Alessandra Mongiardino

MD, Director of Financial & Strategic Risk at NatWest Group

Speaker

Alessandra Mongiardino is the Director of Financial & Strategic Risk at NatWest Group and a member of Risk ExCo.

Alessandra has more than 25 years of International Risk Management experience developed in Banking, Asset Management and Rating Agencies. She has expertise in enterprise-wide risk management, credit modelling, climate risk and the oversight of financial and strategic risks. In 2021 she established the second line Centre of Excellence for climate risk at NatWest and has led activities including the delivery of the Climate Biennual Exploratory Scenario (CBES) and the establishment of the climate risk framework

Prior to joining NatWest in London, she was the Head of Enterprise-wide Risk Management at Nordea in Copenhagen. Previously she held risk management roles at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, HSBC, Moody’s, JP Morgan and the Bank of England.

Alessandra holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick and an M.Sc. in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southampton

at NatWest Group and a member of Risk ExCo.

Alessandra has more than 25 years of International Risk Management experience developed in Banking, Asset Management and Rating Agencies. She has expertise in enterprise-wide risk management, credit modelling, climate risk and the oversight of financial and strategic risks. In 2021 she established the second line Centre of Excellence for climate risk at NatWest and has led activities including the delivery of the Climate Biennual Exploratory Scenario (CBES) and the establishment of the climate risk framework.

Prior to joining NatWest in London, she was the Head of Enterprise-wide Risk Management at Nordea in Copenhagen. Previously she held risk management roles at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, HSBC, Moody’s, JP Morgan and the Bank of England.

Alessandra holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick and an M.Sc. in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southampton.