Mark Benaharon will be presenting at Treasury & ALM.

Mehdi Bouasria Joined Finastra in 2015, Currently Head of FusionRisk ARC the Finastra Banking Book Risk Solution, he is in charge of Asset & Liability Management, IFRS/CECL, Fund Transfer Pricing and Regulatory Compliance.

Mehdi has a comprehensive view on the financial industry thanks to his former experiences in Banking/Lending, Capital Market and Risk within top tier banks in Europe.

Thomas Braun is the Head of Market and Treasury Risk for UBS Bank USA where he oversees the risk management infrastructure and risk profile across the bank’s businesses. Previously at UBS, he was head of the CUSO Liquidity and Funding Risk team, overseeing a team monitoring the complex risk profile of the UBS entities in the CUSO.

Prior to joining UBS in 2019, Thomas was Head of Liquidity Analysis at Societe Generale, where he developed the company’s liquidity and interest risk infrastructure, leading the implementation of the company’s liquidity risk framework including the firm’s liquidity stress testing covering a $200 billion sheet.

Previously, Thomas worked at Lehman Brothers within their ALM team and within AT&T Corp. Treasury, where he worked across Capital Market functions. He holds a BS in Finance and Accounting from New York University.

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.

Fernando Carbone is a Lead Specialist in Quantitative Analytics at the Office of Risk Management of the Inter-American Development Bank. Fernando has over 20 years of experience in risk management, specializing in the application of quantitative methods in risk measurement, model validation, risk guidelines, and the design, development and implementation of risk models and systems for Bank treasury and capital market portfolios. He has led projects in quantitative risk management and is currently leading efforts to prepare internal models and systems for LIBOR Transition. Prior to joining IDB, Fernando held positions in quantitative analysis and financial engineering at Bear Stearns and Reuters America. Fernando holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the City University of New York.

Erjun Chen is a director of Internal Audit Department at CIT. His responsibilities include leading an audit team auditing the interest rate risk management, liquidity risk management, capital stress testing and other Treasury functions.

Before joining CIT, Erjun worked at Ernest & Young and KPMG as a Senior Audit Manager and an Audit Manager, respectively, focusing on the financial statements audits in the banking industry. Prior to that, he worked as a Foreign Exchange trader at one of Chinese Banks.

Erjun holds MBA in Finance from Fordham University Graduate School of Business. He is a CPA licensed in New York State. He obtained a certification of Data Analytics from eCornell.

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.

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.

Treasury & Risk (Liquidity, ALM, Oversight) SME with over 25 years of experience. Held Executive/Head of Liquidity Risk at Big Four and Tier I/II FIs within the Treasury/Risk domains. Well rounded with extensive business facing and technological solutioning experience, and an extensive background in regulatory requirement interpretation, ALM/liquidity risk & reporting technology transformation, risk management, organizational resiliency and ongoing governance & monitoring.

Managed complex and large scale end to end liquidity and ALM initiatives at over a score of clients across a diversified portfolio of Bank and Non-Bank Financial Institutions.

Chandra is a Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA), a certified Financial Risk Manager(FRM), and holds an MBA from the GMU and M.Tech (Computers) IIT, India.

Ashish Deccannawar is a Senior Manager at TD Bank and leads Liquidity Strategy and Governance function for TD’s Consolidated U.S. Operations (TD Bank and TD Securities). In this role, Ashish is responsible for calibrating assumptions for End of the day and Intraday liquidity stress tests, LCR, and NSFR. Currently, he is focused on implementing and enhancing governance around FR 2052a, NSFR, and Intraday. He is also responsible for Contingency Funding Plans (CFPs), and liquidity chapters of Recovery Resolution Planning (RRP).

Ashish is an expert in Liquidity risk, and Bank’s balance sheet management functions and has over 10 years of experience in funding and liquidity risk space. Prior to his current role, he worked as a management consultant at Big four consulting firms advising Global Systemically important Banks (G-SIBs) and other domestic US banks.

Ashish has extensive experience in advising US Banks in the Liquidity Risk space. Topics of his interest include Liquidity Stress Testing, Cash Flow Projections, Fr2052a reporting, Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP), and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)

Ashish holds MBA from Fordham University, where he specialized in Finance & Accounting and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University of Mumbai.

Peter Dehaan has many years of experience within the banking sector. Prior to joining SmartStream he was at Lloyds Bank for over 7 years managing treasury and liquidity services for various sectors in the Commercial Bank, under the Global Transaction Banking umbrella. Previous to this, he was at Citibank for almost 16 years in a number of roles covering Financial Institutions, including correspondent banking and product management within Global Transaction Services.

Peter is the Business Director for TLM Cash & Liquidity Management. Focussed on engaging with new and existing clients to explore how SmartStream’s TLM Cash & Liquidity proposition can compliment their Bank infrastructure. Partnership with Treasuries and Operations along with other significant stakeholders is key; and working with new technology innovations enables us help financial institutions to achieve improved operational efficiencies along with meeting regulatory requirements and stress testing obligations.

Jim began his career in treasury and ALM at several banks in his native mid-Atlantic region of the US. Over a ten year period working in the industry he served as ALCO secretary and implemented new technology, processes and IRR measurement for one of the fastest growing banks in the US at that time. He later spent more than ten years as a consultant helping banks all over the world improve their ways of looking at risk. Jim believes now is the time that technology is set to become the enabler of better outcomes.

Don has 38 years of enterprise software solutions experience at Infor including Financials &  Supplier Management, Intraday Liquidity Management, Pricing and Billing, Human Capital Management, Talent Science, Customer Experience Suite, and Data and Analytics and actively helps financial services organizations meet the challenges they face. Don is a proven leader and consistently focuses on delivering successful Infor applications to exceed his customer’s expectations.

Don has a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry with strong business development professional skilled in strategy, sales, implementation, go-to-market strategy, and team building.

Gennadiy Goldberg is a Director and US Rates Strategist at TD Securities, conducting research and providing market commentary on interest rates and the US economy. Gennadiy focuses on Treasuries, swaps, TIPS, supranational and agency debt, as well as green bonds. Gennadiy was ranked top five in the Federal Agency Debt Strategy category in the Institutional Investor’s All-America Fixed Income Research team surveys in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

With over 30 years of experience in strategic risk management, Mike Guglielmo has provided technical and strategic consulting to a diverse group of financial institutions. Mike is also a frequent author and top-rated speaker on a variety of balance sheet and model risk management and operational risk management topics. He is the Immediate Past Chairman for the Financial Managers Society and is a faculty member for the FMS Institute.

During his tenure at DCG, Mike has served in various capacities, including director of financial analytics. In addition, he is a technical resource for the ongoing development of many of DCG’s quantitative and strategic risk management products and services. Prior to joining DCG, Mike managed the ALCO and strategic planning processes for a regional bank in the northeast. Mike is a graduate of Fairfield University with a degree in economics.

Bertrand hold a PhD and a Habilitation in applied mathematics as well as degrees in management, economics, and finance. Bertrand still holds Academic positions in the University College London and the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Following years in the financial industry (BPCE, AON, SANTANDER, etc.) he joined the consulting industry appointed Chief Data Scientist of Capgemini and later Partner in charge of AI for Deloitte CE. In February 2021, he was appointed Group CEO of QUANT AI Lab, a company specialised in modelling-based business solutions (AI, Quantum Software, Maths, Data, etc.) he helped grew from 3 people to 100 a year later. QUANT AI Lab is now the fastest growing combined techs company in Europe.

Lorenzo Hernández is Project Director in Quantitative Risk Research since 2006 and has been Associate Consultant in QUANT AI Lab since 2020. He obtained his PhD in theoretical physics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, is FRM by GARP and Master Executive in financial risk management by MEFF Institute.

Lorenzo has more than 18 years of experience leading consulting projects for risk measurement and management, derivative pricing, audit and validation, and stress testing. He has been project director for deployment of ALM solutions, ALM system design/optimization and regulatory adaptation in several financial institutions.

He has imparted courses in interest rate and credit risk and has several publications in theoretical physics and statistics.

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).

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.

Oliver is currently a Partner in the Investment Risk group at Softbank Investment Advisers. Prior to this role, Oliver held various roles In Risk Managemert over the last 25 years including as the CRO of MUFG’s non-japanese Securities business and as Global Head of Market Risk for UBS’ Investment Bank. Oliver graduated from Karlsruhe University (Germany) with a diploma in Industrial Engineering. Oliver holds a CFA designation.

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.

Jay has worked in the financial service industry since 1995, serving in a variety of roles, including internal and external audit, consulting, and treasury, financial and accounting responsibilities.  He has been with BBVA USA for eleven years in the Internal Audit department, and is currently the Chief Audit Executive of BBVA USA.  Prior to becoming the Chief Audit Executive, he focused primarily on financial risks, including market, capital, and liquidity activities, and the related risk management and internal governance activities.  Prior to joining BBVA, he worked with PwC for several years, including a two year rotation in London from 2007 to 2009.  He is a Certified Professional Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor.

Sophie Marnhier Foy is Adenza’s Product Strategy Director. Prior to this role, Sophie was Director of Product Management for the Calypso Risk and Margin product lines. Before joining Calypso, Ms Marnhier-Foy worked for Calyon (now Crédit Agricole CIB) in New York and Paris, working on Risk Management, and Front Office programs. Prior to Calyon, she worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in Paris as a bank auditor.

Kimy Metivier is Principal – Risk Management at Empyrean Solutions.  Before starting this role in 2017, Kimy worked at Wolters Kluwer as a Senior Sales Engineer for over 3 years. Prior to this, Kimy worked at Wall Street Systems as a Treasury Presales Consultant for over 2 years. He also worked at SunGard (now FIS) for over 9 years, first, as a Professional Services Consultant focusing on their ALM product and then as a Technical Sales Engineer.

In his current role, Kimy accompanies Regional Sales Managers during the initial discovery call to determine the needs of potential customers, and provides technical assistance regarding performance of our ALM, DFAST and Liquidity solution.  An important aspect of Kimy’s role is to be knowledgeable about product performance, upgrades, and any changes which will affect the product, in order to convey to the Sales team and potential customers.

Kimy earned his Bachelor’s degree and his Master’s degree in Economics from Montreal University.  Kimy also earned his MBA from Laval University in Quebec City, Quebec in 2001.  Kimy holds the CFA Charter.

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.

Pedro Porfirio is the Global Head of Treasury, Capital Markets and Risk at Finastra, one of the largest fintechs in the world, where he leads field and customer engagement strategy and execution. Located in London, he drives the growth of the company’s entire capital markets business line spanning treasury, capital markets and risk across the globe. Pedro’s experience includes 25 years in banking and treasury, most recently joining Finastra from Calypso Technology, where he worked as Chief Product Officer until the sale of the company. Pedro brings to Finastra and its clients a deep understanding of treasury and capital markets business spanning from sales, trading, operations, compliance and risk.

Pedro holds an Aerospace Engineering degree from ITA in Brazil and an MBA from University of Michigan. He has also held several advisory roles in the past and is currently on the board of the European Capital Markets Institute.

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.

Mr. Ramirez holds a Master Degree in Financial Engineering (2001) a Bachelor Degree in International Trade (1993) both from Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico). He carries a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (IIA), and is a Certify Regulatory Vendor Program Manager. Hugo is a graduate of the Executive Program at UT Austin McCombs School of Business, he also graduated in Leadership and Top Executive Development Programs at the Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Santa Fe (Mexico).

Joined the BBVA group in 1989 and started his auditing career at the bank on 1993 (29 years of Audit experience). Hugo carried several positions at BBVA Mexico during 17 years (e.g. Divisional Audit Subdirector, State Audit Director, Regional Audit Group-Manager and Divisional Audit Consultant).

Successively, Hugo continued his career at BBVA US in 2006 appointed as Chief Audit Executive of BBVA Bancomer USA (formerly California based Valley Bank); He later become Head of the Fraud Auditing Division at BBVA Compass (2010) -now PNC-, Chief Audit Executive at BBVA Puerto Rico (2012); after the sold of the affiliate in PR (2013,) Hugo was appointed SVP Corporate Assurance Director and went back to the US focusing in the enactment of a Three Lines of defence integrated structure for all BBVA US entities.

In 2017 Hugo become BBVA US IA Operational and Vendor Management Risk Champion as part of the IT auditing division. For the following three years Mr. Ramirez was leading audit engagements under the Agile structure as SVP Corporate Assurance Director and Agile Senior Audit Project Manager. In October of 2021, after BBVA USA was acquired by PNC, Hugo was asked to joined the new BBVA US IA team based in New York which is responsible of auditing the group of entities that BBVA S.A. (Spain) maintained in the US after the closing of the sale to PNC.

Currently Hugo is the responsible of the Risk Assessment, Planning Execution, Continuous Assesment and acts as the firs point of contact regarding all audits/projects involving Operational Risk and Third-Party Risk management in the US.

In 2013 Hugo Ramirez was the recipient of the BBVA US Pinnacle Club Award, the company’s highest employee performance honor.

Jessica Rice, Director, Senior Data Scientist, manages the Data Services group, providing responsive and thorough solutions to client questions/issues after diligent analysis. Engaged extensively in product enhancement, Rice’s experience has focused primarily on fixed income and derivatives, as well as expanding the quantitative analytics solution offering. Prior to her current position, Rice served as Director, Balance Sheet Analytics with Performance Trust Capital Partners, and also worked previously for ZM Financial Systems as Director, Consulting Services. Rice holds dual degrees from James Madison University in Quantitative Finance and Mathematics, with a minor in Economics.

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.

Armel R. Kouassi is a senior finance professional with broad-based experience in Banking, Fintech, AI, Asset Liability and Treasury Portfolio Modeling. His experience includes a wide range of products with assignments in several major financial institutions and a Big 4 Audit Firm. He has worked and lived in numerous locations throughout the United States, Europe & Africa. Recently Mr. Kouassi is Head of Balance Sheet and Asset Liability Modeling for Northern Trust headquartered in Chicago. Armel has shifted between entrepreneurial and senior banking roles in his career.
Armel is certified Financial Risk Professional and a member of Global Association of Risk Professional. Armel received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, a master’s in finance from ESCP Europe, Paris, France and a master’s in statistics and economy from ENSEA Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Armel is a father of 3 girls, speaks three languages, he is passionate of economic empowerments, Arts and Music and is member of the Board of Directors of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. He is a board member of NewArts/12.14 Foundation in Connecticut, USA. The 12.14 Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering well-being in children by instilling grit and resilience through a character development program coupled with high-level mastery experiences. Armel is member of the Board of the Wharton Club of Africa, promoting and helping to invest in Africa.

Steve is a Managing Director at Empyrean Solutions focused on introducing Empyrean to some of the largest, most sophisticated banks in North America, the UK, EU, and Asia-Pacific.  In this role, he leverages his experience as a successful financial services industry executive and consultant leading engagements in treasury, liquidity management, balance sheet and capital strategies, finance, regulatory risk compliance, and credit portfolio oversight.

He regularly presents and chairs industry risk conferences.  Steve has published in numerous industry journals including Bank Director, Bank Accounting and Finance, Commercial Lending Review, and American Banker.

Prior to joining Empyrean Solutions, Steve held Managing Director positions at Novantas and First Manhattan Consulting Group.  He started his career leading treasury at Shawmut National Corporation, a leading Northeast regional bank.  He has an undergraduate degree in economics from Allegheny College with honors and an MBA in finance from Tulane University.

Tess Virmani is Associate General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Public Policy of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA).

Tess has a broad range of responsibilities at the LSTA. She leads the LSTA’s sustainable finance and ESG initiatives which seek to foster the development of sustainable lending as well as promote greater ESG disclosure in the loan markets. In addition, Tess engages in the LSTA’s policy initiatives, including market advocacy and spearheading industry solutions to market developments, such as the transition to replacement benchmarks. Tess focuses on maintaining and augmenting the LSTA’s extensive suite of documentation, which includes templates, market standards, and market and regulatory guidance. Finally, she is involved in the development and presentation of the LSTA’s robust education programs.

Prior to joining the LSTA, Tess practiced as a finance attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York. She received a B.S. in International Politics from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. She is admitted as an attorney in New York. Tess is an FSA Level II Candidate.

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.

Allen Whipple is Managing Director and one of the founders of ActiveViam. In his current role, he is focused on expanding ActiveViam’s channel partners, including OEMs, Value Added Resellers (VARs) and integrated software vendors (ISVs). By joining forces with partners, Allen ensures that ActiveViam expands its offering within an ecosystem of integrated solutions to better address customer needs.

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.