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MODELLING AND STRESS TESTING

Author:

Tanveer Bhatti

Head of Model Risk Management
Revolut

Tanveer is a risk manager, chartered accountant, and physicist by training. His career spans senior roles on both the sell-side and buy-side in investment banks, private banking, and asset management in London and New York. He has covered all types of financial and non-financial risks. A hallmark of his approach is a combination of analytical rigour and practical relevance.

Tanveer's interest in risk and finance is focused on the practical impact of new technologies, markets, electronic trading, modelling approaches, and data, and their ability to enable products, services, and new business models that are emerging or did not exist, or drive societal advancement. He is currently Global Head of Model Risk for a fast growing Fintech.

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Tanveer Bhatti

Head of Model Risk Management
Revolut

Tanveer is a risk manager, chartered accountant, and physicist by training. His career spans senior roles on both the sell-side and buy-side in investment banks, private banking, and asset management in London and New York. He has covered all types of financial and non-financial risks. A hallmark of his approach is a combination of analytical rigour and practical relevance.

Tanveer's interest in risk and finance is focused on the practical impact of new technologies, markets, electronic trading, modelling approaches, and data, and their ability to enable products, services, and new business models that are emerging or did not exist, or drive societal advancement. He is currently Global Head of Model Risk for a fast growing Fintech.

  • Lessons learned and quick wins from climate stress testing exercises
  • Ensuring climate model robustness through improving model accuracy
  • Determining what good looks like and benchmarking against these standards
  • Understanding the variations in stress testing for physical vs transition risks
MODELLING AND STRESS TESTING
Moderator

Author:

Tony Hughes

Columnist
Global Association of risk professionals (GARP)

Tony Hughes is currently engaged as an independent consultant to the banking industry, based in London.  Formerly he was the Global Head of Consumer Credit Analytics for Moody's Analytics, living and working in the U.S. for many years.  He writes the Risk Weighted column for the Global Assosiation of Risk Professionals which aims to improve the practice and regulation of risk modelling within the financial sector.  For several years, he has written extensively on the treatment of climate risk, contributing a major chapter on stress testing to a RiskBooks tome published in 2022.  The same organiation has commissioned Tony to write a book on climate risk, currently in production, to be published in the first half of 2024.  He holds a PhD in econometric theory from Monash University in Australia.

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Tony Hughes

Columnist
Global Association of risk professionals (GARP)

Tony Hughes is currently engaged as an independent consultant to the banking industry, based in London.  Formerly he was the Global Head of Consumer Credit Analytics for Moody's Analytics, living and working in the U.S. for many years.  He writes the Risk Weighted column for the Global Assosiation of Risk Professionals which aims to improve the practice and regulation of risk modelling within the financial sector.  For several years, he has written extensively on the treatment of climate risk, contributing a major chapter on stress testing to a RiskBooks tome published in 2022.  The same organiation has commissioned Tony to write a book on climate risk, currently in production, to be published in the first half of 2024.  He holds a PhD in econometric theory from Monash University in Australia.

Author:

Karen Wilkinson

Global Head of Climate risk and Net Zero Oversight
Standard Chartered
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Karen Wilkinson

Global Head of Climate risk and Net Zero Oversight
Standard Chartered

Author:

Aileen Long

Head of Climate Stress Testing and Analytics, Global Climate Risk
Citi

Aileen leads Climate Risk Stress Testing at Citi, responsible for the buildout of the firm’s scenario analysis framework, strategic roadmap, and analytics capability implementation across the organization. This includes the development of climate-related methodologies and integration into scenario design, data, models, infrastructure, and stress testing governance across an end-to-end program.

She started her career at Citi in Corporate and Investment Banking covering Power and Utilities in New York. She has also held numerous roles across Equity Research, Credit Risk Management, and Enterprise and Legal Entity Stress Testing over the course of her banking career.

Aileen earned her Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Finance and Management.

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Aileen Long

Head of Climate Stress Testing and Analytics, Global Climate Risk
Citi

Aileen leads Climate Risk Stress Testing at Citi, responsible for the buildout of the firm’s scenario analysis framework, strategic roadmap, and analytics capability implementation across the organization. This includes the development of climate-related methodologies and integration into scenario design, data, models, infrastructure, and stress testing governance across an end-to-end program.

She started her career at Citi in Corporate and Investment Banking covering Power and Utilities in New York. She has also held numerous roles across Equity Research, Credit Risk Management, and Enterprise and Legal Entity Stress Testing over the course of her banking career.

Aileen earned her Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Finance and Management.

Author:

Chithra Namboodiri

Global Head of Wholesale ESG Risk Analytics
HSBC
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Chithra Namboodiri

Global Head of Wholesale ESG Risk Analytics
HSBC
  • Determining which disclosure requirements and methods are applicable for your institution
  • How to efficiently manage the constant onslaught of new reporting and disclosure requirements
  • Educating wider teams on constant changes and developments to reporting requirements
REPORTING AND REGULATION
Moderator

Author:

Amir Sokolowski

Global Director of Climate Change
CDP
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Amir Sokolowski

Global Director of Climate Change
CDP

Author:

Sandra Schoonhoven

CoE Lead of Climate Risk
ING

Sandra Schoonhoven is the CoE Lead of Climate Risk – heading a core team of 4-5 people overseeing and coordinating INGs bank-wide activities around Climate Risk. Sandra has been part of ING’s sustainability journey for the last 7 years and as a former Head of Sustainability Programmes co-developed INGs Sustainability Direction and lead the execution of several programmes to achieve this direction. Within her current role she engages with both internal as well as external stakeholders (including supervisors).

Before she joint Global Sustainability, Sandra worked in several business roles within ING. Starting within Customer Intelligence as a data scientist avant la letter and after that moving into different leadership roles, she developed strong analytical -as well as leadership skills with a keen eye and passion for change management.

Before joining ING in 2004, Sandra worked in marketing roles in the publication sector (Wolters Kluwer) and insurance sector (Yarden).

She holds a MSc in Communication from Tilburg University and a Msc in Marketing Strategy from Henley Business University.

Next to her job, Sandra is member of the supervisory board of Stichting Spaarnesant – a public organization that provides public education through 26 schools in Haarlem. She holds an advisory board position at a strategy consultant company Stay Future Proof. And she is a certified Purpose to Impact session leader and has run multiple workshops for colleagues to help them find their purpose. Her own purpose in life is “to serve elephant for dinner”. 

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Sandra Schoonhoven

CoE Lead of Climate Risk
ING

Sandra Schoonhoven is the CoE Lead of Climate Risk – heading a core team of 4-5 people overseeing and coordinating INGs bank-wide activities around Climate Risk. Sandra has been part of ING’s sustainability journey for the last 7 years and as a former Head of Sustainability Programmes co-developed INGs Sustainability Direction and lead the execution of several programmes to achieve this direction. Within her current role she engages with both internal as well as external stakeholders (including supervisors).

Before she joint Global Sustainability, Sandra worked in several business roles within ING. Starting within Customer Intelligence as a data scientist avant la letter and after that moving into different leadership roles, she developed strong analytical -as well as leadership skills with a keen eye and passion for change management.

Before joining ING in 2004, Sandra worked in marketing roles in the publication sector (Wolters Kluwer) and insurance sector (Yarden).

She holds a MSc in Communication from Tilburg University and a Msc in Marketing Strategy from Henley Business University.

Next to her job, Sandra is member of the supervisory board of Stichting Spaarnesant – a public organization that provides public education through 26 schools in Haarlem. She holds an advisory board position at a strategy consultant company Stay Future Proof. And she is a certified Purpose to Impact session leader and has run multiple workshops for colleagues to help them find their purpose. Her own purpose in life is “to serve elephant for dinner”. 

Author:

Wendy Walford

Head of Climate Risk
Legal & General
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Wendy Walford

Head of Climate Risk
Legal & General

Author:

Elchin Mammadov

Vice President
MSCI Research

Elchin Mammadov comanages MSCI’s ESG and climate research team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also leads global utilities coverage, publishing company and industry research, overseeing ESG ratings for the utility companies and improving ratings methodology. In his previous role at Bloomberg, Elchin conducted equity research to assess how industry trends and government policies impact the financial performance of utilities. He holds a master’s degree in business management from the University of Surrey.

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Elchin Mammadov

Vice President
MSCI Research

Elchin Mammadov comanages MSCI’s ESG and climate research team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also leads global utilities coverage, publishing company and industry research, overseeing ESG ratings for the utility companies and improving ratings methodology. In his previous role at Bloomberg, Elchin conducted equity research to assess how industry trends and government policies impact the financial performance of utilities. He holds a master’s degree in business management from the University of Surrey.

  • Managing ongoing changes across various locations for international institutions
  • Lessons learned from the international regulatory landscape
  • How to streamline your efforts across jurisdictions to create a centralised approach for implementing regulations
  • Can we reach a global consensus on ‘what is green?’
REPORTING AND REGULATION
Moderator

Author:

Adam Webb

Chief Operating Officer, Risk
ICBC Standard Bank
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Adam Webb

Chief Operating Officer, Risk
ICBC Standard Bank

Author:

William Attwell

Director
Sustainable Fitch

William Attwell is Director in Sustainable Fitch’s global research team, where he leads on projects covering climate risk, decarbonisation, transition finance and biodiversity to support decision-makers in fixed income markets to assess market and regulatory developments, trends and risks. William is also an experienced emerging markets economist, having worked at BMI (previously Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research) and Frontier Strategy Group, where he headed up the Sub-Saharan Africa team, producing analysis and market forecasts, and advising corporate and financial sector clients. He studied economic development and international environmental law, holds an MPhil from the University of Cape Town and an MSc from St Antony’s College, Oxford respectively, and was a postgraduate research fellow at Yale University’s MacMillan Center where he worked on natural resource issues.

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William Attwell

Director
Sustainable Fitch

William Attwell is Director in Sustainable Fitch’s global research team, where he leads on projects covering climate risk, decarbonisation, transition finance and biodiversity to support decision-makers in fixed income markets to assess market and regulatory developments, trends and risks. William is also an experienced emerging markets economist, having worked at BMI (previously Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research) and Frontier Strategy Group, where he headed up the Sub-Saharan Africa team, producing analysis and market forecasts, and advising corporate and financial sector clients. He studied economic development and international environmental law, holds an MPhil from the University of Cape Town and an MSc from St Antony’s College, Oxford respectively, and was a postgraduate research fellow at Yale University’s MacMillan Center where he worked on natural resource issues.

Author:

Brunno Maradei

Global Head of Responsible Investments
Aegon Asset Management

Brunno Maradei is the Global Head of Responsible Investment at Aegon Asset Management, managing a team of 21 ESG specialists conducting sustainability research, engagement, voting and policy advice.  He chairs Aegon AM’s Sustainability Board and is a member of ESMA’s Consultation Working Group on Sustainability. Prior to this role he structured finance for infrastructure projects in Africa at the European Investment Bank. Brunno has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years, starting in Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan in London. Brunno has led a pioneer ESG research provider, developed sustainable investment products for emerging markets and structured blended finance for donors at leading institutions including the International Finance Corporation and the European Commission. Brunno is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from London Business School and a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics.

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Brunno Maradei

Global Head of Responsible Investments
Aegon Asset Management

Brunno Maradei is the Global Head of Responsible Investment at Aegon Asset Management, managing a team of 21 ESG specialists conducting sustainability research, engagement, voting and policy advice.  He chairs Aegon AM’s Sustainability Board and is a member of ESMA’s Consultation Working Group on Sustainability. Prior to this role he structured finance for infrastructure projects in Africa at the European Investment Bank. Brunno has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years, starting in Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan in London. Brunno has led a pioneer ESG research provider, developed sustainable investment products for emerging markets and structured blended finance for donors at leading institutions including the International Finance Corporation and the European Commission. Brunno is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from London Business School and a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics.

Author:

Erica Sassu

Global Climate & Environmental Risk - EMEA Executive
Bank of America
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Erica Sassu

Global Climate & Environmental Risk - EMEA Executive
Bank of America
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Patrick Gilman

Partner, White Collar, Investigations & Compliance Group and Co-Lead National Security Practice Group
Brown Rudnick

Patrick Gilman

Partner, White Collar, Investigations & Compliance Group and Co-Lead National Security Practice Group
Brown Rudnick

Patrick Gilman

Partner, White Collar, Investigations & Compliance Group and Co-Lead National Security Practice Group
Brown Rudnick
 

Christie Myers

Business Development Manager
Cache Creek Foods

Christie is a strategic visionary, and business development leader, driven by the possibility that exists when we collaborate for good. She serves as Business Development Manager at Cache Creek Foods, a manufacturer and supplier of innovative tree nut ingredients for plant based beverages & foods. 

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Christie Myers

Business Development Manager
Cache Creek Foods

Christie Myers

Business Development Manager
Cache Creek Foods

Christie is a strategic visionary, and business development leader, driven by the possibility that exists when we collaborate for good. She serves as Business Development Manager at Cache Creek Foods, a manufacturer and supplier of innovative tree nut ingredients for plant based beverages & foods. 


Prior to joining Cache Creek Foods, Christie supported Procore Technologies through a rapid-growth season and IPO, managing key OKRs on the Corporate Strategy team. Christie is an ACC accredited leadership coach, with a certification from the Hudson Institute of Coaching, and a BA from Westmont College.