Adolfo Ortiz, Chief, Financial Control & Operational Risk Management Unit, Inter-American Development Bank
Hafsteinn Gislason, Director, Operational Risk, Silvergate Bank
12:35 Lunch break and networking
BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Session details
- Lessons learnt from Covid-19
- Uses of disaster recovery sites post pandemic
- Move to WFH as DR site
- Providing evidence of business continuity testing
- Aligning with controls
- Ongoing changes across the industry
- Updating policies to reflect changes in working practices
Javier Adolfo Ortiz, Chief, Financial Control & Operational Risk Management Unit, Inter-American Development Bank
REAL TIME MONITORING
Session details
- Designing processing systems to generate real time information
- Developing tighter oversight
- Leveraging as a tool to develop operational health
- Real time risk identification
- Identifying key metrics
- Generating data streams more easily
Michael Reidy, Head of Risk Appetite and Reporting, Societe Generale
2:45 Afternoon refreshment break and networking
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Session details
- Understanding central bank digital currencies
- Developing a lexicon to define crypto assets
- Managing disruptions from the crypto space
- The role of financial institutions in cryptocurrency
- Impact of stablecoins falling below $1
- Diversifying portfolios to move into crypto
- Developing frameworks to manage moving parts
Nick Diieso, Director Global Head of Operational Risk – ICG Ops, Markets and Securities Services, Citi
MODEL RISK
Session details
- Building blocks to digitalization
- Innovation driving increased model complexity and use
- AI/ML approaches generating operational risk consequences
- Latest regulatory expectations regarding model risk across the risk appetite
- Collaboration and integration with third party risk, change management & RCSA’s
- Evolving operational risk programs
Chris Smigielski, Director of Model Risk Management, Arvest Bank
TECHNOLOGY – PANEL DISCUSSION
Session details
- Disruption to existing products and processes
- Developing algorithms to enhance efficiency
- Leveraging technology capabilities as a tool to view risk holistically
- Managing data requirements and ensuring accuracy of data sets
- Managing end of life of a technology
- Communicating to impacted businesses
- Quantum computing
- Changes to data encryption on the horizon
Robert O’Connell, Director, Operational Risk Management, Citi
Paul Clarke, SVP US Operational Risk Management, TD Bank
Gus Ortega, Head of Operational Risk Management, Voya Financial
5:10 Chair’s closing remarks
5:20 End of Congress


Ameet Barve
Managing Director, Risk Management
Lloyds Banking Group
Managing Director with progressive leadership roles across first, second, and third lines of defense spanning Asia, Middle East, Europe, and United States. Most recently company director and management board member with oversight of end-to-end risk, finance, information security, and leadership of European investment firm in Germany. Repeated success in re-engineering front to back processes to improve risk management and operational efficiency. Thrive in ambiguity and undefined functions, navigating through complexity and barriers to achieve strategic organizational goals.

David Box
Vice President, Single Family Operational Risk
Fannie Mae
Business transformative leader and trusted advisor with proven record of success driving engagement and positive performance. Direct development and implementation of strategies that establish a foundation for transparent, cost effective, and risk managed operations. Oversee initiatives from concept to full execution, working across internal boundaries, driving for the timely adoption of new ideas. Receive ongoing recognition as proactive leader and team mentor, creating environments that embrace positive change and drive accountability for results. Reputation for value creation while bringing passion and collective energy to create a team culture of shared purpose. Consistently recognized for strategic leadership, management system effectiveness, and ability to get the job done with an unwavering proactive drive for results. Lead teams to identify and solve problems.

Paul Clarke
Segment Director, Operational Risk Management
TD Bank
Paul Clarke has been with TD Bank since 1993 in various roles in Risk Management, Technology and TD Wealth.
Paul is currently responsible for the Operational Risk oversight and independent challenge of the TD Bank US Corporate & Shared Services portfolio, including Cyber/Tech, Fraud, Third-party, Corporate, Payments, and Shared Services. As a strategic business partner, Paul also participates and supports their strategy development and implementation efforts with an independent view to ensure these functions operate within Risk Appetite.
Prior to his current appointment, Paul held roles as VP/Head of Operational Risk Management for North American Direct Channels & Payments & Fraud, as Head/VP of ORM for TD Wealth Management, and as Associate Vice President, Technology Risk Management & Information Security supporting TD Wealth, TD Bank US, and TD Securities, successively. Paul has also held technology platform ownership roles and business leadership roles in TD Wealth.
Paul graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honors Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Industrial Relations.

Jason Conn
Deputy Head of Operational Risk Management, ICG
Citi
Experienced operational leader within Financial Services, with a history of success in large scale program development and process optimization. Jason takes pride in being a leader of high performing teams and organizations and getting things done.

Nick Diieso
SVP, OR- Markets and Securities Services / Institutional Clients Group
Citi
Nick Diieso is a Director at Citigroup where he heads global Operational Risk business coverage for Markets and Securities Services and serves as the Head of Operational Risk for Citi Global Markets, Inc (the US broker-dealer). Prior to Citi, Nick was globally responsible for Operational Risk for the infrastructure functions at Deutsche Bank, served as a first line risk director and business CAO for the Specialty Commercial arm of Santander Bank, and served in corporate finance and audit capacities at GE Capital, MathWorks, and TJX.

Managing Director, Head of Internal Investigations
Aielleen is the Head of Internal Investigations for TIAA. Prior to joining TIAA, she was the Head of Regulatory Compliance for North America and Global Head of Personal Conflicts Management at Fitch Ratings, Inc. Aielleen has served as a managing director and in-house counsel for BNY Mellon, overseeing complex and high-profile regulatory enforcement matters and internal investigations. She was also a litigation attorney at several law firms based in California and New York, including Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Yale University and a Juris Doctor degree from UCLA School of Law.

Hafsteinn Gislason
Director Operational Risk
Silvergate Bank
Hafsteinn (Haffi) is an Operational Risk professional that started his career in risk in the turmoil surrounding the fallen banks in Iceland in 2008. He then moved to New York in 2013 continuing his profession at CIT in Operational Risk.
A self-described romantic when it comes to Operational Risk and its potential in the world of finance and a firm believer that Operational Risk can be instrumental in bridging qualitative risk functions to improve overall risk management. He has decade of experience in both implementing and managing Operational Risk framework elements and capital calculations. In recent years he has had the opportunity to play a key role in convergence that broadens the scope of the Operational Risk Framework to other Enterprise Risk areas.
He has obtained a Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from Reykjavik University and a Master’s degree in International Economics and Finance from the Newcastle University Business School in England. Certified GARP FRM and is a licensed securities broker in Iceland.

Andy Golub
SVP, Risk Lead ESG
CIT (a division of First Citizens Bank)
Andy Golub started his career as an accidental banker, arriving at Wall St during the go-go 1990s after studies at the University of Chicago looking at the intersection of history, anthropology and economics. He spent 15 years up to the Great Recession supporting structured finance solutions across domains: emerging markets, rate, credit, and energy derivatives, alternative assets, banking-insurance convergence, and CDOs. The next 15 years have been spent in pursuit of a more connected understanding of risk, to understand the direct impact of financial exposures, second order impacts on portfolios and capital/liquidity adequacy, and the broader system beyond immediate financial considerations.

Sri Intan
Head of Vendor Risk Management for North America
Commerzbank
Sri leads the Vendor Risk Management Program for North America at Commerzbank where she is responsible for establishing and overseeing an appropriate and effective vendor risk management in the region. Her previous experiences include managing global change management efforts for Citigroup’s Third Party Management Program and leading various business intelligence & analytics solution efforts.

Michael J. Ivie
MD, Head of FS Consulting
Phyton Consulting
Michael Ivie, Managing Partner, Head of Financial Services Consulting, Phyton Consulting
Michael is a Managing Partner at Phyton Consulting, a specialized professional services firm that empowers data intensive businesses with subject-matter leadership and execution-focused delivery capabilities. Michael has over a decade of experience in Finance, Risk, Data Management, and Technology in both public and private sectors. His diverse background working across the enterprise and in numerous change management roles for many of the world’s leading financial institutions has helped him develop a unique perspective on how these organizations function and how to navigate a changing business, technical, and regulatory landscape.
Michael received an MS in Finance and an MBA in Risk Management & Insurance from Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. He earned a Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certification from PRMIA, Basel Compliance Professional designation from BCPA, Project Management Professional (PMP) credential from PMI, and numerous professional industry licenses and data/IT certifications.

Sabeena Liconte
Chief of Compliance
ICBC Standard Bank
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.

Robert O’Connell
Director, Operational Risk Mangement
Citi
Biography coming soon.

Gus Ortega
Head of Operational Risk Management
Voya Financial
Accomplished risk management executive for multi-national global financial institutions with broad knowledge across Enterprise Risk Management, in particular Operational Risk, including Third-Party & Outsourcing Risk, Business Resilience & IT Risk, Business Controls Management, and Risk Strategy. Experienced in risk management program design, implementation and execution. Specialist in risk assessments (RCSA, Fraud Risk Assessments (FRA), Third-Party Risk Assessments, ORSA, etc.), Internal and External Operational Risk Loss Data / Event Reporting and Investigations, Key Risk Indicators, Issue Management, Controls Testing, Risk Treatment, Data Management, and Operational Risk Technology (GRC tools) solutions. Experienced with leading strategic and change initiatives in Risk Governance & Oversight, and Operational Controls, including Business Accountability models, Conduct and Risk Culture programs. Regulatory focused with foreign bank supervision and systemically important financial institution (SIFI) compliance knowledge. Work experience includes international risk and control projects across foreign markets including Latin America, Europe, Japan and Australia.

Michael Reidy
Head of Risk Appetite and Reporting
Societe Generale
Biography coming soon.

Jeremy Resler
SVP, Director Third Party Risk Management Governance
US Bank
Jeremy has over ten years of experience and expertise in the financial services and legal sectors, and is currently a Senior Vice President and the Director of Governance in the Corporate Third Party Risk Management group at U.S. Bank.
Jeremy is responsible for overseeing various functions and teams within the centralized, enterprise TPRM Program, including quality assurance, policy and audit/exam management, fourth party risk, joint venture/strategic alliance risk, merger and acquisition operational risk, enterprise RCSA third party risk and external risk request management. Jeremy graduated with an Economics degree from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor from the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN. Prior to U.S. Bank, Jeremy worked for a legal publishing company and subsequently clerked for a District Court Judge in Hennepin County, MN.

James Serinese
Head of Front Office Risk and Control
Scotiabank
James Serinese Director Internal Control First Line of Defense Business Risk and Control.
Currently responsible for a large team of First Line risk professionals across all of the Bank’s Business Divisions managing the firm’s non-financial (Compliance and Operational) risks. The team is responsible for; control issue identification and remediation, audit and regulatory exams, compliance and operational risk assessments, business line SMEs liaising with internal/external stakeholders, control and process enhancements.
Big 4 consultant: Led non-financial risk consulting team advising top tier investment banks in risk and control leading practices and remediations.
Chief Risk Officer: responsible for market and operational risk at a broker dealer with a large derivatives and algo market making business. Built a leading practice ORM framework and automated real time market risk monitoring.
Derivatives Trader: Managed a global volatility trading business focused on Asian derivatives by providing liquidity for global clients. Created the Firm’s first Asian office based out of Singapore to trade and manage a 24 hour derivatives portfolio.

Chris Smigielski
Director of Model Risk Management
Arvest Bank
With over 30 years of financial services industry experience, Chris has an in-depth knowledge of model risk management, model governance, model validation, financial model development, Asset Liability Management, and team development. Chris is currently the Director of Model Risk Management at Arvest Bank and was previously Vice President, Director of Model Risk Management at TIAA Bank for five 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.

Craig Spielmann
Former Global Head of enterprise risk strategy
First Data
Proven Enterprise Risk Management expert and ESG advocate with an established track record of driving enterprise wide initiatives for the world’s top financial institutions. Leverages vision, leadership, innovation and relationship management skills to achieve success. Expertise in leading global initiatives to align risk management practices with business goals.

Jack Sprague
SVP, Operational and Resilience Risk
HSBC USA
Jack Sprague is a Senior Vice President and the Head of Operational Risk Policy, Framework, and Capital for the Americas at HSBC.
Jack has worked at HSBC since 2010 and in his current role, he is responsible for designing the Operational Risk framework in the US and developing associated policies and procedures. He is also responsible for the firm’s Operational Risk CCAR program and regional submissions to support global stress tests and economic capital calculations.
Previously, Jack was the Head of Business Risk and Control for the Private Banking division in the Americas, where he implemented a first line risk management program and managed risk and control teams across the US and Latin America. Jack has also held Operational Risk advisory roles at HSBC.

Preety Tulsian
Head of Third-Party Risk US / Enterprise Risk
Scotiabank
Preety Tulsian is the Head of Third Party Risk for Scotiabank US. In this role, she built a third party risk program for the Firm which led to resolution of long standing regulatory commitments. Preety brings over 15 years of experience in a variety of risk disciplines including operational risk, business continuity and most recently operational resilience. She’s also an attorney with notable experience in helping firms interpret and meet regulatory requirements.

Gregory Vinton
Director, US internal controls, third party risk
Scotiabank
Greg Vinton has over 15 years in financial services managing complex programs. He joined Scotiabank U.S. in 2017 and has focussed on efforts to enhance the bank’s risk and control functions. He is currently the U.S. Internal Control Head of Third Party Risk and Operational Resiliency.

Stephen Woitsky
SVP, Operational Risk Business Oversight Officer
Wells Fargo
Hands-on and results-driven Risk Management Executive with 25+ years of leadership expertise in internal audits, regulatory compliance, controls, and overall strategic audit planning/execution for companies such as CLS Bank, Credit Suisse and UBS and BNP Paribas.
Strong, energetic leader with forte in streamlining processes ensuring compliance with regulatory standards; extensive experience launching internal audit and risk management operations.
Trusted and active advisor in dissecting, analyzing and presenting key strategic financial solutions to executive leadership.
Active volunteer and board member with Bridges Outreach since 2015 focusing on feeding and servicing people in need in NJ and NYC, providing input into the strategic planning process and doing fundraisers with local businesses and schools.

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Registrations before July 22
SUPER EARLY BIRD
$1,299
SAVE $500
Registrations before August 19
EARLY
BIRD
$1,499
SAVE $300
Registrations before September 16
STANDARD
RATE
$1,799
Registrations after September 16
PLEASE NOTE: To qualify for the preferential ‘early bird’ rates, registration must be received by the close of the ‘early bird’ working day, and payment can be made at the time of registering, or up to a week after registration is made an invoice sent. CeFPro reserves the right to increase rates should payment be delayed significantly. For Group Rates to be valid, the whole group must register at the same time, though names can be changed at any time up to the event at no additional cost. Should a delegate register at a rate that is inaccurate, CeFPro reserves the right to issue an additional invoice for the outstanding amount.

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