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The Risk Podcast will feature Financial Services industry Leaders from around the world operating in Risk, Compliance, or Analytics functions.
It will include a series of talks and discussions detailing the Journey to the Top of these industries, as well as Thought Leaders sharing Unique Insights, drawn from First-Hand Experience on the industry’s most Trending Topics.
We believe it is imperative that as a community, we share Ideas, Knowledge, Current Challenges, and Opportunities whilst Supporting and Inspiring Connection and Inclusion.
A series of talks with industry leaders sharing UNIQUE INSIGHTS and views on TRENDING TOPICS!
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EPISODE 1
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NICOLE SCHEPANEK
MANAGING DIRECTOR & PARTNER, BCG
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Nicole is a Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group.
Nicole is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences, as well as a university lecturer and business mentor.
In this episode Jermaine is joined by Nicole to discuss:
InsurTech
Digital distribution; how long it takes to implement and what insurers can do to expedite a transition into a more tech-led solution.
What proactive steps market-leading Insurers can take now to ensure they can keep up to speed with the Tech-lead Insurers coming into the market
The importance of inclusion and feedback to building successful teams.
Promoting diversity and inclusion, beyond gender, and what else can be done to bridge these gaps and encourage collaboration in a remote world.
EPISODE 2
VISHWAS KHANNA
PARTNER, AVANTAGE REPLY
Vishwas is one of the Partners at Avantage Reply, before joining Avantage Reply Vishwas was a Director at Deloitte UK.
Vishwas has a history of leading teams and complex risk transformations for wholesale, investment, retail challenger banks, and FinTechs in the UK and across EMEA.
In this episode Nader is joined by Vishwas to discuss:
What happened to Risk functions in 2020.
Climate Change - why is it so important right now and what are Financial Services firms doing about it.
Learnings from the experience of 2020, what are the key priorities for CRO’s in 2021
People dimension, collaboration, and inclusiveness - why are these fundamental factors to building a successful team, and how are these best achieved?
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EPISODE 3
NIRVANA FARHADI
GLOBAL HEAD OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REGTECH
PIONEER, AUTHOR, AND
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Nirvana is a thought leader, pioneer, author, keynote speaker, and recognized global influencer in the Regulatory Technology (RegTech) sector.
But most of all she is a teacher and advocate for humane ethical technology, and ensuring that we embed compliance by design at the development stage of technology to mitigate risk.
In this episode Nader is joined by Nirvana to discuss:
RegTech
The impact Covid had in accelerating the use of Regulatory Technology
Solving regulatory problems through the use of technology
Fraud, and is RegTech the only alternative available for financial institutions to comply with regulations effectively?
The purpose of diversity & inclusion
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EPISODE 4
JAMES YOUNG
HEAD OF COMPLIANCE AND
ENTERPRISE RISK
KANTOX
MARTIN WILSON
HEAD OF FINANCIAL CRIME
PARAGON BANK
Martin is the Head of Financial Crime at Paragon Bank Group and James Young the Head of Compliance and Enterprise Risk at Kantox.
Martin is a highly knowledgeable and experienced Financial Crime leader who has worked with the likes of Accenture, Barclays and comes from a MOD investigator background. Martin is also a business mentor and now a Podcast specialist!
James has worked at some interesting businesses and comes from an Insurance background but has gradually moved into the interesting world of FinTech. James is a speaker, mentor, volunteer, and now part of the Steering Committee member for RAW Compliance.
FinTech v Traditional Banking
Why are more and more customers choosing to move to FinTech banks?
What can traditional banks do to ensure they retain and increase their customer base?
Can you please tell us how 2020 has been from an MLRO’s perspective?
Financial Crime challenges for 2021?
(Banking / FinTech perspective)
From a mental health perspective, what else can businesses do to support their employees?
Throughout Covid, how have you both successfully managed to keep your teams engaged?
What skills and attributes do you look out for when hiring?
(Banking / FinTech perspective)
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EPISODE 5
TARIK ERK
DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Crypto.com
Tarik is currently a Director of Compliance and Government Relations for Crypto.com based in Singapore.
Tarik is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, member of ACCESS Singapore cryptocurrency and blockchain industry association, JD holder, and the founding member of SCAN (Compliance Association & Network of Singapore).
In this episode Jermaine is joined by Tarik to discuss:
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Where is the true value-added from Cryptocurrency?
Advice and tips for new investors
The future of regulation for cryptocurrency
Does Cryptocurrency need to be more regulated?
What are the main traits you look for when going through that hiring process?
Longer term challenges for the Cryptocurrency market
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EPISODE 6
NICOLA CRAWFORD
CHIEF RISK OFFICER (CRO),
Non-Executive Director | Board Advisor | Past Chair IRM | Founder WomeninRisk.org
Nicola is a highly accomplished/qualified Board-Level Global Risk & Compliance Leader with CRO/Head of Risk experience.
She is responsible for designing, driving, and implementing enterprise risk management frameworks from strategy, data, operations, and technology perspective, prudential risk, compliance, and operational business change to minimise corporate and commercial risk across multiple portfolios from small scalable businesses to multi-billion-dollar organisations across banking, healthcare, energy, government, asset/wealth managers and insurers.
In this episode Nader is joined by Nicola to discuss:
Operational Resilience
With many Financial Services firms going through some form of digital transformation – how can the risk arising from operational disruption be managed/ mitigated?
Climate Change Risk - what are some of the most important trends risk professionals need to be aware of?
ESG and Diversity in Risk
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listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcast from Thursday 18th March
EPISODE 7
ARIANE CHAPELLE
MANAGING PARTNER AT
CHAPELLE
RISK MANAGEMENT ADVISORY, TRAINING AND INSIGHTS
Ariane is the Managing Partner and Founder of Chapelle. A management consultancy comprised of experienced and passionate risk specialists, dedicated to providing clients its community with the best advisory and training services in operational risk and enterprise risk management.
In this episode Nader is joined by Ariane to discuss:
Chapelle has received the award “Best Risk Management Advisory & Training Firm – Europe”, at Finance Awards 2020! – what makes Chapelle the best?
Operational Resilience: what challenges remain for firms and regulators?
One of the Top 10 Operational Risks for 2021 was “employee wellbeing” – this replaced last year’s ops risk of 'Talent risk' – what is the development of this?
Remote Management of a Global Risk Management team
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EPISODE 8
SHILPA ARORA
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING DIRECTOR, EMEA
at ACAMS
Shilpa is an experienced business leader with a strong track record of success in financial crime prevention, risk and controls, large-scale business and technology transformation, strategic change execution, and business risk management in the financial services sector.
She is a former Head of Financial Crime Prevention at Barclays and Santander UK.
In this episode Nader is joined by Shilpa to discuss:
ACAMS and Shilpa's career journey
Advice to candidates wanting to move into financial crime
The three lines of defence model, how effective is this in mitigating financial crime risk?
The difference in the way banks apply the 3LOD model versus FinTechs and other non-financial institutions
The use of technology and AI
How is the culture of AML is evolving in regulated entities
Gender diversity in the financial crime prevention field
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EPISODE 9
TAAVI TAMKIVI
FOUNDER & CEO
at SALV
Taavi is the CEO and founder of Salv, a RegTech based in Estonia. Salv is an anti-money laundering platform built to help Banks and FinTech organisations fight Financial Crime.
Taavi has studied Data Science, Machine Learning, and Probability Theory, and has a decade long experience from building up AML and fraud solutions at Skype and TransferWise.
In this episode Jermaine is joined by Taavi to discuss:
What the AML platform offers to Banks and FinTechs
RegTech
AML Bridge Data Sharing Project
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
What can Banks and FinTech’s learn from the Cryptocurrency world?
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EPISODE 10 - coming soon...
NEW EPISODE EVERY WEEK
The Risk Podcast will host panel discussions and online events to keep the community connected.
Engaging in discussions as well as debating, and identifying new learnings and best practice
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