
Risk Americas agenda
Day Two | May 24
8:00-8:50
Registration and breakfast
8:50-9:00
Chairs opening remarks
Fred Lebrun, VP Product Strategy, ActiveViam
9:00-9:35
KEYNOTE – GLOABL ECONOMY
Managing business strategy and decision making in an environment of heightened risk
- Managing uncertainty in macroeconomic environment
- Managing risk in a fluid and uncertain environment
- Developing sophisticated scenarios analysis tools
- Utilizing big data
- Reviewing risks of rising energy prices
- Incorporating geopolitical risk within scenario analysis
- Changing operating models to manage business in a recession environment
Tom Wipf, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
9:35-10:20
KEYNOTE PANEL – STRATEGIC RISK MANAGEMENT
Top of mind for a CRO: A holistic view of risk
- Interconnected nature of risk
- Viewing risk holistically for effective oversight
- Increased level of technology risks
Paige Wisdom, Board Director, Morgan Stanley Bank N.A
Marco Ossanna, Chief Risk Officer, HSBC Securities
Yury Dubrovsky, Chief Risk Officer, Lazard
Melissa Sexton, Chief Risk Officer, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
10:20-10:50
Morning refreshment break and networking
Streams:
Level 4
Moderated by: Michael Glotz, Chief Executive Officer, SRA
10:50-11:25
MODEL RISK SCOPE
Reviewing the expansion of model risk and evolution of definition of a model
- Inclusion of non-financial/operational risk models
- Cybersecurity validation requirements
- Defining a model vs. tool for validation
- Exploring evolution of definitions
- Management across qualitative and quantitative
Chris Smigielski, Model Risk Director, Arvest Bank
11:25-12:05
Model Governance: New Weaknesses, Potential Remedies
- Models increasingly drive financial institution decisions.
- Existing model governance standards address weaknesses which date back to the 2008 crisis.
- Recent trends such as A.I., interest rate hikes and systemic events, have exposed a new set of model weaknesses.
- Model risk management and governance have to evolve, be dynamic, shared, decision-ready for multiple stakeholders, all the way up to the Board.
Steve Lindo, Course Designer and Lecturer, Columbia University, MS in Enterprise Risk Management
Matthieu Grigoresco, Managing Director and Head of Risk Technology, Mizuho
Rick Boesch, VP and Head of MRM Automation, Evalueserve
Michael Sternberg, Managing Director and Head of Analytics & Modeling, Blackrock
12:05-12:40
DIGITAL IDENTITY – PANEL DISCUSSION
Protecting digital identities as online banking and payment processing evolves
- Digital privacy practices
- Changes to payment processing
- Increased importance on digital identity with payment advances
- Digital identity in the metaverse
- Digital identity as it relates to AI and machine learning within finance
- Adoption techniques of innovation
- Uses of natural language processing
- Interaction between consumers and financial institutions
Stephen Woitsky, VP, Operational Risk Business Oversight Officer, Wells Fargo
Chris Ryan, Portfolio Marketing, Identity and Fraud Solutions, Experian
Jonas Vernon Ng, COO, Laurel Road, a division of KeyBank
12:45-1:45
Lunch break and luncheon roundtable discussions
4th floor
- Assessing cyber risk and effectiveness of controls as techniques and threats evolve
Phil Masquelette, Chief Risk Officer, Ulster Savings Bank - How much is too much: Classifying various types of third party risks
Suyog Peshkar, Chief, Third Party Risk Management, IMF - The evolution of the non-financial risk assessment
David Box, Vice President, Single Family Operational Risk, Fannie Mae - Reviewing the expansion of model risk and evolution of definition of a model
Chris Smigielski, Model Risk Director, Arvest Bank
5th floor
- Post LIBOR: Reviewing the impacts of transition to SOFR and impact of new rates
Oskar Rogg, Managing Director, Head of Treasury, Americas, Credit Agricole - Overview of current regulatory guidance and anticipating upcoming change on the horizon
Shahab Khan, Head of Liquidity Policy, HSBC USA - FRTB SA / IMA: The data challenge and modern solution
Stéphane Rio, CEO & Founder, Opensee
Visit the registration desk on the Level 4 to sign up in advance
1:40-2:20
CYBER RISK
Assessing cyber risk and effectiveness of controls as techniques and threats evolve
- Business continuity practices in event of an attack
- Increased threat as a result of war in Ukraine
- Ensuring security across third parties and supply chain
- Data security with increased digitalization
- Reviewing proposed changes to NY DFS cyber requirements
- Improving risk culture to be more cyber aware
- Understanding systemic nature of cyber and ransom risks
Phil Masquelette, Chief Risk Officer, Ulster Savings Bank
2:20-2:55
RISK QUANTIFICATION
Applying Micro Model Techniques to Macro Issues: Risk Quantification within integrated risk management
- The basics of bow-tie analysis and how it can be applied to macro issues
- Methods to transition from qualitative analysis to quantitative evaluation of enterprise issues
- Practical approaches to improve how you communicate risk to leadership
Steve Schlarman, Risk Analyst, Archer
2:55-3:25
Afternoon refreshment break and networking
3:25-4:00
The measurement and management of model risk with the principle of relative entropy with case study applications
- The importance or measuring model risk due to the violation of modeling assumptions
- The theory and mathematics of quantifying model risk
- Case studies in conceptually sound model risk measurement
Michael Jacobs, Jr, Lead Analytics & Modeling Expert, PNC Financial services Group
4:00-4:40
MARCO-ECONOMY
Adjusting models in a fast-changing economic environment
- Frequency to update models in a fast-changing environment
- Ensuring stability of models in changing market conditions
- Impact of pandemic data on outlook
- Leveraging judgement based overlays
- Recalibrating or rebuilding models post pandemic
- Impact to reserves and financial statements
Julia Litvinova, Head of Global Advisors Model Risk and Corporate Model Validation, Manging Director, State Street
Seyhun Hepdogan, SVP Director Analytics, Fifth Third Bank
Level 5
Moderated by: Mike Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer, SureStep
10:50-11:25
ENVIORNMENTAL RISK
Evolving and adapting for potential environmental risks
- Reviewing the approach to environmental risk
- Evolution of environmental issues
- Mobilizing the transition path
Nicholas Silitch, former Chief Risk Officer, Prudential
11:25-12:00
CLIMATE RISK
Building out climate risk capabilities and reviewing global regulatory requirements
- Developing stress scenarios for climate risk impacts
- Including climate risks in resiliency plans
- Evaluation strategies to identify impact of climate on operations
- Preparation for climate events
- Shaping financial and regulatory frameworks around climate change
- Impact to financial investment and valuations
Juan Carlos Calcagno, Managing Director, Enterprise Risk Management, MUFG
12:00-12:45
SOCIAL/DEI – PANEL DICUSSION
Monitoring diversity, equity and inclusion agendas and raising the profile of social agendas
- Political impact on social considerations
- Reviewing diversity and inclusion agendas
- Alignment with talent retention challenges
- Tracking and measuring tangible outcomes
- Corporate change to support historically underrepresented groups
- Measuring KPIs
- Increasing accountability
Markus Lammer, COO, Ultra High Net Worth Business, Credit Suisse
Sander Boleij, Associate Director – Business Consulting, Synechron
Juan Carlos Calcagno, Managing Director, Enterprise Risk Management, MUFG
12:45-1:45
Lunch break and luncheon roundtable discussions
4th floor
- Assessing cyber risk and effectiveness of controls as techniques and threats evolve
Phil Masquelette, Chief Risk Officer, Ulster Savings Bank - How much is too much: Classifying various types of third party risks
Suyog Peshkar, Chief, Third Party Risk Management, IMF - The evolution of the non-financial risk assessment
David Box, Vice President, Single Family Operational Risk, Fannie Mae - Reviewing the expansion of model risk and evolution of definition of a model
Chris Smigielski, Model Risk Director, Arvest Bank
5th floor
- Post LIBOR: Reviewing the impacts of transition to SOFR and impact of new rates
Oskar Rogg, Managing Director, Head of Treasury, Americas, Credit Agricole - Overview of current regulatory guidance and anticipating upcoming change on the horizon
Shahab Khan, Head of Liquidity Policy, HSBC USA - FRTB SA / IMA: The data challenge and modern solution
Stéphane Rio, CEO & Founder, Opensee
Visit the registration desk on the Level 4 to sign up in advance
1:45-2:20
Intersect between model risk and climate risk
- Fundamentals of model risk
- Fundamentals of climate risk
- Understanding the interplay between climate risk and model risk
Akshaya Nambiar, AVP, ESG & Climate – Model Risk Management, Deutsche Bank
2:20-2:55
HUMAN RIGHTS
Incorporating monitoring capabilities to identify human rights and labor violations across vendors and relationships
- Increased litigation on labor practices
- Covid-19 impact on vulnerabilities of workers
- Short- and long-term contracts on vulnerable workers
- Shortage of labor impact on human labor challenges
- Anti-slavery
- Anti-slavery model
- Impact on supply chain and supply chain management
Larry Cameron, Chief Information Security Officer, Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative
2:55
End of ESG & Climate Risk Stream
Level 5
Moderated by: Zandi J.Marinzel, Counsel, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
10:50-11:25
THIRD PARTY RISK
Reviewing adaptations and expectations for third party risk oversight and management
- Due diligence requirements
- Protecting data and sensitive information
- Managing reputation risk in event of a third party incident
- Internal controls and governance processes
- Developing incident response plans
- Continuous oversight and monitoring of third parties
- Ensuring adherence to contractual agreements throughout lifecycle
Charles Ely, Assistant Vice President – Business Risk and Controls, USAA
11:25-12:05
How to navigate the third-party risk threat landscape
- Establishing a holistic framework for TPRM
- Regulatory landscape
- TPRM lifecycle
- Ongoing Monitoring
- TPRM Maturity & elements for success
Suyog Peshkar, Section Chief, Third Party Risk Management, IMF
12:00-12:45
SANTIONS – PANEL DISCUSSION
Navigating the increasingly complex sanctions landscape and understanding interconnected nature of requirements
- Identifying exposure across counterparties
- Getting in front of non-compliance risks
- Impact of Russia sanctions on organizations
- Enhanced diligence to ensure compliance with complex changes
- Managing global sanctions requirements
- Developing tight frameworks
Julianne Susman, Executive Director and Counsel, Global Financial Crimes Legal, Morgan Stanley
Richard Moore, Managing Director, Head of AML Risk (BSA/AML Officer), Scotiabank
12:45-1:45
Lunch break and luncheon roundtable discussions
4th floor
- Assessing cyber risk and effectiveness of controls as techniques and threats evolve
Phil Masquelette, Chief Risk Officer, Ulster Savings Bank - How much is too much: Classifying various types of third party risks
Suyog Peshkar, Chief, Third Party Risk Management, IMF - The evolution of the non-financial risk assessment
David Box, Vice President, Single Family Operational Risk, Fannie Mae - Reviewing the expansion of model risk and evolution of definition of a model
Chris Smigielski, Model Risk Director, Arvest Bank
5th floor
- Post LIBOR: Reviewing the impacts of transition to SOFR and impact of new rates
Oskar Rogg, Managing Director, Head of Treasury, Americas, Credit Agricole - Overview of current regulatory guidance and anticipating upcoming change on the horizon
Shahab Khan, Head of Liquidity Policy, HSBC USA - FRTB SA / IMA: The data challenge and modern solution
Stéphane Rio, CEO & Founder, Opensee
Visit the registration desk on the Level 4 to sign up in advance
1:45-2:20
Third Party Risk Management: Digital Transformation and the importance of its role within Cyber Risk
- Automating Third Party Risk Monitoring
- The adversary’s view of your organization
- Continuously monitoring your entire digital supply chain
- Overlapping process automation requirements between Security, Compliance, Legal, Procurement, Contracting and Supply Chain
- Translating vendor risk into financial and operational risk
- Vendor health data aligned to leading compliance frameworks
Jeffrey DiMuro, Deputy CISO, Financial Services, ServiceNow
Brenda Ferraro, SVP, Head of Technology Third Party Governance, Wells Fargo
Jeffrey Wheatman, SVP, Cyber Risk Evangelist, Black Kite
Nicholas Friedman, National Managing Partner, Temple Shield Inc.
2:20-2:55
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Developing a comprehensive risk and compliance framework to support digital assets
- Management techniques
- Reviewing the future of central bank digital currencies
- Managing cyber risks within crypto
- Digital asset compliance beyond AML and fraud
- Difference between crypto and trad-Fi
- Managing fraud risks on exchanges and platforms
- Identifying and building out the right infrastructure
Anthony Villacorta, Supervisory Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations
2:55-3:25
Afternoon refreshment break and networking
3:25-4:00
How a Risk Function Can Enable Business Line Profitability While Maintaining a Strong Control Environment.
- Evolution of the Risk Function
- Comparison of Large vs Regional Banks
- “Win–Win” Value add from Risk
- Control for Constructive Purposes
- Lessons Learned
Jim Costa, Chief Risk Officer, Banner Bank
4:00-4:40
RSCA-PANEL DISCUSSION
Advancing RCSA as a risk management tool beyond a regulatory exercise
- Regulatory focus on RCSA
- Transformational change to develop RCSA
- Core elements to understand inherent risk levels
- Conducting true assessment of risk and control effectiveness
- Frequency to conduct RCSA
- Identifying core processes and defining process taxonomy
David Box, Vice President, Single Family Operational Risk, Fannie Mae
Paul Barkan, Chief Compliance Officer, Amalgamated bank
Level 5
Moderated by: Rami Entin, Director, Wolters Kluwer
10:50-12:00
FRTB – DOUBLE SESSION
Reviewing expectations for FRTB standards and lessons learnt across jurisdictions
- Implementation of internal models approach (IMA)
- IMA historical data requirements
- Modeling non-model able risk factors
- Leveraging stress scenarios
- Governance and infrastructure updates
- Leveraging technology to address changes
- Implementing PNL attribution test
Suresh Srinivasan, Traded Risk PMO (FRTB Americas/Price Risk), Citi
Anastasia Polyakova, CQF, Product Manager, Market Risk, ActiveViam
12:00-12:45
GEOPOLITICAL RISK – PANEL DISCUSSION
Reviewing the impact of geopolitical and global tensions on the US economy
- Supply chain challenges driving inflation
- Impact of war in Ukraine on financial markets
- Economic decisioning based on political environment
- Impact of energy crisis on economic decisions
Svilen Petrov, MD – Enterprise Balance Sheet Risk, RBC
Chris Harner, Managing Director Cyber Security, Sia Partners
Petr Chovanec, Director, UBS
12:45-1:45
Lunch break and luncheon roundtable discussions
4th floor
- Assessing cyber risk and effectiveness of controls as techniques and threats evolve
Phil Masquelette, Chief Risk Officer, Ulster Savings Bank - How much is too much: Classifying various types of third party risks
Suyog Peshkar, Chief, Third Party Risk Management, IMF - The evolution of the non-financial risk assessment
David Box, Vice President, Single Family Operational Risk, Fannie Mae - Reviewing the expansion of model risk and evolution of definition of a model
Chris Smigielski, Model Risk Director, Arvest Bank
5th floor
- Post LIBOR: Reviewing the impacts of transition to SOFR and impact of new rates
Oskar Rogg, Managing Director, Head of Treasury, Americas, Credit Agricole - Overview of current regulatory guidance and anticipating upcoming change on the horizon
Shahab Khan, Head of Liquidity Policy, HSBC USA - FRTB SA / IMA: The data challenge and modern solution
Stéphane Rio, CEO & Founder, Opensee
Visit the registration desk on the Level 4 to sign up in advance
1:45-2:20
DEPOSITS
Managing impact of volatility on deposits and remaining competitive
- Retaining customers in a high interest rate environment
- Valuing deposit franchise
- Managing deposit runoffs
- Balancing retention and funding capacity
- Uses of pandemic data for modeling
- Maturity deposit evolution
Katherine Zhang, Managing Director, State Street
2:20-2:55
Overview of current regulatory guidance and anticipating upcoming change on the horizon
- Liquidity Standards and their evolution
- Reporting requirements and their evolution
- Tailoring Rule and expected changes
- Changes in interest rate and impact to composition of balance sheet
- Basel-III reform
Shahab Khan, Head of Liquidity Policy, HSBC USA
2:55-3:25
Afternoon refreshment break & networking
3:25-4:00
SOFR
Post LIBOR: Reviewing impacts of transition to SOFR and impact of new rates
- Reviewing pricing of fixed rate SOFR
- Analysis of impacts in a changing rate environment
- Building up FTP swap curves
- Counterparty risks with late transition to new rates
- Impact of higher rates on counterparties
- Risks to futures trading
- Evolution of FTP in a post LIBOR world
- Building up FTP swap curves
Oskar Rogg, Managing Director, Head of Treasury, Americas, Credit Agricole
4:00-4:40
PORTFOLIO RISK – PANEL DISCUSSION
Managing portfolios and risk to returns in an uncertain environment
- Business risk managing rate environment
- Updating product mixes
- Changes with proliferation of investment vehicles
- Managing risk in portfolios from a returns perspective
- Inclusion of crypto and virtual assets
Michael Reidy, Head of Risk Appetite and Reporting, Societe Generale
Yury Dubrovsky, CRO, Lazard Ltd
Baha Rudin, Head of Buy Side Sales – North America, ActiveViam
Henry Kwan, SVP & Deputy Treasurer, East West Bank
4:40
Chairs closing remarks and end of Convention
