A fresh look at how an information architecture that provides transparency and control can transform the management of risk.  The presentation draws on case studies from investment banking but demonstrates how the information transparency approach can be applied in any sector.  The presentation aims at describing a risk reporting framework for portfolios  that aggregates and disaggregates the components of risk that remain invisible if one only take a view at a micro level( at individual positions) or at a macro level (as an aggregate portfolio).

Ravi Raman FIRM

Chief Risk Officer

Butterfield Fulcrum

Biography

Ravi is Mechanical engineer from IIT and Post Graduate in Management from IIM, is a regular speaker at various forums including NASSCOM, CIMA(UK), SII UK etc.  His core focus is  the area of operational risk in banking and sustainable growth.

• Did risk management failure cause the financial crisis?
• What organisations have weathered the crisis well and what was their risk framework?
• Opportunities from the recession for risk managers

An IRM Innovation SIG workshop run by SIG members

Strong strategic responses are vital to thrive in a turbulent global environment but strategic risks are hard to foresee and quantify. This session will help you identify your strategic exposures, deal more effectively with uncertainty and integrate strategic risk management into your overall approach.

Torben Juul Andersen

Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Centre for Strategic Management and Globalisation

Biography:

Cand.polit. (M.Sc. Economics), M.B.A., Ph.D. Examiner for the IRM.

Torben has written several books and academic articles on strategy and global financial management. He has held previous executive positions on the financial industry.

Studies suggest that less than 50% of business transformation change efforts deliver the planned benefits. Discuss and debate the role that risk management should play in delivering successful business transformation.

Eileen M Abbess MIRM

Senior Consultant

The Nichols Group

Biography:

Eileen has worked worldwide in risk and business transformation.  She was Head of Risk for Network Rail and now champions transformation in a leading consultancy.

• What is the role of the risk function in overseeing the internal model?
• Should actuaries be risk professionals, or risk professionals actuaries?
• Is there a new hybrid quant-literate risk professional developing
  
  

An IRM Solvency II SIG workshop run by SIG members and featuring:

Martin Massey, Chartis

David Wong, PwC

Keith Bevan, KPMG

• Shareholders’ number one fear
• Business Continuity Capability and Maturity Model
• Measuring, Increasing and Improving Risk Tolerance and Operational Resilience through BCM

Millington Gumbo MIRM, MBCI

Senior BCM Consultant

ContinuitySA

Biography:

Millington is an experienced risk practitioner and is currently involved in BCM.  He has been involved in delivering end to end BCM projects for a variety of clients in the telecommunications and aviation sector in Africa.  He has 12 years experience and is keen to share his insights with other colleagues.

Risk management best practices and standards are always of keen interest to risk professionals. This session looks at the creation and evolution of standards and explores the requirements of ISO31000:2009 Risk Management Principles and Guidelines.

Simona Fionda CIRM

Change Manager (Risk and Governance)

Barclaycard

Biography:

Enterprise risk management professional with experience in both operational risk and governance.  Responsible for the implementation of the risk management framework in business-as-usual, during M&A activities or change projects.

Back by popular request, this fun and fast moving session will use the analogy of flying to show how projects and programmes can be managed in different ways and so improve risk management approaches.

Stephen R Carver MSc BSc CEng Eurling AMBA MAPM SIRM

Lecturer in Programme and Project Management, Cranfield University School of Management