Speakers

2025 Faculty
Max Yu

Max Yu

Executive Director and Head of the US Markets and Quantitative Research Group for the Credit Division

Macquarie Asset Management

Robert Francis

Robert Francis

Senior Director FINRA Cybersecurity Group

FINRA

Joe Brennan

Joe Brennan

Chief Risk Officer

Vanguard

Richard Stein

Richard Stein

Chief Risk Officer

Citizens Bank

Steve Boras

Steve Boras

Head of model risk management & validation

Citizens Bank

Eugene Stern

Eugene Stern

Head of Market Risk Product

Bloomberg

Tony Brownlee

Tony Brownlee

President, Partner

Kingland

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry

Partner

Kingland

Ana De Sousa

Ana De Sousa

CEO

Agio Ratings

James Wise

James Wise

CISA

Riten Dixit

Riten Dixit

VP, Market Risk

FHLB Cincinnati

Vassil Konstantinov

Vassil Konstantinov

Lead Risk Specialist

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Vikram Haksar

Vikram Haksar

Deputy Chief Risk Officer

International Monetary Fund

Angela Filippopulou

Angela Filippopulou

Cyber Analytics Unit Security Consultant

FINRA

Vanessa Bopp

Vanessa Bopp

Senior Principal Investigator, Cyber-Enabled Fraud Unit

FINRA

Peter Marton

Peter Marton

Senior Director, Digital Identity, Compliance Advisory, and U.S. Policy, Fireblock / (fmr Deputy Superintendent of Virtual Currency | Research & Innovation Division, New York State)

Fireblocks

CJ Rinaldi

CJ Rinaldi

Chief Compliance Officer

Kraken

Thomas Simons

Thomas Simons

Chief Economist

Jefferies

Joseph Brennan

Joseph Brennan

Chief Risk Officer

Vanguard

Dom Totino

Dom Totino

Head of Risk, Investment Banking

Goldman Sachs

Stephanie Richard

Stephanie Richard

CRO

Ally Financial

Virgil Herring

Virgil Herring

Speaker, PGA Golf Tour Coach, Author

Tim Ayala

Tim Ayala

Chief Risk Officer

Pinnacle

Dan Nevins

Dan Nevins

Director, Warriors Speak

Wounded Warrior Project

Grigory Lunyakov

Grigory Lunyakov

Director, Head of Market Risk Management

Deutsche Bank

Emily Nachlas

Emily Nachlas

Chief Risk Officer

Western Alliance Bank

Kari L. Lewis

Kari L. Lewis

Senior Vice President, Sr RCA Manager – AML, Enterprise Financial Crimes Risk Management

US Bank

Spruille Braden

Spruille Braden

Enterprise Head of Operational Resilience

Prudential Global Investment Management

Jasmine Burgess

Jasmine Burgess

COO/CRO

Former Coinbase Asset Management/Chief Risk Officer of Blockstream Capital Partners and dual founder of Isogonal

Andrew Balter

Andrew Balter

Protective Security Advisor

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Ryan Lewis

Ryan Lewis

Cybersecurity Advisor

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Nicholas Christian

Nicholas Christian

Assistant Special Agent in Charge

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Shahab Khan

Shahab Khan

Head of Liquidity Risk

HSBC USA

Dov Haselkorn

Dov Haselkorn

Chief Operational Risk Officer

Former Capital One

Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith

Supervisory Special Agent

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Stu Hartwell

Stu Hartwell

President, (Huntsville)

Night Stalker Association

Ron Ratcliffe

Ron Ratcliffe

Managing Director, Portfolio

BlackRock

Rohan Ranadive

Rohan Ranadive

Chief Risk Officer, Head of Risk Management, Digital Assets

WisdomTree

Alex Cabrera

Alex Cabrera

Corporate Strategy and Strategic Planning

Western Alliance Bank

Jim Wadsworth

Jim Wadsworth

Head of Financial Risk Management

Western Alliance Bank

Kevin Ng

Kevin Ng

Western Alliance Bank

Christophe Rougeaux

Christophe Rougeaux

Global Head of Model and AI Risk Governance

TD

Felicia Reback

Felicia Reback

Head of Enterprise Risk Management

Western Alliance Bank

Lena Zakharova

Lena Zakharova

Executive Director, Credit and Compliance Model Validation

US Bank

Jonathan Liu

Jonathan Liu

Director, Balancesheet management and strategic initiatives

Royal Bank of Canada

Chris Ekonomidis

Chris Ekonomidis

Head of ERM

BNY

Tuncay Pekin

Tuncay Pekin

Head of Risk Management

MN8 Energy

Ketan Patel

Ketan Patel

Senior Policy Advisor and Head of Financial Markets Risk Analysis Financial Markets Group | Research Department

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Rafic Fahs

Rafic Fahs

Chief Model Risk Officer

Fifth Third Bank

Hariom Tatsat

Hariom Tatsat

Vice President, AI Quant

Barclays

Patricia Voight

Patricia Voight

EMD, CISO & Tech Risk Management

Webster Bank

Adam Enamli

Adam Enamli

Chief Risk Officer

General Bank of Canada

Beth D. Berenbaum

Beth D. Berenbaum

Director of Risk Assessment Officer and Compliance

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Tony Atanasoff

Tony Atanasoff

SVP, Executive Director, Market Risk Management

BOK Financial

Saad P. Aslam

Saad P. Aslam

Executive Vice President, Head of Credit Review

Citizens Bank

Evan Sekeris

Evan Sekeris

Chief Model Risk Officer

Former CapitalOne

Ash Majid

Ash Majid

Chief Risk Officer

FalconX

Ariye Shater

Ariye Shater

Managing Director

Barclays

Ron Cathcart

Ron Cathcart

Vice Chair, US Board Risk Committee

Natixis

Matthew Ferraro

Matthew Ferraro

Senior Counselor to the Secretary

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Simon Cox

Simon Cox

Chief transformation officer​

ServiceNow

Raina Oberoi

Raina Oberoi

Managing Director, MSCI Research

MSCI

Matt Connolly

Matt Connolly

Chief Risk Officer

Circle Banking

Nick Kotakis

Nick Kotakis

SVP, Global Head

Third Spring Global

Jon Kinderlerer

Jon Kinderlerer

Chief Risk Officer

Strategic Value Partners

Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos

Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos

Founder & CEO

Metrika

Che Guan

Che Guan

Principal Data Scientist

AllianceBernstein

Mircea Pigli

Mircea Pigli

Senior Vice President, Portfolio Risk Analytics Director

Fifth Third Bank

Shahed Shafi

Shahed Shafi

Head of Risk - Counterparty & Market Risk - Credit Trading - Stress Testing – Hedging

US Bank

Marvin Loh

Marvin Loh

Managing Director

State Street

Charlie Donovan

Charlie Donovan

Principal Economist

Impax Asset Management

Renée Berman

Renée Berman

Managing Director of Digital Assets

Former DTCC

Vaneet Chadha

Vaneet Chadha

Head of Risk Premia and AI research,

Franklin Templeton Investments

Noel Dixon

Noel Dixon

Chief Economist, VP Global Macro Strategist

State Street

Lu Chang

Lu Chang

Chief Risk Officer

Axonic Capital LLC

Vineet Gupta

Vineet Gupta

Managing Director, Head of Credit Analytics

BlackRock

Aleksey Leksanov

Aleksey Leksanov

Managing Director, Head of Model Risk Management

Mizuho

Nikolay Sapov

Nikolay Sapov

Senior Manager, Market Risk

BMO

Amirali Assef

Amirali Assef

Global Head of Investment Risk and Construction Solutions

Manulife Investment Management

Fadi Ajjour

Fadi Ajjour

Head of sales engineering

Murex

Rajeev Bamra

Rajeev Bamra

Head of Strategy, Digital Economy

Moody's

Chandrakant Maheshwari

Chandrakant Maheshwari

Model Risk Management

Flagstar Bank

Paul Wigham

Paul Wigham

Chief Risk Officer

Hippo Insurance

Rajat Baijal

Rajat Baijal

Professor, Head of ERM, Resilience

Columbia University

Yesha Yadav

Yesha Yadav

Profess of Law, Associate Dean

Vanderbilt University Law School

John Hill

John Hill

Professor, Model Risk

New York University

Sim Segal

Sim Segal

Professor, Model Risk, Finance

Columbia University

Frederic Siboulet

Frederic Siboulet

Professor

NYU

Ali Moghaddam

Ali Moghaddam

Chief Risk Officer

City National Bank of Florida

Duncan Wood

Duncan Wood

Editorial director

Risk.net

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