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September 16, 2006
Meet the Leaders of PRMIA New York
The PRMIA Board has named James Tunkey, Chief Operating Officer of I On-Asia to lead the PRMIA New York chapter in the Regional Director role. James is the driving force behind the expanded membership offerings announced to members and looks forward to leading the initiative to even further enhance the way in which PRMIA serves the New York risk community.
James has been placed in this role to provide clear leadership in achieving the goals of the chapter and will enjoy the support of a stong steering committee that provides advice, counsel and assistance to how the chapter serves you.
The committee members include:
* Mark Abbott, Managing Director, Quantitative Risk Management, Guardian Life
* William Ding, Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, DB Zwirn & Co., LLP
* Jotaro Hamada, Managing Director, Citigroup
* Desiree O'Niell, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young, LLP
* Navin Sharma, Vice President, Director Risk Management, OppenheimerFunds
* Colin Telmer, Head of Funding and Liquidity Risk Management, Lehman Brothers
* Chris Whalen, Managing Director, Institutional Risk Analytics
This is an excellent committee to fulfill its mission of service to our members. It is also one well structured to recognize and effectively utilize New York's unique place in the world's financial markets to serve our members both in New York and globally.
James Tunkey was the former Regional Director of PRMIA Hong Kong chapter before joining PRMIA New York as Regional co-Director. He has moderated discussions at the PRMIA-FOW Risk Seminar, facilitated meeting logistics and is leading local chapter educational efforts.
Mark Abbott is a founding member of the PRMIA New York chapter and PRMIA Board member. He has produced many NY chapter meetings as well as the annual ERM Symposium in Chicago.
William Ding was formerly Regional co-Director of PRMIA Boston and is helping produce a PRMIA Insurance Risk event in Beijing this October.
Jotaro Hamada was previously a leading force in the PRMIA Washington DC chapter steering committee and facilitated meeting logistics.
Desiree O'Niell is a founding PRMIA New York steering committee member, was recently named Chapter Secretary and has facilitated meeting logistics.
Navin Sharma has been actively involved in local investment risk forums and facilited logistics for the recent Pension Risk meeting.
Colin Telmer is a founding PRMIA New York Steering Committee member and has produced and moderated Liquidity Risk meetings as well as facilitated meeting logistics.
Chris Whalen actively produces a PRMIA weblog on timely topics and has moderated discussions at the PRMIA-FOW Risk Seminar and produced the recent Complex Structured Financial Transactions meeting. He is Chair of PRMIA's Speakers' Bureau subcommittee and is supporting the growth of the PRMIA Washington DC chapter through his many connections in the area.
Many people have contributed to the success of service to PRMIA New York members to-date and we thank those volunteers, speakers and supporters who have helped us to get to this point. We wish to recognize Noelle LeCann for her service as past Regional Director and Regional co-Director with James while the new service plan was being developed.
We look forward to reaching an even higher level of service that members expect from PRMIA New York. Read more about the 2007 initiatives to serve local members.
Posted by dkoenig at 01:14 PM
September 14, 2006
PRMIA New York Announces Expanded Member Program in 2007
New York, September 14, 2006 - The New York Chapter of the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) has today announced an expanded set of membership offerings for 2007.
Included in the program for 2007 are four full-day forums dedicated to cutting-edge examination of key issues and industry trends as identified by the New York chapter leaders and members:
* The PRMIA Frontiers in Credit Forum - February 16, 2007
* The PRMIA Technology Expo - June 12, 2006
* The PRMIA Operational Risk and Capital Allocation Forum - September 13, 2007
* The PRMIA Hedge Funds and Proprietary Trading Risk Management Forum - November 14, 2007
In the year and a half ahead, PRMIA New York also intends to increase the number of "C-Suite" events for our senior-most members. These invitation-only events will be limited to 20 executives or less, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, best practices, and concerns peer-to-peer.
The chapter will additionally host a variety of other special events, partner conferences, and evening meetings on subjects like Complex Structured Financial Transactions, Pension Risk, Political and Emerging Market Risk, Environmental Risk and many more. From April 18-20, PRMIA is pleased to co-organize the 2007 Investment Symposium with the Society of Actuaries and PRMIA New York looks forward to hosting a joint event with the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE) early in the new year.
"New York is home to the world's thought leaders in risk. We are fortunate to have these leaders as our members, volunteers, and sponsors," said James Tunkey, Regional co-Director for PRMIA New York. "This forward programming reflects a strategic decision to grow with our membership. More regular C-Suite meetings hosted by PRMIA's member-led non-profit organization will provide new opportunities for leaders to generate and exchange views on risk. Larger events on topics of broadest interest will enable the chapter to deliver a wider set of perspectives than is possible to relay during our traditional evening briefings. Our sustaining members and chapter supporters are certainly going to benefit."
In addition to the offerings above, the PRMIA Institute, a partnership between PRMIA and leading university programs around the world, will expand its course offerings in New York, featuring an eight-part Complete Course in Professional Risk Management with the faculty of the Columbia Business School, it's highly popular Credit Derivatives course and new subjects as are demanded by the profession.
"We're very pleased with the leadership that James Tunkey has brought to the New York chapter and to support growing service to PRMIA members in the New York area," said David R. Koenig, Executive Director of PRMIA. "What we see in this program is the best of what can be developed through the local chapter and our global partnerships, serving the long-run interest of our membership."
The next events in the New York area are:
October 10, 2006 Economic and Asset Return Expectations
October 17-18, 2006 PRMIA Institute Credit Derivatives Course (SOLD OUT)
December 5, 2006 Risk Year in Review
PRMIA New York has over 4,000 members from the New York area and nearly 9,000 PRMIA members worldwide who subscribe the chapter's news and events.
Posted by dkoenig at 12:31 PM | Comments (0)
PRMIA Institute Credit Derivatives Course Reaches Capacity
The PRMIA Institute Course on Credit Derivatives in New York this October has accepted all of the students that we can take for this session.
Delegates to the course include representatives from leading firms in the New York area, including:
* The Federal Reserve Bank of New York
* MetLife
* ING Investment Management
* GE Asset Management
* AIG Global Investment Group
* TIAA-CREF
* Bank Hapoalim
* Barclays Capital
* QuiC Financial Technologies
* SunGard Adaptiv
* LaBranche Structured Products, LLC
and more. Delegates are traveling to New York for this event from firms like:
* BP
* Fannie Mae
* Banco de la Republica - Colombia
* Deloitte & Touche
* National Bank Financial Inc.
PRMIA Institute intensive courses are strictly limited in class size to ensure personal interaction with the instructor.
Delegates who had hoped to participate in this course may consider registering for the same course in Toronto, November 8-9, 2006. We will also look to repeat the course in New York early in 2007.
If you are intersted in attending the course in Toronto, please note that the discounted registration for the course will expire September 30th.
The PRMIA Institute and Columbia Business School also offer a series of eight course groups, forming a Complete Course in Professional Risk Management, which will be offered beginning in January 2007. For more information on this program, please click here.
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