April 28, 2006
Over 600 Attend PRMIA/SOA/CAS Enterprise Risk Management Symposium
Risk professionals from insurance, banking, energy, asset management, hedge funds and non-financial corporations joined academics and other thought leaders at the 2006 Enterprise Risk Management Symposium in Chicago this week. Over 600 people participated in this, the fourth annual event.
The event featured five streams and several general sessions. The general sessions featured insights from the following:
Geoff Kates, Chair, Board of Directors, PRMIA
Andrew Naughton, CRO, The Options Clearing Corp.
John Hele, CRO, ING Group
Dan Rodriguez, MD of Market Risk Management, Morgan Stanley
James Lam, co-Chair, PRMIA Education and Standards Committee
Dennis Chookaszian, Retired Chairman and CEO of CNA,
Rowland Fleming, Vice Chair, EDC and Chairman, Risk Management Committee
William Hogan, CEO of the Hogan Group
Reuben Hedlund, Partner, Hedlund & Hanley
Prakash Shimpi, Towers Perrin
Raj Singh,CRO, Allianz AG
Thomas C. Wilson, Deputy CRO, ING Group
Andrew Smith, Deloitte & Touche, London
Along with highly valuabel insight delivered in five detailed streams in the following areas:
Latest Developments in ERM
Risk and Capital Management
ERM Throughout the Economy and the Globe
Risk Measurement Issues
Advanced Topics in ERM
PRMIA thanks its sponsors, Teradata, the Haas School of Business MFE Program, Axiom Software Labs and McKinsey for their support through PRMIA of this event.
Presentations and recordings of the sessions are being added to the ERM Symposium Website regularly.
Next year's event is being planned for late March in Chicago, so block your calendar now. This is the top ERM event globally and is not to be missed.
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April 11, 2006
PRM Candidate of the Year Finalists and Award of Merit Winners Named
April 11, 2005 – The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) today announced the winners of the 2006 PRM Award of Merit and the finalists for the 2006 PRM Candidate of the Year Award.
The finalists for the PRM Candidate of the Year Award were selected by a committee of academic and professional leaders from around the globe based on their performance on the exams of the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certification program and their responses to a set of essay questions about risk management. The finalists named today are:
Elizabeth Castagna, Fidelity International, Pembroke, Bermuda
Dominik Dersch, HypoVereinsbank Munchen, Munich, Germany
Heng Wee Tan, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore, Singapore
Rafal Lerski, BPS S.A., Warszawa, Poland
Michael Thiergen, HypoVereinsbank, Munich, Germany
In addition to naming the finalist for the 2006 PRM Candidate of the Year Award, PRMIA announced that the following holders of the PRM designation have been awarded
the 2006 PRM Award of Merit for their performance on the exams of the program:
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
Michael Ege, Munich Re Group, Munich, Germany
Markus Hirschberger, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Asset Management, Munich, Germany
Kanat Khussainov, TuranAlem Securities, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Szilard Pafka, Paycom.net LLC, Marina del Rey, United States of America
Vishnu Ramachandran, Dun and Bradstreet Information Services India Private Limited, Thane, India
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 committee members who selected the finalists 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 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 1,600 active candidates from more than 85 countries, more than any other risk certification program. More information can be found at www.PRMIA.org.
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April 06, 2006
PRM Exam Volume Sets Record in March
During the month of March, nearly 200 PRM exams were administered worldwide, an increase of 130% from last year. For the first quarter of 2006, PRM exam volume has increased by 95% on a year-over-year basis.
The PRM continues to grow in stature as the top certification program for risk managers globally with more than 1,600 active candidates in 85 countries.
The PRM also remains the only certification program for risk managers to have received the formal public endorsements of leading university programs and leading businesses worldwide.
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