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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!

Posted by kgittins at December 10, 2007 09:51 PM

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