Registration

Opening Keynotes

H.E. Saif Hadef Al Shamsi, Assistant Governor, Financial Stability and Monetary Policy, Central Bank of the UAE

H.E. Hans Eichel, Cofounder, G20 & former Finance Minister, Germany

Regional Financial Stability and International Economic Reforms

• An incisive assessment of the state of financial stability in the Middle East today
• Leadership takeaways in successful financial reforms
• Taking stock of the balance sheets of the region's banks today

Panel
Luciano Jannelli, Chief Investment Strategist, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Joannes Francesco Mongardini, Group Chief Economist, Qatar National Bank
Said Al Shaikh, Group Chief Economist, National Commercial Bank

Chaired by Gordian Gaeta, International Resource Director, The Asian Banker and co-chaired by Christian Hunt, former prudential COO, Bank of England

Culture, Governance and Appetite – Is this Compatible with Capital Planning?
 
A case study view of embedding risk culture and appetite into the institution and linking it directly to growth strategy and the business unit. We also identify common areas of weaknesses in the current capital planning processes of Asian banks – including processes that are not sufficiently comprehensive, appropriately forward-looking or adequately formalised.

With David Millar, International Resource Director, The Asian Banker & former COO, PRMIA and Gordian Gaeta, International Resource Director, The Asian Banker

The Bank Management Games Opening Session

The Evolution of Banking Business Models and Financial Risk

How have current market conditions and increased regulatory burden changed the parameters between financial risk management and the banking business model? What are the tradeoffs in deciding between controls, profits and stewardship? What is the role that bankers and risk managers must define for themselves to maximise their relevance to regulation and business?

With AndreThibeault, Professor of Finance, Vlerick Business School & Chair, Risk Games

Introduction to the Risk Games Simulations & Overview of Simulations on Banking Models

With AndreThibeault, Professor of Finance, Vlerick Business School & Chair, Risk Games

Overview of Market Volatilities Simulation
An outline of the scenarios and factors to be accounted for in the simulation on volatility risk happening in the next session.

With AndreThibeault, Professor of Finance, Vlerick Business School & Chair, Risk Games

Overview of Risk Appetite and Capital Planning Simulation
An outline of the scenarios and factors to be accounted for in the simulation on risk culture and appetite and capital planning happening in the next session.

With AndreThibeault, Professor of Finance, Vlerick Business School & Chair, Risk Games

Dialogue on Blind Spots in Concentration Risk Management

Given the unique importance of concentration risks on both the lending and funding sides of the equations, how do GCC banks measure against the most up to date best practices for the region’s market conditions?

With Gordian Gaeta, International Resource Director, The Asian Banker

Building the World's Strongest Financial Institution

- What are the key milestones, successes and compromises in the journey to build a truly strong and robust financial institution?
- How do you put in place the operational risk transformation and an enduring risk culture to meet current requirements?
- Current bottlenecks in managing compliance and op risk - to what extent can GCC banks with a significant international footprint align global, extraterritorial and domestic regulatory themes and not compromise their own priorities?

Panel
Gilbert Kohnke, former Group Chief Risk Officer, OCBC Bank
Mohammad Mansour , Group Head of Compliance, Commercial Bank of Qatar
Nasser Paracha, Group Head of Audit, Fraud & Compliance, Mashreqbank
Waheed Rathore , Group Head of Compliance & AML, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Dialogue on Risk Games Strategies and Decision-making
This session features short presentations from the top teams on the leaderboard after the first two days of the programme. We ask these teams to explain their approaches and why they made the decisions they did.

With David Millar, International Resource Director, The Asian Banker & former COO, PRMIA 

Debrief Dialogue for Banking Business Models

With Andre Thibeault, Professor of Finance, Vlerick Business School & Chair, Risk Games 

DebriefDialogue for Market Volatilities
An interactive discussion with simulation participants based on the aggregated inputs and outcomes from today’s simulations.

With AndreThibeault, Professor of Finance, Vlerick Business School & Chair, Risk Games

DebriefDialogue for Risk Appetite and Capital Planning
An interactive discussion with simulation participants based on the aggregated inputs and outcomes from today’s simulations.

With AndreThibeault, Professor of Finance, Vlerick Business School & Chair, Risk Games