The Focus Award of Distinction is given to risk managers achieving the top scores of all candidates in the world, on one of the four required exams of the PRM program during the prior calendar year. This is the fourth year the award has been given. The winners are:
Exam I - Finance Theory, Financial Instruments and Markets
Etienne Parent, PowerAdvocate, Boston, United States of America
Exam II - Mathematical Foundations of Risk Measurement
Kristian Greisen, Nykredit Bank, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ing Chian Ching, CCA Strategies, Atlanta, United States of America
Konstantin Zukker, Algorithmics, Toronto, Canada
Sau Kei Li, HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings Limited, Hong Kong
Yiu Kei Cheung, Hong Kong
Grzegorz Gawron, Lehman Brothers, London, United Kingdom
Exam III - Risk Management Practices
Xuan Kong, NEUROMetrix Inc, Waltham, United States of America
Exam IV - Case Studies and Standards of Best Practice, Conduct and Ethics
Saleem Husain, Citigroup Investment Bank, New York, United States of America
"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 scores achieved on Exams II and IV by this year's winners."
PRM candidates come from over 95 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 online.
About PRMIA and the PRM
PRMIA is the Professional Risk Managers' International Association. A non-profit, member-led organization, PRMIA is dedicated to advancing high global standards of risk management through dialog and collaboration. PRMIA has over 40,000 members in 60 chapters and more than 175 countries around the world. PRMIA offers the only globally-endorsed Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certification program. Over 1,900 candidates in more than 95 countries are currently pursuing the PRM designation, more countries than any other risk certification program. More information can be found at www.PRMIA.org.
