Dr. Jimenez was nominated to lead the chapter by the new PRMIA Paris Steering Committee. Steering Committee members include:

PRMIA seeks to serve its members through promoting standards and education in the risk management profession and through promoting the free exchange of ideas. Local chapters like PRMIA Paris host free meetings that address the needs of the local risk management community. PRMIA also offers the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) program at five testing centers in France, including three in Paris and will be hosting its inaugural European Summit in Paris on April 7^th where Jean-Claude Trichet, Governor of the Banque de France, will open the day.

"PRMIA has been seeking a candidate of the highest caliber to serve the important financial center of Paris. We are extremely pleased that Christian will be filling this role and that he has such a strong Steering Committee to support efforts to connect risk managers in France," said David R. Koenig, Chair of PRMIA’s Board of Directors.

"PRMIA Paris will be active in raising awareness about PRMIA in France, promoting professional development through the PRM program, launching working groups and generally seeking to advance risk management in France," said Dr. Jimenez.

Christian Jimenez is the Chief Risk Officer for Compagnie Financière EULIA in Paris and has served in that position since January of 2002. Prior to that he has been the Chief Investment Officer of CNCEP (Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne et de Prévoyance), the CEO of SURASSUR, the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Caisse d’Epargne Group and has held positions with BNP and the Banque de France. He is the past Chairman of AFGAP (Association Française des Gestionnaires d’Actif-Passif), a French ALM society. He has his PhD in Economics and from 1979 to 1984, was an Economics Professor at Paris University.

PRMIA is the Professional Risk Managers' International Association. Founded in 2002, PRMIA currently has 36 chapters around the world, and over 5,200 members in more than ninety-five countries. PRMIA is a tax-exempt, non-profit, member-led association of risk professionals dedicated to the advancement of the profession worldwide through the free exchange of ideas about risk management. More than 10,000 attendees are expected at free PRMIA events around the world in 2003, making it both the risk industry's fastest-growing professional association and its most active.