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Keith Davies

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Federated Hermes

Keith Davies is Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Federated Hermes Limited – the fund management company that has been at the forefront of sustainability investing and global stewardship since 1983. Keith is responsible for supporting the authentic and regulatory compliant delivery of the firm’s investment and stewardship processes, and for helping the firm achieve its strategic and sustainability objectives in a risk controlled and regulatory compliant manner.

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Keith Davies

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Federated Hermes

Keith Davies

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Federated Hermes

Keith Davies is Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Federated Hermes Limited – the fund management company that has been at the forefront of sustainability investing and global stewardship since 1983. Keith is responsible for supporting the authentic and regulatory compliant delivery of the firm’s investment and stewardship processes, and for helping the firm achieve its strategic and sustainability objectives in a risk controlled and regulatory compliant manner.

Prior to joining FHL, Keith had a long and successful career within the Prudential Group, where he was Global Head of Internal Audit and Chief Risk and Resilience Officer for M&G plc - a role in which he helped the firm successfully demerge from the Prudential Group and list as a stand-alone FTSE 100 company. He was also CRO for Prudential's Treasury and Portfolio Management entities and has also held senior roles in risk management and audit at Standard Chartered, Standard Bank and Deutsche Bank, and within the Policy team at the Financial Services Authority.

In all these roles Keith has a track record of evolving functions to focus on the risks facing businesses in the modern, digital, multi-stakeholder focussed world - including financial & non-financial resilience and reputational, behavioural and sustainability risks. He is a leading voice on integrating ESG factors into strategies and risk management  - and has recently written a chapter on this subject in the 'ESG Investing Handbook'.

Keith is also Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk & Audit Committees for Admiral Insurance’s UK underwriting subsidiaries, and is on the Audit & Risk Committee for Glamorgan County Cricket Club where he is helping develop and deliver the Club’s sustainability strategy. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Bristol.

 

Federica de Vincenzi

Head of Climate Risk / Scenario Expansion / Reverse Stress Test
Barclays

Federica de Vincenzi

Head of Climate Risk / Scenario Expansion / Reverse Stress Test
Barclays

Federica de Vincenzi

Head of Climate Risk / Scenario Expansion / Reverse Stress Test
Barclays
 

Patrick Raleigh

Global Climate Risk Research and Culture Executive
Bank of America

Patrick Raleigh

Global Climate Risk Research and Culture Executive
Bank of America

Patrick Raleigh

Global Climate Risk Research and Culture Executive
Bank of America
 

Patrick Purcell

Senior Patent Examiner
UK IPO

Patrick Purcell

Senior Patent Examiner
UK IPO

Patrick Purcell

Senior Patent Examiner
UK IPO
  • Understanding and identifying social and governance risks
  • How is reputational risk tied to social risk and what are the differences?
  • Finding the right metrics for measurement and putting a number on social risk
Risk Frameworks, Strategy and Planning
Beyond Climate Risk
Speaker

Author:

Adityadeb Mukherjee

Head of ESG
Lloyds Bank

Adityadeb (“Adi”) Mukherjee is the Head of ESG at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), responsible for integrating ESG-related financial and non-financial risk considerations (including climate risk) into the end-to-end Credit process across LBG’s client and product segments, ensuring effective management of ESG risks at a client, product and portfolio level. Adi is also responsible for providing second line oversight on the bank’s Net Zero plans, transition finance activities, and reputational risk management.

 

Prior to joining LBG, Adi served as the Head of Climate Risk at Standard Chartered Bank, leading the set up and delivery of the overall second line of defence on climate risk

 

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Adityadeb Mukherjee

Head of ESG
Lloyds Bank

Adityadeb (“Adi”) Mukherjee is the Head of ESG at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), responsible for integrating ESG-related financial and non-financial risk considerations (including climate risk) into the end-to-end Credit process across LBG’s client and product segments, ensuring effective management of ESG risks at a client, product and portfolio level. Adi is also responsible for providing second line oversight on the bank’s Net Zero plans, transition finance activities, and reputational risk management.

 

Prior to joining LBG, Adi served as the Head of Climate Risk at Standard Chartered Bank, leading the set up and delivery of the overall second line of defence on climate risk

 

  • Debating which approaches to take and understanding how to adopt
  • Determining the limits and thresholds
  • Aligning models with long-term commitments
  • Assessing what good looks like and how to measure effectively
  • Effectively utilizing reverse stress testing
Stress Testing, Data and Models
Moderator

Author:

Aaron Morales

Head of ESG - UK, Iberia & LatAm
S & P Global
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Aaron Morales

Head of ESG - UK, Iberia & LatAm
S & P Global
Panellists

Author:

Federica de Vincenzi

Head of Climate Risk / Scenario Expansion / Reverse Stress Test
Barclays
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Federica de Vincenzi

Head of Climate Risk / Scenario Expansion / Reverse Stress Test
Barclays

Author:

Suresh Sankaran

Head of Model Risk Governance
Metro Bank

Suresh Sankaran is the Head of Model Risk, Validation, & Governance at Metro Bank, where he oversees all aspects of model risk and other risk-related governance. He advises on factors that senior management and Board should collectively consider when overseeing the bank’s model governance and risk management framework and policies. He is responsible for the independent validation of all bank models and is also accountable for regulatory liaison on all matters relating to model risk.  

Suresh has over 30 years’ experience in the realm of strategic consulting, compliance, audit, and risk management. He has held leadership roles managing several facets of risk management, most notably credit, liquidity, and balance sheet management.

Suresh has advised banks, governments, and other financial services organisations on all facets of risk management, and has acted as a second pair of eyes to assure the soundness and financial sustainability of client portfolios.

 Suresh is a ranking Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance & Accountancy. He has diverse interests including Indian Classical Music, Skydiving, P G Wodehouse, and Pink Floyd.

 

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Suresh Sankaran

Head of Model Risk Governance
Metro Bank

Suresh Sankaran is the Head of Model Risk, Validation, & Governance at Metro Bank, where he oversees all aspects of model risk and other risk-related governance. He advises on factors that senior management and Board should collectively consider when overseeing the bank’s model governance and risk management framework and policies. He is responsible for the independent validation of all bank models and is also accountable for regulatory liaison on all matters relating to model risk.  

Suresh has over 30 years’ experience in the realm of strategic consulting, compliance, audit, and risk management. He has held leadership roles managing several facets of risk management, most notably credit, liquidity, and balance sheet management.

Suresh has advised banks, governments, and other financial services organisations on all facets of risk management, and has acted as a second pair of eyes to assure the soundness and financial sustainability of client portfolios.

 Suresh is a ranking Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance & Accountancy. He has diverse interests including Indian Classical Music, Skydiving, P G Wodehouse, and Pink Floyd.

 

  • Determining what data is important and why
  • Identifying data blind spots and how to fill them
  • Overcoming weaknesses of historical climate and nature data
  • Where and how to obtain high quality and usable data
Stress Testing, Data and Models
Moderator

Author:

Suresh Sankaran

Head of Model Risk Governance
Metro Bank

Suresh Sankaran is the Head of Model Risk, Validation, & Governance at Metro Bank, where he oversees all aspects of model risk and other risk-related governance. He advises on factors that senior management and Board should collectively consider when overseeing the bank’s model governance and risk management framework and policies. He is responsible for the independent validation of all bank models and is also accountable for regulatory liaison on all matters relating to model risk.  

Suresh has over 30 years’ experience in the realm of strategic consulting, compliance, audit, and risk management. He has held leadership roles managing several facets of risk management, most notably credit, liquidity, and balance sheet management.

Suresh has advised banks, governments, and other financial services organisations on all facets of risk management, and has acted as a second pair of eyes to assure the soundness and financial sustainability of client portfolios.

 Suresh is a ranking Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance & Accountancy. He has diverse interests including Indian Classical Music, Skydiving, P G Wodehouse, and Pink Floyd.

 

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Suresh Sankaran

Head of Model Risk Governance
Metro Bank

Suresh Sankaran is the Head of Model Risk, Validation, & Governance at Metro Bank, where he oversees all aspects of model risk and other risk-related governance. He advises on factors that senior management and Board should collectively consider when overseeing the bank’s model governance and risk management framework and policies. He is responsible for the independent validation of all bank models and is also accountable for regulatory liaison on all matters relating to model risk.  

Suresh has over 30 years’ experience in the realm of strategic consulting, compliance, audit, and risk management. He has held leadership roles managing several facets of risk management, most notably credit, liquidity, and balance sheet management.

Suresh has advised banks, governments, and other financial services organisations on all facets of risk management, and has acted as a second pair of eyes to assure the soundness and financial sustainability of client portfolios.

 Suresh is a ranking Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance & Accountancy. He has diverse interests including Indian Classical Music, Skydiving, P G Wodehouse, and Pink Floyd.

 

Panellists

Author:

Sébastien Burgess

Senior Principal Solutions Architect
Jupiter Intelligence

Seb Burgess is a Senior Principal Solutions Architect focused on solution implementation and project management.

Mr. Burgess is a Senior Principal Solutions Architect focused on solution implementation and project management and a subject matter expert on physical risk screening exercises for capital-intensive infrastructure operators and EMEA-based financial services clients. 

Prior to joining Jupiter, Mr. Burgess worked at Urbint, a utility field risk management company where he led product roll-outs and adoption strategies for a number of major US-based utilities. Mr. Burgess also worked at Carto, a spatial analysis and location intelligence company.

Mr. Burgess started his career in Mexico City as an environmental planner where he also founded his own cartography and data visualization company.

Mr. Burgess has a B.S. in Conservation and Natural Resources Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienburgess/

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Sébastien Burgess

Senior Principal Solutions Architect
Jupiter Intelligence

Seb Burgess is a Senior Principal Solutions Architect focused on solution implementation and project management.

Mr. Burgess is a Senior Principal Solutions Architect focused on solution implementation and project management and a subject matter expert on physical risk screening exercises for capital-intensive infrastructure operators and EMEA-based financial services clients. 

Prior to joining Jupiter, Mr. Burgess worked at Urbint, a utility field risk management company where he led product roll-outs and adoption strategies for a number of major US-based utilities. Mr. Burgess also worked at Carto, a spatial analysis and location intelligence company.

Mr. Burgess started his career in Mexico City as an environmental planner where he also founded his own cartography and data visualization company.

Mr. Burgess has a B.S. in Conservation and Natural Resources Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienburgess/

Author:

Adrien Firmenich

Founder
Quantifying Nature
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Adrien Firmenich

Founder
Quantifying Nature

Author:

Dr Claire Burke

Head of Science
Climate X

After completing a PhD in astrophysics, Dr Claire Burke turned her attention back to Earth to help solve the biggest challenges society has ever faced – climate change. She has more than a decade of interdisciplinary experience, bringing expertise from physics, computer sciences and natural sciences together to solve problems previously considered impossible.

 

Claire has worked at the Met Office and multiple universities, and has collaborated with large NGOs including the WWF and the Institute of Physics. Her work and ability to communicate science to a non-specialist audience has been recognised with awards from the IoP, the British Science Association and the UK Government.

 

Claire now leads the science team at Climate X where she develops quantitative climate risk solutions, based in robust science, which are geared specifically towards the finance sector.

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Dr Claire Burke

Head of Science
Climate X

After completing a PhD in astrophysics, Dr Claire Burke turned her attention back to Earth to help solve the biggest challenges society has ever faced – climate change. She has more than a decade of interdisciplinary experience, bringing expertise from physics, computer sciences and natural sciences together to solve problems previously considered impossible.

 

Claire has worked at the Met Office and multiple universities, and has collaborated with large NGOs including the WWF and the Institute of Physics. Her work and ability to communicate science to a non-specialist audience has been recognised with awards from the IoP, the British Science Association and the UK Government.

 

Claire now leads the science team at Climate X where she develops quantitative climate risk solutions, based in robust science, which are geared specifically towards the finance sector.

  • How to identify physical and transitional risks for the institution
  • Evaluating which events may be catastrophic and why
  • Understanding the impact to the portfolio and products
  • Assessing what the risk means for business and pricing strategies
Regulation and Reporting
Risk Frameworks, Strategy and Planning
Moderator

Author:

Simon Connell

Director
Baringa

Simon is an experienced professional in the field of sustainability and ESG, with more than a decade of experience in bringing together individuals to support sustainable outcomes across multiple settings, In particular, Simon is focused on supporting clients across banking and financial services firms as they integrate climate and sustainability into their strategy and operations. Simon is the former Chair of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, and of the University of Cambridge Banking Environment Initiative and Centre for Sustainable Finance.

 

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Simon Connell

Director
Baringa

Simon is an experienced professional in the field of sustainability and ESG, with more than a decade of experience in bringing together individuals to support sustainable outcomes across multiple settings, In particular, Simon is focused on supporting clients across banking and financial services firms as they integrate climate and sustainability into their strategy and operations. Simon is the former Chair of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, and of the University of Cambridge Banking Environment Initiative and Centre for Sustainable Finance.

 

Panellists

Author:

Gemma Clatworthy

Senior Manager
Monzo

Gemma Clatworthy is a senior manager at Monzo bank, responsible for strategic risk oversight and enterprise risk management frameworks.

Gemma has been part of Monzo’s sustainability journey since she joined in 2021. Within her current role, she oversees climate risk, making sure it is embedded in end-to-end risk management processes, and is responsible for the bank’s response to SS3/19.

Prior to joining Monzo, Gemma has over a decade of experience in a number of roles across risk and finance at Nationwide Building Society.

She holds an MBA from Henley Business School, is a qualified accountant, a certificant member of the Institute of Risk Management, and enjoys creating clarity from complexity by making risk simple to understand.

Next to her job, Gemma is a governor for a local school and is proud that the school recently received a green flag climate award. She also writes urban fantasy novels and children’s books in her spare time.

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Gemma Clatworthy

Senior Manager
Monzo

Gemma Clatworthy is a senior manager at Monzo bank, responsible for strategic risk oversight and enterprise risk management frameworks.

Gemma has been part of Monzo’s sustainability journey since she joined in 2021. Within her current role, she oversees climate risk, making sure it is embedded in end-to-end risk management processes, and is responsible for the bank’s response to SS3/19.

Prior to joining Monzo, Gemma has over a decade of experience in a number of roles across risk and finance at Nationwide Building Society.

She holds an MBA from Henley Business School, is a qualified accountant, a certificant member of the Institute of Risk Management, and enjoys creating clarity from complexity by making risk simple to understand.

Next to her job, Gemma is a governor for a local school and is proud that the school recently received a green flag climate award. She also writes urban fantasy novels and children’s books in her spare time.

Author:

Dr. Chandni Bhan

UK Head of Risk
Morgan Stanley

Dr. Chandni Bhan is Global Head of quant research and Model Risk, and Head of risk for UK for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Previously she held roles across the business as head of risk for MSIM EMEA, as well CRO for MSIM Ireland. She has more than 16 years of working in Finance, both in front office, as well as risk, with extensive buy side and sell side expertise. She earned her PhD in statistics & probability from Michigan State University, and as an experienced  data scientist and risk officer, she has pioneered analytical systems to build a proactive and forward looking risk function, embedded in the business, that ensures we drive risk prudent growth for our clients. She is a member of EMEA operating committee, risk leadership group, and several other committees globally including as the chair for the global investment management model risk committee.  She also hosts several diversity podcasts and webinars for the business and is passionate about building a culture of inclusion and innovation.

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Dr. Chandni Bhan

UK Head of Risk
Morgan Stanley

Dr. Chandni Bhan is Global Head of quant research and Model Risk, and Head of risk for UK for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Previously she held roles across the business as head of risk for MSIM EMEA, as well CRO for MSIM Ireland. She has more than 16 years of working in Finance, both in front office, as well as risk, with extensive buy side and sell side expertise. She earned her PhD in statistics & probability from Michigan State University, and as an experienced  data scientist and risk officer, she has pioneered analytical systems to build a proactive and forward looking risk function, embedded in the business, that ensures we drive risk prudent growth for our clients. She is a member of EMEA operating committee, risk leadership group, and several other committees globally including as the chair for the global investment management model risk committee.  She also hosts several diversity podcasts and webinars for the business and is passionate about building a culture of inclusion and innovation.

  • Staying on the right side of regulation
  • Avoiding reputational damage from perceived greenwashing
  • Determining what ‘green’ means
Regulation and Reporting
Beyond Climate Risk
Speaker

Author:

Alex Hindson

Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer
Argo

Alex Hindson joined Argo Group as the Chief Risk Officer in 2015 and his role was formally widened to recognize his leadership of the Sustainability and ESG programs in 2020.

He is responsible for Enterprise Risk Management across the Group as well as Capital Modelling , relationship management with credit rating agencies and purchasing of corporate insurances.

Previously he was the Chief Risk Officer of Amlin AG, the Swiss reinsurance operation of Amlin PLC, where he was responsible for the risk, compliance and legal functions across the Bermuda branch and Zurich operation. He had previously been the Head of Group Risk of Amlin PLC, responsible for the implementation of an enterprise risk management framework across the company in preparation for Solvency II.

Before this, Mr. Hindson was Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Aon Global Risk Consulting, where he was responsible for the consulting activities for ERM across EMEA. He was originally a chemical engineer and worked in a variety of roles at AstraZeneca, including engineering, manufacturing and risk management. Mr. Hindson is a Certified Fellow and past Chairman of the Institute of Risk Management. He holds an MSc in Environmental Management.

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Alex Hindson

Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer
Argo

Alex Hindson joined Argo Group as the Chief Risk Officer in 2015 and his role was formally widened to recognize his leadership of the Sustainability and ESG programs in 2020.

He is responsible for Enterprise Risk Management across the Group as well as Capital Modelling , relationship management with credit rating agencies and purchasing of corporate insurances.

Previously he was the Chief Risk Officer of Amlin AG, the Swiss reinsurance operation of Amlin PLC, where he was responsible for the risk, compliance and legal functions across the Bermuda branch and Zurich operation. He had previously been the Head of Group Risk of Amlin PLC, responsible for the implementation of an enterprise risk management framework across the company in preparation for Solvency II.

Before this, Mr. Hindson was Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Aon Global Risk Consulting, where he was responsible for the consulting activities for ERM across EMEA. He was originally a chemical engineer and worked in a variety of roles at AstraZeneca, including engineering, manufacturing and risk management. Mr. Hindson is a Certified Fellow and past Chairman of the Institute of Risk Management. He holds an MSc in Environmental Management.