March 21, 2006
Academic and Industry Professionals to Judge 2006 PRM Candidate of the Year Awards
The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) today announced the members of the review committee for the 2006 PRM Candidate of the Year Award. This committee, comprised of representatives from academia and practice, drawn from diverse geographies and industries, will select the five finalists for the 2006 PRM Candidate of the Year Award and will participate in the selection of the overall winner.
The review committee members include:
Oscar McCarthy, Risk Manager, Group Treasury, Lloyds TSB Bank, London, (Deputy Regional Director, PRMIA London)
Andrzej Kulik, Director, BRE Bank, Warsaw, (PRMIA Board of Directors, Regional Director, PRMIA Warsaw)
Hilary Till, Principal, Premia Capital Management, LLC, Chicago, (PRMIA Chicago Steering Committee)
Francois Bourdon, Quantitative Strategist, Fiera Capital, Montreal, (2004 PRM Candidate of the Year)
Tan You Leong, Risk Analyst, OCBC Bank, Singapore, (2004 PRM Candidate of the Year)
Rene Sanda, Treasurer, Banco do Brasil, New York, (2005 PRM Candidate of the Year)
Sunando Roy, Asst Adviser, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, (Regional Director, PRMIA Mumbai)
Karina Carrero, BRS Manager, Ernst & Young: Business Risk Services, Caracas, (Regional Director, PRMIA Venezuela)
Linda Kreitzman, Director, Haas School of Business, Berkeley, (PRMIA Academic Advisory Council)
Anastasia Marina, Principal Risk Consultant, SunGard Asia Pacific, Makati City, (Regional Director, PRMIA Philippines)
Elizabeth Sheedy, Associate Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, (PRMIA Academic Advisory Council)
Kalok Chan, Chair Professor and Head, Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School, Hong Kong, (PRMIA Academic Advisory Council)
Rudi Zagst, Professor, Munich University of Technology, Munich, (PRMIA Academic Advisory Council)
Ng Kah Hwa, Director, National University of Singapore, Singapore, (PRMIA Academic Advisory Council)
The nominees for this year’s award come from eleven different countries:
George Bonne, KLA-Tencor, San Jose, United States of America
Lise Estelle Brault, PSP Investments, Montreal, Canada
Tamara Burden, Milliman, Chicago, United States of America
Elizabeth Castagna, Fidelity International, Pembroke, Bermuda
Dominik Dersch, HypoVereinsbank Munchen, Munich, Germany
Michael Ege, Munich Re Group, Munich, Germany
Markus Hirschberger, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Asset Management, Munich, Germany
Kanat Khussainov, TuranAlem Securities, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Rafal Lerski, BPS S.A., Warszawa, Poland
Szilard Pafka, Paycom.net LLC, Marina del Rey, United States of America
Vishnu Ramachandran, Dun and Bradstreet Information Services India Private Limited, Thane, India
Heng Wee Tan, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore, Singapore
Michael Thiergen, HypoVereinsbank, Munich, Germany
Scott Warner, London, United Kingdom
Julian Wasik, Poznan University of Economics, Poznan, Poland
Ho Kei Yee, JPMorgan, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Guerman Zoubarev, Cascade Aerospace, Abbotsford, Canada
The winner of the PRM Candidate of the Year Award will be announced on April 24th at the 2006 Enterprise Risk Management Symposium in Chicago.
About PRMIA and the PRMTM
PRMIA is the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association. Formed in January of 2002, PRMIA is the premier meeting place of the risk profession with more than 60 chapters around the world and over 30,000 members from more than 165 countries. A non-profit, member-led association of professionals, PRMIA is dedicated to advancing the standards of the profession worldwide through the free exchange of ideas. PRMIA offers the only globally endorsed Professional Risk Manager (PRMTM) certification program, pursued by over 1,400 active candidates from more than 80 countries, more than any other risk certification program. More information can be found at www.PRMIA.org.
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March 16, 2006
Six Members Honored With 2006 PRM Focus Award of Distinction
The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) has honored six PRM certification candidates from 2005 with its Focus Award of Distinction.
The Focus Award of Distinction is given to risk managers achieving the top scores of all candidates in the world, on one of the required four exams of the PRM program during the prior calendar year. This is the third year the award has been given. The winners are:
Exam I - Finance Theory, Financial Instruments and Markets
Markus Hirschberger, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Asset Management, Munich, Germany
Exam II - Mathematical Foundations of Risk Measurement
Szilard Pafka, Paycom.net LLC, Marina del Rey, United States of America
Ho Kei Yee, JPMorgan, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Exam III - Risk Management Practices
Bartosz Balcerowicz, Accenture, Warsaw, Poland
Exam IV - Case Studies and Standards of Best Practice, Conduct and Ethics
Szilard Pafka, Paycom.net LLC, Marina del Rey, United States of America
Diane Reynolds, Algorithmics Inc., London, United Kingdom
“The PRM Focus Awards of Distinction recognize individual excellence in one of the fundamental areas of knowledge and understanding required to be a successful professional risk manager” says David R. Koenig, PRMIA’s Executive Director. "These winners were the top in the world and we draw special attention to the perfect score achieved on Exam II by both Ho Kei Yee of JP Morgan in Hong Kong and Szilard Pafka of Paycom.net LLC in Marina del Rey, California in the U.S.."
PRM candidates come from over 85 countries around the world, more than any other risk certification program. The PRM has been endorsed by leading university programs and businesses around the world as the global standard for risk management professionals.
Past winners are profiled at http://prmia.org/INDEX/cand-awards.php
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PRMIA Members Comment on US Senate Climate Conference White Paper
PRMIA members from 16 countries submitted comments for inclusion in a document that was provided to the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, in preparation for their Climate Conference.
Comments were made based on four questions posed in the Senate Committee's White Paper about design elements of a mandatory market-based greenhouse gas regulatory system. You can download the White Paper by clicking here.
The comments of PRMIA members have been assembled and submitted to the Senate. You can Download the Comments.
PRMIA provides the premier meeting place for ideas and people. We are very appreciative of the contributions that our members can make to important regulatory and industry issues.
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