Main Conference Day 2 2025 Agenda - GMT (Greenwich Mean Time, GMTZ)
- Anselmo Marmonti - Vice President, Pre-Sales for Banking Risk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions,, SAS
- Matteo Coppola - Managing Director and Senior Partner; Global Leader, Risk & Compliance, BCG
- Axel Weber - Former Chairman of UBS, former President of Deutsche Bundesbank, President Center for Financial Studies and Senior Advisor, BCG
- Julia Dunn - Chief Risk Officer, HSBC UK
- Shiro Shiraishi - Group CRO, Mizuho Financial Group
- Major Tim Peake CMG - Astronaut, European Space Agency (ESA)
How are banks transforming defence line dynamics to accommodate new emerging threats?
The risk landscape is ever more volatile. What are the emerging best practices to enhance resilience by combining risk management with a sound risk financing strategy
How is the risk function evolving to tackle these headwinds?
What are the risk financing tools available? Captives, insurance and reinsurance structures, parametric
To what extent is data and analytics accelerating the path to success
- Daniel Butler - Head of EMEA Financial Institutions Industry, Aon
A Boardroom discussion on how to establish an effective operational risk team with limited budget
Extended Q&A
Please note Limited space: First-come first-served!
Chatham House Rules
Please note Limited space: First-come first-served!
Chatham House Rules
- Gitanjali Trevorrow-Seymour - Chief Possibilist, High Definition You
- Rita Gnutti - Executive Director Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area, Intesa Sanpaolo
This panel explores how financial institutions are leveraging AI, data and advanced analytics to shift from traditional risk frameworks to more proactive, predictive models. Experts will discuss real-world applications, regulatory considerations, and the evolving role of data in shaping risk strategies.
- Nakul Kapoor - Managing Director, Fitch Ratings Research & Data, Fitch Solutions
- Shreya Deora - Senior Director - Analytics, BMI, Fitch Solutions
- Luke Carrivick - Executive Director, ORX
ORX Vision 2025 - a Panel discussion on the major developments in operational and non-financial risk in the year just gone and the year ahead, informed by the ORX Leadership Community of over 100 Heads of Operational and Non-Financial Risk (ONFR).
As ONFR changes, existing governance and management structures need to change for risk management and use of resources to be effective. Hear how firms are evolving their risk structures and operating models to deliver success.
Is operational risk still the blind spot of CROs when defining risk appetite?
Can we move beyond the RCSA toward more structured and value-adding assessments?
How can exposure-based models help quantify what really matters?
Can operational risk become a true driver of business decisions?
- Patrick Naim - Founder, Elseware
- Olivier Vigneron - Former Group Chief Risk Officer, Deutsche Bank
- Efe Cummings - Global Head of Operational Risk, Nomura
- Luke Carrivick - Executive Director, ORX
Attendees will gain actionable strategies to:
Shift from rule-based compliance to intelligent risk data operations
Use AI to identify and remediate data quality issues in real time
Embed AI into governance frameworks to drive agility and transparency
Reframe risk data as a driver of innovation, trust, and business growth
- Alok Rustagi - VP, Head of Banking, Data & Analytics - UK, & EMEA, EXL
Unpacking the changes we are already seeing and how risk managers are effectively monitoring usage
- Jared Chebib - Partner, EY
In an era of digital transformation, compliance must evolve - becoming tech-enabled, data-driven, risk-based, and people-focused. This panel explores how integrated, agile compliance functions can drive innovation while safeguarding integrity
- Bernhard Gehra - Managing Director & Senior Partner, Global Non Financial Risk and Compliance Lead, BCG
- John McGinn - Head of Compliance Controls & Insights, Deutsche Bank
- Anna Issel - Chief Compliance Officer, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)
- Satnam Lehal - Former Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Danske Bank
What does this mean for compliance?
As financial institutions navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, the need to evolve traditional compliance and risk management frameworks has never been greater. Artificial Intelligence is emerging as a powerful catalyst for this transformation — helping organisations shift from reactive compliance to proactive, integrated risk management that is agile, data-driven, and future-ready. This session will explore how risk and compliance leaders can harness AI to deliver real business value
- Kirsty Hart - Global Head of Risk and Compliance, Archer
A chance to get together and discuss a topic which offers delegates a chance to hear from and discuss key issues with specific VIP speakers in a more intimate setting.
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- Gitanjali Trevorrow-Seymour - Chief Possibilist, High Definition You
A chance to get together and discuss a topic which offers delegates a chance to hear from and discuss key issues with specific VIP speakers in a more intimate setting.
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- Manas Chawla - Founder and Chief Executive, London Politica
A chance to get together and discuss a topic which offers delegates a chance to hear from and discuss key issues with specific VIP speakers in a more intimate setting.
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Advancements in AI provide significant opportunities in transforming risk management and regulatory compliance. In this panel discussion, the panelists will deliberate on AI led high impact experience transformation in risk management, key considerations for moving from pilot to scaled execution, point of views on guardrails, model risk assurance, SR-11, NIST RMF guidelines and different operating models for industrialization of Gen AI and AI agents in banking risk management.
- Ratul Ahmed - Group Head of Model Risk Management & Validation, Commerzbank
- Understanding geopolitical risk: taxonomy and key characteristics of high-impact events
- Why it matters now: implications for strategic planning, risk forecasting, and stress testing
- A structured methodology for managing geopolitical risk in banking
- Scenario integration: how we embed geopolitical drivers into deterministic market scenarios
- Methodological evolution: from traditional modeling to advanced scenario propagation tools
- New approaches to sensitivity analysis and transmission mechanisms
- Forward-looking impact assessment: on capital, P&L, and risk profile
- Quantifying uncertainty: measuring scenario dispersion and model risk around the baseline
- Maurizio Pierige - Senior Partner, Head of Risk Integration Competence Center, Prometeia
Geopolitical change may lead to significant operational and non-financial risk consequences, impacting risk profiles and efforts to be resilient. Where speed is essential, learn how firms are identifying, assessing, preparing for and managing the operational risk consequences.
Firms are building a common base of practice but what next? How do we scale use and risk for management? How do we monitor performance and risk? When do we need to be ready?
Our Panel will look at the journey so far, progress to meet regulatory deadlines and how risk management and resilience are being brought together.
- Alexander Verhagen - Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Vasiliki Stergiou - Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Boardroom Evolution - Join us to discuss the future of risk oversight, equipping CROs with the strategies they need to engage their boards and executives.
- Shaping Tomorrow's Risk Culture - Explore practical strategies to build a strong risk culture and meet regulatory expectations in today's rapidly changing world.
- Natasha de Soysa - Partner, Financial Services Governance lead, Deloitte
- Elisabeth Werneman - Partner, Financial Services Governance lead, Deloitte
What are the risks?
- Odile Hounkpatin - Head of Model Validation, Santander
Increasing trend in use of models and need of independent assessment
Model Risk Assessment approach and key roles
Use case: Generating efficiency in Model Validation by mean of digitalization and GenAI
Today’s environment means that financial services is ever more reliant on a complex ecosystem of third parties. What are the top of mind challenges we all face, how is leading practice progressing and what is the end game.
- Michael Grimwade - Head of Operational Risk, ICBC Standard Bank
- Luke Carrivick - Executive Director, ORX
In today’s dynamic business landscape, GenAI presents opportunities to rethink how to identify, assess, and manage financial risk across all levels of the enterprise. Using natural language to create insightful reports interactively, incorporating news and other unstructured data into decision-making processes, and accelerating business workflows, are all examples of how GenAI can drive efficiencies and enable business outcomes.
Join this session to see Intelligent Agents in action, delve into key risk management use cases, and understand how to ensure the right guardrails are in place to allow your organization to harness GenAI.
- Curt Burmeister - Co-Head, SS&C Algorithmics
- Ted Datta - Senior Director, Industry Practice Lead, Moody’s
What does the compliance manager of tomorrow need to have?
- Manas Chawla - Founder and Chief Executive, London Politica