Risk Management, PRMIA

December 29, 2007

PRMIA Appoints New Co-Regional Director to the Philippines Chapter

PRMIA announces today a new Co-Regional Director of the Philippines regional chapter. Eloisa Mariano joins the current Regional Director Sofia Ladores to lead the Philippines regional chapter. Eloisa is the Assistant Vice President and Head of Statistical Analysis and Market Risk Management Division/CRMG of UnionBank of the Philippines in Manila. She has been a member of PRMIA since October 2004.

PRMIA wishes Eloisa success in her new role.

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December 10, 2007

New PRMIA Chapter Vienna holds Kick-off Event

PRMIA is pleased to announce a new regional chapter in Vienna.

The chapter held a very successful kick-off event on December 3rd, 2007 at Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, with 60 risk professionals in attendance.

Vienna Regional Director Kurt Blecha started the evening with an overview of PRMIA and the Chapter’s main goals. Oscar McCarthy, Regional Director Amsterdam who attended as an international PRMIA representative, provided a global perspective of PRMIA as well as taking a more detailed look at PRM Certification. Key speaker Thomas Gross, Board Member and Chief Risk Officer of Bank Austria, discussed active portfolio management from a board members perspective. The second key speaker for the evening, Paul Kocher, Board Member and Chief Treasury & Chief Capital Markets Officer of Hypo Alpe Adria Bank International AG, presented on the risks for investors in the South Eastern region of Europe. Presenters and delegates attended a reception after the event, where members were able to socialize and network. The kick-off event set the standard high for the new chapter and members left with high expectations.

PRMIA would like to congratulate the Vienna chapter on the success of their first event!

Want to know more about what the Vienna chapter is doing? Edit your member profile and sign up to the chapter today!

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Welcome Sai Sireesh and Ed Dumas as New Regional Directors

PRMIA welcomes two new Regional Directors today!

Sai Sireesh will be joining Seth Shapiro as Co-Regional Director of the Seattle Chapter. Sai has been a very active member of PRMIA since 2003. He was the former Co-Regional Director of Singapore and is a member of the Regional Director Support and Standards Committee. Sai is the Director and Global Head of Risk Management and Compliance Strategy of the Financial Services Industry at Microsoft Corporation.

Ed Dumas is replacing Debbie Williams as Regional Director of the Boston Chapter. Ed has been a member of PRMIA since 2003 and is a very active Steering Committee member of the Boston chapter. He is also a volunteer on the Advisory Committee of the Global Event Series. Ed is the SVP & Director of Global Treasury Risk Management at State Street.

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