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More than 25 years of experience in financial services, having held senior risk management positions with CIBC, Susquehanna Bancshares, Bank of America, LaSalle Bank/ABN AMRO, JP Morgan Chase, and Bank One, and enhanced during the financial crisis by consulting for numerous large financial institutions with Deloitte and Touché. Current responsibilities at CIBC focus on Risk Management strategic & tactical decisioning from business, technology, operational and regulatory perspectives. Direct responsibilities, include; Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Private Wealth Management, Consumer Risk Management, Credit Review, Stress Testing, Conduct Risk and Cyber-Security. Progression of roles built on continuous learning, while delivering solutions to ever-increasing complexity and demands.

James Costa joined Banner Bank in 2021 as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company’s risk and compliance functions as well as the Bank’s interactions with industry regulators. He is also a member of the Bank’s Executive Management Committee.
Prior to joining Banner, Costa served as Chief Risk and Chief Credit Officer for TCF Financial a $49B regional bank where he managed all credit and risk functions as well as operations. At TCF Jim managed the enterprise integration of the merger equals between Chemical Bank and TCF.
Prior to TCF, Jim held executive leadership positions in risk, credit and lines of business at PNC Financial and at Wachovia Corporation where he was Head of Enterprise Credit Strategy.
Jim earned his bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University and conducted his doctoral studies from the University of Minnesota.  Jim is a veteran of the US Air Force. In Minnesota, Jim is active in community organizations to include Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society and The University of Minnesota Center for Children’s Cancer Research.
Jim is also an advisory board member for the Midsize Bank Coalition of America.

Sabeena Ahmed Liconte serves as Chief Compliance Officer, Americas to ICBC Standard Bank Group (“ICBC Standard”), including its SEC-registered broker-dealer, ICBC Standard Securities Inc., and its CFTC-registered introducing broker, ICBC Standard Resources (America) Inc.Prior to joining ICBC Standard, Sabeena’s previous professional experience included serving as Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer to the US investment banking division of Bank of China International. She also served as Futures & Derivatives Counsel to E*TRADE Financial Corp., including E*TRADE Clearing Corp. and E*TRADE Securities Corp.; and worked for 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 member of the Executive Committee to the Futures Industry Association’s Law and Compliance Division; advisory 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 member of the New York City Bar Association’s Foreign and Comparative Law Committee, and Derivatives and Futures Committees.

 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.

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.

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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.

 Melissa Sexton is Chief Risk Officer for Wealth Management and BNY Mellon N.A. Bank, responsible for independent oversight of risks including investment, fiduciary, operational, reputational, credit, market, liquidity, and strategic.Melissa joined BNY Mellon in May 2021 from Morgan Stanley where she was Co-Head of Field Risk and Supervision, overseeing ~16k Financial Advisors. Previously at Morgan Stanley, she was Head of Investment Risk. Prior to Morgan Stanley, she held senior risk  positions at Bank of America and hedge funds Ore Hill and Concordia.Melissa holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Boston University and is a CFA Charter holder.

Paige Wisdom: 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.

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David joined USAA in October 2020 and currently leads Enterprise Risk Management, including Governance & Frameworks, Risk Appetite, Risk Identification, and Reporting. Prior to USAA, David was Senior Vice President at Citizens Bank where he held various roles including Head of Risk Strategy & Applied Analytics and Head of Integrated Stress Testing. Over the past 27 years, he has worked for several institutions as a practitioner, regulator and consultant (such as The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Fannie Mae, GE Capital and Quantitative Risk Management) and has covered Financial, Operational and Enterprise risks.
David graduated from the University of Toledo with a BBA in Finance and The University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business, specializing in Econometrics & Statistics.

More than 25 years of experience in financial services, having held senior risk management positions with CIBC, Susquehanna Bancshares, Bank of America, LaSalle Bank/ABN AMRO, JP Morgan Chase, and Bank One, and enhanced during the financial crisis by consulting for numerous large financial institutions with Deloitte and Touché. Current responsibilities at CIBC focus on Risk Management strategic & tactical decisioning from business, technology, operational and regulatory perspectives. Direct responsibilities, include; Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Private Wealth Management, Consumer Risk Management, Credit Review, Stress Testing, Conduct Risk and Cyber-Security. Progression of roles built on continuous learning, while delivering solutions to ever-increasing complexity and demands.

 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.

Hakan Davis will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Shahab Khan currently works for HSBC Holdings Plc. as Head of Liquidity Policy in New York. Prior to this, he was at JP Morgan Chase & Co. in the Capital & Liquidity Policy Group as a subject matter expert. Before this, he worked at various financial institutions and was associated with one of the big four accounting firms in the financial advisory space at the beginning of his career. During his professional career, he has held various positions in Treasury, M&A and Finance 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.

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Svilen is currently with RBC as a Managing Director and is responsible for Balance Sheet Risk, Group Risk Management, Enterprise wide ALM, investment portfolios market risk, and liquidity risk governance, oversight, reporting, and model validation.Prior to RBC, he held progressively senior roles in the Treasury and ALM management functions of large financial institutions in North America and Europe.

Mr. Charlie Peng is currently a Senior Vice President and Head of Treasury at Bank of China USA, primarily responsible for managing the banking book interest rate risk, liquidity risk and funding operations, investment management and other treasury functions .Prior to that, he was also Head of Market Risk Management at Bank of China USA, and a director in Global Risk Oversight group at American Express, mainly responsible for financial & treasury risk modelling and market risk oversight. He also worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deloitte.He is a CFA and holds MS Computer Science from State University of New York at Binghamton, MS Economics at Fudan University and Bachelor at Nankai University in China.

Mike is the Head of Risk Appetite and Strategic Risk at Société Générale and has led the development and maturity of Risk Management, Business Strategy/Integration, and Six Sigma in his career. Within the Enterprise Risk function at Société Générale, Mike is responsible for developing and managing the Enterprise Risk Appetite Statement, Strategic Risk and Stress Testing, Board Risk Reporting and the associated oversight across all risk types as well as New and Living Products

Oskar Rogg is Head of Treasury, Americas for Credit Agricole CIB. He joined the bank in 2006 after stints at Ernst & Young/Cap Gemini, a fin-tech boutique and 10 years running a startup consulting firm. Oskar began his career at First Boston (now Credit Suisse) where he developed software, worked in municipal finance and traded repo and municipal GICs.  He has authored 15 books and articles, including chapters on repurchase agreements in the Handbook of Fixed Income Securities and the Handbook of Treasury Securities. He is a graduate of Cornell University and holds Series 7, 63, & 24 registrations and a PMP.

Jorge is a Senior Director at Santander in the Market Risk department. Mr. Segura oversees Asset Liability Management exposure of all Santander US and as such provides challenge to Treasury department, participates in the ALCO and acts as Secretary in the Market Risk Committee. As Second Line of Defense, he also provides an independent view to ALM functions and is responsible of the European Regulatory reporting. He has experience dealing with dual regulation (US and Europe) and lead the implementation of IRRBB Guidelines in Santander US. Jorge’s experience includes interest rate risk, liquidity risk and trading risk management. Prior to be transferred to Boston, Jorge was Market Risk Head in Puerto Rico and before he worked in Santander Peru and in the Front Office.

Chuck Schneider will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Suresh Srinivasan is currently the Americas FRTB implementation lead and GMS / CCAR program manager at HSBC. Before his career in HSBC, Suresh worked as a Management Consultant in EY and assisted several major US banks in their GMS initiatives. Suresh has held several leadership roles and has worked with multiple functional units in the Traded Products and Investment Banking domain. Suresh earned his MBA in Finance from Zicklin School of Business, New York and Bachelors in Engineering from India.

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 Liming Brotcke leads the model validation group of the MRM function at Ally since February 2019. Before joining Ally Liming worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as the head of MRM for the 7th district and the Risk Modeling and Analytics team. She co-led the quantitative review of the CCAR Credit Card and was a key member of the LISCC supervision retail team. Prior to Chicago Fed, Liming developed extensive modelling skills and business knowledge between Discover and Citi Group. Liming holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has multiple publications on quantifying model risk and machine learning governance.

James Costa joined Banner Bank in 2021 as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company’s risk and compliance functions as well as the Bank’s interactions with industry regulators. He is also a member of the Bank’s Executive Management Committee.
Prior to joining Banner, Costa served as Chief Risk and Chief Credit Officer for TCF Financial a $49B regional bank where he managed all credit and risk functions as well as operations. At TCF Jim managed the enterprise integration of the merger equals between Chemical Bank and TCF.
Prior to TCF, Jim held executive leadership positions in risk, credit and lines of business at PNC Financial and at Wachovia Corporation where he was Head of Enterprise Credit Strategy.
Jim earned his bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University and conducted his doctoral studies from the University of Minnesota.  Jim is a veteran of the US Air Force. In Minnesota, Jim is active in community organizations to include Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society and The University of Minnesota Center for Children’s Cancer Research.
Jim is also an advisory board member for the Midsize Bank Coalition of America.

Alex Golbin will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Seyhun Hepdogan is Senior Director of Model Risk Management for Discover Financial Services. He is responsible for all business-as-usual models including originations, portfolio risk, collections, marketing, fraud and AML models. Under his direction, his team oversees the model risk across the company. He and his team play an integral role in transitioning to machine learning models. Prior tohis Discover Financial Services experience, Seyhun was Senior Director of Model Risk for Santander Holdings USA, responsible for fraud, AML, operational risk, commercial credit risk. Seyhun holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Central Florida and is certified anti-money laundering specialist.

Vinit Jagdish will be speaking at Risk America 2023

 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.

Julia Litvinova is a Managing Director and Global Head of SSGA Model Risk at State Street.  In this role Julia is responsible for supervising validation of a broad range of models including models used for asset and investment management, credit, market and liquidity risks, regulatory capital, valuation.
Prior to joining State Street, Julia obtained extensive consulting experience at the Brattle Group, the economic litigation consulting company.  She specialized in the application of finance, risk management and taxation to a variety of consulting and litigation settings.  She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University, M.A. in Economics from New Economics School and M.S. in Mathematics from Moscow State University.

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Mr. Maira is Managing Director, Strategic Systems at OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization.
In this role, he is responsible for helping lead the Renaissance technology transformation, working closely with business and technology partners at OCC to implement the new clearing and risk management framework for the firm. In addition, he leads the current production risk technology platform. Mr. Maira has more than 25 years of experience in financial services technology and innovation. He has held various leadership roles in financial services technology including at BNY Mellon, JPMorgan and Citigroup.
Mr. Maira earned both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Engineering in computer science at Cornell University.

Jonas Ng currently serves as COO for Laurel Road, KeyBank’s fast-growing Fintech subsidiary. In this role, he leads acquisition, onboarding, credit/underwriting, risk management, quality control, and sales/servicing.

Previously, Jonas served as Head of Commercial Digital for KeyBank, driving strategic direction of digital properties/capabilities for KeyBank’s Commercial and Payments businesses. He also ran the Financial Wellness Product and Strategy Teams, bringing Financial Wellness to market for KeyBank’s Consumer Bank.

Prior to KeyBank, Jonas worked at Nationwide, Discover, Enova Financial, MBNA, and seven start-ups and consulting boutiques. He has had leadership roles in Marketing, Product, Finance, Operations, Strategy, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Application Development, and Innovation.

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.

Agus Sudjianto is an Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Model Risk for Wells Fargo where he leads a highly technical team to manage model risk across the enterprise.
Prior to his current position, Agus was the Modeling and Analytics Director and Chief Model Risk Officer at Lloyds Banking Group in the United Kingdom where he was responsible for the enterprise development and oversight of all risk management models (Retail and Wholesale Credits, Market, Regulatory Capital, Stress Testing, Asset Liability Mangement, Insurance).
Before joining Lloyds, he was a Senior Credit Risk Executive and Head of Quantitative Risk at Bank of America. Prior to his career in banking, he was product design manager at Ford Motor Company where he led engineering teams designing engine systems and components using complex engineering models.
Agus holds numerous US patents in both Finance and Engineering fields. In addition to publishing numerous technical papers, he is also a co-author of a statistics book in Design and Analysis of Computer Experiment. His technical expertise and interest include Quantative Risk, especially credit risk modeling and statistical finance, statistical methods for fighting financial crimes, and computational statistics.
He holds graduate degrees in Engineering and Management from Wayne State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

“Nav Vaidhyanathan is the head of the Model Risk Management Department at M&T Bank. His team is responsible for validation and governance of all models in the Bank. Nav has over 15 years of modeling and model risk management experience in the industry. Prior to M&T Bank, Nav built the model risk management function for Wintrust Financial Corporation. Before Wintrust, Nav had roles in model development and model validation in Northern Trust and Discover Financial Services. Nav has Bachelors in engineering from IIT Kanpur and Masters in engineering and an MBA from Purdue University.”

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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.

Oscar is currently with BNP Paribas, in NY, as a Director, the Head of ALM&T and Asset Management Model Risk Management and the Validation Manager for CCAR, Compliance and Global Markets AI/ML models.
Prior to this role, Oscar enjoyed his 12+ year career in the risk management across different locations: Tokyo, London, Brussels and London, by enhancing risk management practices with local lines of business and supervisors. As the Head of Market and Counterparty Risk Model Validations, BNP Paribas, Americas, he also played a major role as the second line of defense in enhancing these models by leading global teams in Europe and in North America.
Oscar, FRM, holds a Master’s degree in quantitative finance from the École Mines de Paris, France.

Steve is Head of MRM at Webster Financial Group. His primary responsibility is to execute model validations and model annual review for all models in the banks model inventory including credit (PD/LGD, CECL), treasury (ALM/Liquidity/FTP), BSA/AML and stress testing. Steve manages the 3rd party relationships for any validation performed by external consultant and ensures the deliverable meet regulatory expectations as well as banks own requirements. He is also responsible to maintain company’s MRM policy and procedures, provide update in the operational risk committee, and address regulatory/audit questions related to model risk as required.

Steve previously was SVP at TD Bank N.A. where he was responsible for model risk of all estimation approaches used in the CCAR process covering ~350 Billion of portfolios across different risk domains. He also led the remediation and closure of three model related MRAs. Prior to TD Bank, he was Director of Stress Testing Modelling with GE Capital where he managed the development of stress testing PD/LGD and PPNR models. Prior to GE Capital, his role was VP – Treasury Risk at Barclay’s Capital where he was the model owner for Market Risk, ALM and liquidity models. Steve also has ~10 years of consumer bank experiences prior to Barclays working in various institutions including GE capital Retail Finance and Citibank where he used data analytics to drive risk insights and build statistical scorecards.

Steve earned a M.S in Finance and Accounting from Bentley University, a B.S in Finance from Renmin University. He is a CFA charter holder.

Andries Berendsen is Head of Quantitative Risk Analytics and Capital at Rabobank North America, overseeing the bank’s risk analytics, capital stress testing and decision support activities. Prior to Rabobank, he held senior Finance positions at Standard Chartered and Citigroup, including Chief Financial Officer, in New York, Bangkok and Singapore with a focus on capital optimization and strategy. Andries started his career at Ernst & Young, working in Assurance & Advisory Business Services in The Hague, Johannesburg and New York. He has a M.Sc. in Business Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and holds professional certifications as a CPA in the US and a Registered Accountant in The Netherlands.

Kevin is an Executive Director within UBS’s Group Compliance Regulatory and Governance  function focusing on regulatory and supervisory developments within the US and implications for the firm’s global business activities.  Prior to joining UBS in early 2017, Kevin was with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their Financial Services Risk and Regulatory practice advising foreign and domestic banking organizations on evolving regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations pertaining to Enhanced Prudential Standards, capital and liquidity risk management and stress testing, enterprise risk management and governance and resolution planning. Prior to PWC, Kevin served as an officer within the Bank Supervision function at the Board of Governors in Washington DC and the Federal Reserve Bank of NY from 1988 to 2012 in a variety of capacities ranging from CCAR stress testing, liquidity risk management, credit risk derivatives, model risk management to regulatory capital and internal capital models.

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 Fanny Charrier is a Director in Crédit Agricole CIB’s Corporate and Leverage Finance group, primarily covering the loan originations and syndication of the Chicago portfolio including U.S. automotive, healthcare, agricultural, semi-conductor, engineering & construction and telecom sector. In addition, she manages the origination and syndication of sustainable financings within the U.S., liaising with the global sustainable banking team to facilitate the structuring and placement of ESG-related loans & HY instruments including Ford’s US$15.5bn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility that was recently named “2021 North America Loan” by the International Financing Review (“IFR”).Fanny joined CA-CIB NY in 2012 as part of the Portfolio and Balance Sheet Management team and prior to that worked for Dexia NY in the Project Finance group. She was previously located in Paris, France, where she held various roles in export and structured finance.Fanny holds a Masters in finance from ESSCA (Ecole Supérieur des Sciences Commerciales d’Angers) and a Masters in project and structured finance from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

Ivan Frishberg is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Amalgamated Bank where he leads impact and shareholder engagement programs. As a commercial banker, Ivan has been instrumental in rallying bank sector commitments to combat climate change, including growing the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF). Under Ivan’s leadership, Amalgamated has taken a l leadership role within (UNEP FI) in helping to develop guidance for how banks set targets to reduce financed emissions. Ivan is on the Steering Group of the NZBA and a member of and on the Advisory Panel for the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero.Ivan also steered the way to make Amalgamated Bank the first U.S. bank to commit to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and the first bank to set portfolio wide targets under the United Nations guidelines for target setting.

John George is a Director and member of the Responsible Investing (RI) Team at Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA. John’s responsibilities include developing Nuveen’s strategic foresight on issues related to ESG integration, engagement, stewardship, and investment. Prior to joining Nuveen in 2021, John worked at BlackRock as a Strategist within the Sustainable Products group. He joined BlackRock after spending four-and-a-half years at Lord Abbett, an asset management firm primarily focused on fixed income markets. At Lord Abbett, John was responsible for establishing the firm’s ESG strategy, authoring the RI policy, training investment professionals and client-facing teams on ESG issues, and developing and fundraising for new products such as the Climate Focused Bond Fund. In addition to this experience, John has worked in roles across equity research and investment banking, covering renewable energy companies, utilities, and independent power producers.John is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science in Sustainability Management at Columbia University’s Climate School. He is also a Fellow at ClimateBase and holds a Bachelor’s in Finance from Rutgers University.

Ekaterina currently serves as global lead for design and implementation of environmental and social risk management systems in World Bank’s investments involving financial and private sector. She works with ministries of finance and economy, central banks, regional and national development banks, funds, special purpose vehicles, sustainable energy, transport, and water development entities and other types of the World Bank’s counterparts in nearly 20 countries to ensure full integration of environmental and social sustainability into commercial financial sector lending operations and public-private partnerships.

Hannah Herold leads American Century Investments’ ESG and Investment Stewardship team’s research efforts. Since joining the team in 2018, Ms. Herold has worked closely with the firm’s investment teams in the establishment of its ESG integration framework and development of screening and assessment tools. In her role, Ms. Herold manages the team’s research pipeline and has additional research responsibilities primarily focused on global large- and mid-cap equities and human capital management. Before joining American Century, Ms. Herold was an associate and team leader at Bernstein Global Wealth Management. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and history from Vanderbilt University.

Sarah Bratton Hughes is a senior vice president and head of ESG & Sustainable Investing for American Century Investments, a premier investment manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. She is based in the company’s New York office.
Sarah is responsible for the driving and executing the firm’s sustainable investing strategy and the management of its ESG research platform and active ownership practices. In her role, she oversees the firm’s dedicated ESG & Investment Stewardship team. Sarah and her team serve as the center of ESG assessment tools, managing the ESG engagement and proxy voting protocol and driving sustainable invent initiatives and client solutions.

Eivind Lorgen is the former CEO & President of Nordea Asset Management (NAM) and the former Head of the Manager Selection. He is a founding member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Investor Advisory Group (IAG) and the current Chair for SASB’s IAG.  Board Chair, Board Member and senior expert advisor to corporate issuers, investment management funds and firms, non-profit organizations including leading business schools.Prior to joining Nordea, he was an Executive Managing Director at Zurich Insurance Group.Eivind is on the Reiman School of Finance Advisory Board for the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. He holds a BSBA from the University of Denver. His Master’s Diploma is issued by the Norwegian School of Economics. His Executive Management education is from IMD, Switzerland and The London Business School. Eivind is also an Adjunct Professor and has lectured at Daniels College of Business and Columbia Business School.Eivind served 16 months in the Norwegian Royal Air Force and played varsity soccer for University of Denver. He lives in Harlem, Manhattan with his family.

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.

Santosh Mishra heads the Credit Modeling function for KeyBank’s entire Loan and Lease portfolio. He is currently responsible for development and implementation of Stress testing and CECL models. Additionally, he also leads the Commercial Risk Rating, Economic Capital, functions and is architect of numerous commercial analytics initiatives to support KeyBank’s strategic goals. Last but not the least, Santosh is leading KeyBank’s Climate analytics including Financed emissions and Scenario analysis.

In continued efforts to implement a sustainable culture, Dr. Tobi Petrocelli is the Director of Environmental and Sustainability Management at MUFG Americas. Dr. Petrocelli leads the Sustainable Business Office and is responsible for the creation, implementation, and management of the Bank’s Sustainability program, which is based on the principles of sustainability:
* Foster economic, social, and environmental sustainability
* Promote financial prosperity, sociocultural equity, and diversity
* Conserve natural resources to preserve and improve the environment
Tobi creates efficient environmental, social and governance policies and programs throughout the bank’s operations including climate risk management, carbon reduction efforts and the subsequent reporting through standardized metrics and frameworks. Secondly, she helps develop products and services that serve the markets demand for more sustainable opportunities for investors. “In banking there are internal value drivers and external customer strategies – these typically run parallel rather in synchrony and my responsibility is to integrate ESG factors throughout MUFG and its subsidiaries.” Additionally, Petrocelli heads ESG Client Engagement for the Global Corporate Investment Banking division, implementing and supporting the portfolio clients toward the transition to a low carbon economy.
Dr. Petrocelli’s extensive experience includes her position as Founder of Verde Enterprises, a company created to develop sustainable solutions and best practices for capital systems and corporate operations through technological innovation and corporate responsibility. Her industry expertise is in the areas of corporate banking, infrastructure, communications and consumer -creating growth in profitability by assessing environmental, economic and social governance and mapping solutions for improvement. She is an international contributor in the field of sustainability through her previous roles as Sustainability consultant with the United Nations Environmental Programme in Geneva, Switzerland; Sustainability Advisor with AccountAbility in NY; and Director of Strategic Initiatives & Sustainability with Clearbrook Global Advisors. Tobi Petrocelli holds a Doctorate in International Business from Walden University and a Masters in Sustainability Management from Columbia University.

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.

Akita has over 22 years of international experience in retail financial services and payments, with U.S. Bank (Elavon), Mastercard, Visa, Citi, Barclays and HSBC, across different roles in business transformation, propositions, strategy and business development. Having lived and worked in five different countries, she brings a rich understanding of markets at different stages of development, and diverse cultures, across Asia, Europe, Middle East & Africa. She completed her bachelor’s from Delhi University and MBA from XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, in India.In her role as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion at U.S. Bank and as a member of the Advisory Boards for Women in Payments ASEAN and Money 20/20 AMPLIFY, Akita relentlessly drives constructive actions on building diversity, equity and inclusion in the industry. She was also shortlisted for the Women in Payments 2021 ‘Advocate for Women’ Award for EMEA.

David Szmigielski will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Ken Wolckhenhauer will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Wren York is a Compliance and Risk Management financial services professional with nearly 25-years of proven experience within a variety of financial institutions including Commercial, Community, Investment, and Private Banking as well as with a United States government corporation operating as an independent agency created by the Banking Act of 1933.He maintains a special focus on safety and soundness, consumer protection, and technical business analysis. His forte relates to a solid understanding of how regulatory requirements intersect, transactional monitoring, customer and enhanced due diligence, and applying technology for the purpose of augmenting human-decision making. His work includes data analytics and root cause analyses resulting in the identification of suspicious activity, accuracy in risk assessment, and gaps associated with compliance management systems. He is well-versed on risk and compliance management requirements and best practices, and he has performed deep-dive assessments of financial institutions policies and procedures directly resulting in governance and risk control process improvements and efficiencies.Wren is a former federal financial institution examiner and earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Northwestern University, an Award in General Business Studies with a Concentration in Investments at UCLA, and a Six Sigma Green Belt from Villanova University. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, a Certified Risk and Compliance Management Professional, holds a Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks from the American Bankers Association (ABA), and he is a member of The Institute of Internal Auditors.

Hazina Alladın will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Dominique has over 20 years of financial services industry experience and deep expertise in Business Controls, Risk Management, Technology, and Process Transformation. He is a Managing Director at Mizuho Americas providing first line enterprise control services to the Americas region.  His responsibilities include Business Continuity Planning, Third Party Risk Management, Data Management Operations, Business Risk & Control, and a number of other important risk disciplines.  Dominique has worked in similar capacities for some of the world’s leading global banks including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup.  Dominique holds an MBA and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University.

Richard Brown will be speaking at Risk America 2023

David R. Box is Fannie Mae’s Vice President – Single-Family Operational Risk. Box is responsible for delivering value-added services and risk management/governance solutions across the Single-Family Mortgage Business in the areas of operational risk management, business continuity and disaster management, operational compliance/governance, regulatory management, and project management. Additionally, Box serves on the Frisco, Texas Planning and Zoning Commission. David has a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University (TCU) and a Master of Business Administration from the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.

James Cousins will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Rodney Campbell is a recognized industry leader in Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) framework, Relationship Management, Contract Management & Performance Management. Rodney is a business champion, dedicated to empowering organizations and business leaders with industry insights and best practices to establish both regulatory compliance and operational success. Experienced in developing global programs, processes, cross-functional teams from the ground up and leading projects spanning Asia-Pacific, Latin America, United Kingdom and North America regions, Rodney creates a high-impact, collaborative environment that eliminates silos and cross borders.Additionally, Rodney serves on Seton Hall University Customer Experience Program Advisory Council and The Board of Directors for HANDS Housing and Neighborhood Development.

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.

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.

Hafsteinn Gislason will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Ryan Jolicoeur will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Sabeena Liconte will be speaking at Risk America 2023

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.

Thomas Mangine will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Joseph “Joe” Peedikayil is the Head of Financial Model Development and Analytics at Silicon Valley Financial Group (A $215 Billion Bank Holding Company) where he leads the centralized model development and analytics function supporting Enterprise Finance and Treasury. Joe is responsible for all CCAR Loan, Deposit, Non-Interest Income/Expense Modeling & Production. Joe has held various leadership and technical expert positions at Global Systemically Important Banks(GSIBs) as well as regulatory agencies that includes Head of Model Risk Management and EUCT, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Interest & Rate Risk Management, CCAR & Stress Testing/PPNR, CECL & Loss Forecasting Analytics, Model Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution as well as served as Supervisory Examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and FDIC. Joe has presented and provided training at many industry conferences and roundtables related to model development, CECL, ALM/IRR, stress testing and model risk management.Joe has a Master of Science in Predictive Analytics and Artificial Intelligence at Northwestern University, Master of Science in Finance from Indiana University, and Bachelor of Science in Consumer Economics & Finance from the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign. Joe is a Commissioned Federal Bank Examiner, Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), and holds a Credit Risk Certification (CRC) and has completed the Executive Risk Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Suyog has a LLM in corporate governance, compliance and risk management law from the University of London. Suyog’ s career started in 2001 at an IT offshore factory in Mumbai writing computer codes for robotic process automation, since then advanced into management consulting, outsourcing and risk management. Suyog has supported public and private sector organizations with their large-scale sourcing initiatives to generate higher efficiencies, mitigate risks and reduce bottom-line costs. Since 2018, Suyog has been involved with the establishment of TPRM function at the IMF.

Kristen is a Director in Global Sourcing and Procurement at USAA in San Antonio, Texas where she leads a TPRM Strategy and Initiatives team. Kristen’s team is deployed to work on a variety of long term strategic efforts focused on optimizing USAA’s TPRM program in areas such as resiliency, due diligence standardization, workforce operating models, and risk segmentation to develop tailored approaches for unique third parties. Kristen has been a TPRM practitioner since joining USAA in 2016, and her prior background was in the corporate finance and supply chain areas working in the high tech and oil and gas industries.

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.

Chris Szafranski, Privacy Director at American Family Insurance, has over 25 years of experience in financial services.  Having led teams for privacy, insider risk, anti-money laundering, market conduct investigations, contract & licensing, regulatory response, training, and customer service, she has a broad background in insurance operations. Chris holds the following privacy and insider threat certifications:  CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, ITPM.  Outside of work, she volunteers as a board member for Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin (GRRoW).  She is enthusiastic, innovative and thrives on challenges.

Julianne Susman will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Olga Voytenko is a Managing Director, Global Head of Third Party Risk Management.  She is responsible for managing third party and outsourcing risk arising from State Street’s reliance on third parties performing services or activities on State Street’s behalf. This includes risks related to ineffective third party selection and failure to oversee and monitor our third parties. Ms. Voytenko is responsible for building, deploying and supporting the technology and processes to support business functions in mitigating Third Party Risks.
Prior to her current role, Ms. Voytenko served as Vice President within Global Treasury leading Global Liquidity Risk Management team across State Street, as well as, prior leadership roles within Recovery Resolution Planning, Valuation & Analytics, Corporate Audit, and Institutional Services.
Before joining State Street, Ms. Voytenko worked at Sun Life Financial, where she held various leadership positions in an Investment Finance and Security Valuation teams.
Ms. Voytenko holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from Suffolk University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Boston University.

Gerald Wilson will be speaking at Risk America 2023

Izabella Zhu will be speaking at Risk Americas 2023