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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

Posted by dkoenig at March 16, 2006 08:55 PM

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