Risk Live Europe

Risk Live Europe 2024 is Risk.net's flagship festival and supports the risk community covering industry critical discussions with a world-class speaker line-up. The event will host stages covering Risk management, Op Risk, Investment risk, ESG & climate risk, Traded risk, and AI.

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800

Attendees

150

Speakers

6

Stages

2

Days

Risk.net comes to life under one roof

Change the way you think about risk


From Risk.net, the leading publication for risk professionals in financial services, our flagship festivals bring our expert editorial content live to the stage. Risk Live Europe unites senior professionals responsible for risk management and traded risk from across the financial services industry to gain exclusive insights, share experiences and form meaningful business connections. 

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Keith Davies

Group chief risk and compliance officer

Admiral Group

David Bailey

Executive director for UK deposit takers supervision

Bank of England

David Bailey is executive director for UK deposit takers supervision, responsible for the supervision of the UK’s banks, building societies and credit unions. He also represents the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) on the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision.

Bailey joined the Bank of England (BoE) in 2014 as director of financial market infrastructure and has held roles as executive director of international banks supervision and executive director of financial markets infrastructure. His most recent role was executive director of authorisations, regtech and international supervision. 

Prior to working at the BoE, Bailey was head of markets infrastructure and policy at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and at its predecessor, the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

He graduated from Durham University and began his career at JP Morgan.

 
Anthony Mayer

Chief risk officer

Barclays Europe

Rory Stewart

Former secretary of state

UK Government

Rory Stewart is a diplomat, author, explorer, academic, and politician – serving in successive Conservative governments as minister of state for international development, minister for environment, minister of state for Africa, and minister of state for prisons. He is a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he teaches politics and international relations.

Stewart is an acclaimed author and co-host of the successful podcast, The Rest is Politics, alongside Alastair Campbell. He has been described by the New York Times as “living one of the most remarkable lives on record.”. Stewart was the first man to walk across Afghanistan after the US-UK invasion, and served as deputy governor of two Iraqi provinces at the age of 29. He advised the US President and British Prime Minister on their Afghanistan and Middle East policy. Stewart is proficient in 11 languages.

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Britta Achmann

Managing director, market risk Europe

Bank of America

Michael Sparks

Chief risk & compliance officer, issuer services

BNY Mellon

Chandni Bhan

Chief risk officer

Wise

William Cooper

Head of risk

SEB DK

In 2016 William Cooper became the head of risk for SEB Denmark with responsibility for protecting the banks financial results and reputation by preventing excessive risk taking and promoting a strong risk management culture. He has a key role in driving and contributing to risk related projects including the banks FRTB program. 

Cooper has worked in the past for both buy and sell side firms, in roles ranging from trading at a large hedge fund to working as a quantitative analyst at a tier 1 investment bank, always with a focus on improving financial modelling and analytics to maximize risk management and market awareness. He holds a BSc in mathematics and economics from the LSE and a MSc in mathematics from the University of Copenhagen.

Saadia Mujeeb

Former chief risk officer

Macquarie Group Europe

Thomas Ralph

Chief risk officer

Charity Bank

Chris Knight

Group chief risk officer

Legal and General

Chris Knight took the role of group chief risk officer in May 2021. For the previous three years he had been the chief executive of Legal and General’s retail retirement business, where he led the expansion of annuity propositions, developed one of the leading providers of lifetime mortgages and launched their financial advice and care businesses. Knight also serves as Legal and General’s customer champion, representing retail customers’ interests across the whole product range, a perspective he brings to his chief risk officer role. 

He has previously held positions at Legal and General of finance director of the international division, and chief financial officer of Legal & General Assurance Society. Knight has a first-class economics degree from King’s College, Cambridge and has worked on four continents in a career spanning more than three decades. He is a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Merlin Linehan

Risk manager

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Merlin Linehan is a risk manager at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He is also a regular commentator and speaker on geopolitical and climate topics.

Maya Goethals

Director, compliance, and operational risk manager

Bank of America

Michele Henry

Global head of operational resilience

abrdn Investments

Fazal Mohammed

Head of ORM – asset management

Phoenix Group

Fazal Mohammed is the head of operational risk management – asset management at Phoenix Group. He has 15 years of financial services industry experience working across investment banking and insurance domains covering global businesses i.e., public and private markets. Focused on supporting first line functions in making sound business decisions on a risk adjusted basis is a key motivation for success.

In his spare time, Mohammed enjoys football, movies and the company of a good book.

Rosamund de Sybel

Head of geopolitical risk, financial crime compliance

ICBC Standard Bank

Chandrima Ganguly

Data and AI ethics

Lloyds Banking Group

Maria Lombardo

Global head of ESG advisory, sustainable finance

Standard Chartered Bank

Maria Lombardo heads the global ESG advisory team at Standard Chartered Bank, supporting the bank clients in their sustainability and transition strategies. She spent more than 25 years in investment banking as managing director, heading emerging market equities sales at Lazard, UBS, Sberbank and Unicredit. 

Lombardo moved into sustainability in 2016 when she joined the non-profit CDP as head of their financial investor members. She then headed the ESG client strategies and climate change strategies at Invesco Global Asset Management in Emea, leading the growth of sustainability investment solutions and the set-up of the global asset manager’s climate strategy. Authors of ESG thought leadership whitepapers, mentor, and contributor to industry initiatives in sustainable financing. Lombardo holds a CFA ESG, a diploma at Cambridge University Sustainability Leadership Institute, along with a CEMS Master and a bachelor’s degree in financial intermediaries at Bocconi University. She is a member of the CFA UK Climate and Investing committee, and is a mentor of the acceleration programme at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership.

Björn Johansson

Head of group security

Swedbank

Björn Johansson is the head of group security at Swedbank. He is a former intelligence officer with the Swedish Military Intelligence Service. In his role as security chief at Swedbank, he has leaned on his experience from the intelligence service to establish an innovative corporate security unit that stands ready to meet an increasingly complex threat landscape.

Neil Robinson

Chief information security officer

Virgin Money

Anna Rosenberg

Head of geopolitics

Amundi Asset Management

Jennifer Bell

Vice president, climate

Barclays

Candida Paiva

Senior manager, operational risk

Swiss Re

Marina Antoniou

Global head of global markets risk and control assessment

BNP Paribas

Marina is the global head of global markets risk & control assessment at BNP Paribas. She specialises in global capital markets non - financial risks with a focus on conduct risk, rogue trading, financial crime and trade surveillance. She also has experience in risks and controls relating to artificial intelligence, large language models and data privacy. 

Marina is an executive committee and board member at various institutions and participates in global capital market forums. Marina is very interested in technology. She is a founding member and vice-chair of the Hellenic Tech Network, participated in studies around the implementation of digital currencies, and reviewed the AI governance of a leading fintech academic centre in the UK. She takes part in global innovation forums and explores ways to use AI and other innovative technology to transform risk management practices. 

Marina has extensive experience working with regulators globally. In the past, she acted as lead validator, at top tier banks, on regulatory conduct risk programmes sanctioned by the US Federal Reserve Bank and the US Department of Justice. Marina also acted as head of audit for Citigroup where she received the global recognition award for her performance. Previously, she worked on due diligence projects and valuations during M&A transactions. 

Marina is a qualified chartered accountant and member of the ICAEW. She completed a technology entrepreneurship course at Harvard and an ESG course at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania. She also studied fintech at the University of Oxford Said Business School during which she developed a fintech innovation idea aiming at fundraising for people impacted by natural disasters. Marina studied investment management at the London Business School and has an MSc in Economics & Finance from Warwick Business School. Marina acts as guest lecturer at executive MBA courses and speaker at conferences globally covering conduct risk, digital transformation, digital assets, artificial intelligence, fintech and ESG.

Yaroslav Sovgrya

Head of ESG risk

Lloyd's Banking Group

Don't miss hearing from

Opening keynote: Rory Stewart, Former Secretary of State, UK Government

Rory will speak on the main stage sharing a thought-provoking perspective on geopolitical issues and their implications for risk management. 

AI stage

A stage dedicated to AI applications (current and upcoming) within risk management and traded risk.

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More networking

One day wasn't enough. Meet with your peers and hear how they are addressing the latest challenges, ensuring that you get ahead in the changing landscape of risk.

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Traded risk stage

More coverage of the issues – in more depth – including clearing, T+0, technological change, trading and post-trade.

Risk management

Risk management brings together chief risk officers and senior risk managers from leading financial institutions to gain the insight required to thrive in the new era of risk management.​

Op risk

Op risk is the leading regional event dedicated to operational risk, where operational risk management experts from across Emea convene to discuss the most pressing topics on the minds of industry professionals.

Investment risk

At Investment risk, leaders of buy-side risk management and investment strategy meet, learn and get ahead in the new era of risk. Join investment managers, asset owners and hedge funds to gain inspiration, improve investment decisions, demystify the complexities of market risk and shape the future of your industry.​

ESG & climate risk

ESG & climate risk will gather senior risk management and investment strategy decision-makers from asset managers, hedge funds, life insurance firms, pension funds, and investment banks in the UK and Europe.

AI

New to Risk Live 2024: AI can help your business, whilst ensuring controls are in place to meet with compliance requirements. The AI stage will consolidate the perspectives of industry professionals leading the way in seizing the opportunities around AI for risk managers.​

Traded risk

New to Risk Live 2024: explore cutting-edge strategies, innovative technologies, and regulatory insights that empower professionals to navigate uncertainty and make informed decisions in today's landscape.

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18 June 2024
2024-06-18 08:00:00 +0100

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