Meet the Risk Management Specialist Webcast
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Business School's Executive Education hosted an interactive webcast, ‘Meet the Financial Intelligence Specialist - 21st Century Risk Management in the Financial Services Sector’ on the 12th December 2023.
Hosted by Stephen Jones, Director of Executive Education at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ Business School and joined by guest speaker Hanna Sarraf, Senior Risk Executive.
This webcast explored how governments, regulators & individual financial services firms are seeking to assess & manage risk.ÌýThe 2007/8 Global Financial Crisis demonstrated the potential for risk to spread rapidly between different stakeholders in the financial ecosystem, both within individual countries but also around the World. Since that time, it could be argued that the potential for risk has increased due to new financial products (e.g. cryptocurrencies) & new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence).Ìý
Hanna Sarraf is a seasoned senior risk executive with over 25 years of experience in developing and implementing effective risk management strategies and frameworks in the financial services industry. Throughout his career, he served as the Chief Risk Officer at Starling Bank International, the Group Chief Risk Officer at Bankmed and the Head of Risk Strategy at the Bank of Ireland Group. Prior to this, Hanna held leadership roles in global consulting firms including Ernst & Young, KPMG, and Accenture, both within the UK and on a global scale.Ìý
Hanna holds a Specialised Master’s degree in Financial Engineering from the École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) Business School and an MSc in Finance from Dauphine University in France. He has authored many articles on financial risk management and is a frequent speaker at leading UK and international conferences.
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