January 2023 E-Newsletter
A Message from our Executive Director
Welcome to 2023!
We are pleased to announce that we have a full calendar of webinars and face-to-face events planned for 2023. Our popular monthly (and sometimes bi-monthly) events cover various key risk management topics.
As a member of RMA Australia, when you attend a webinar, you join 200+ risk colleagues for a one-hour session on a current topic with some of Australia’s most senior risk professionals. This includes the opportunity to ask questions in real-time. Our LIVE interactive webinar platform is one of the best ways to keep up to date with “hot” risk topics and thought-leading presenters.
In 2023 we will be surveying our members around their preference for face-to-face v webinar events. We encourage you to provide feedback and suggestions so that we can continue to deliver regular, quality events.
In addition to this, if you cannot attend a webinar, you can access the content via the Members Only section on our website. Here, you will find a library of content available to absorb at any time to further your professional development.
As a member, you also get access to the RMA Journal. The RMA Journal comes direct from the US and provides risk management news, practical ideas, and insights that give you a competitive edge and are designed to fit your needs wherever you are in your career.
This February, we will kick off the year with a webinar on FTX and Crypto Currencies – Where to From Here? Learn more about the event and our speakers below.
In March, we will be hosting our annual International Women’s Day (IWD) event hosted by Westpac on 8 March and a NEW! Webinar event on Geopolitical Risk on 21 March, hosted by ANZ.
Ensure that your RMA Australia membership is current to ensure you don’t miss out on any of these webinars and other events and register via our website.
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Richard Gilbert
Executive Director
Spotlight on…
This month we spotlight the speakers from our upcoming webinar on “FTX and Crypto Currencies – Where to From Here?”
Peter Deans – Former Chief Risk Officer, Creator & Founder – 52 Risks, Non-Executive Director, The RegTech Association
Peter Deans is a former Chief Risk Officer and retired from executive life in 2019, after a finance career of over 32 years. Peter is today an industry leading risk management and strategy advisor through his firm, Notwithoutrisk Consulting.
Peter is also currently Non-Executive Director of equities trading platform, Trade for Good and industry body, The RegTech Association. Peter is also an Advisory Board member of start-up companies, Your Financial Wellness and Humbli Money.
Peter was awarded Australian Banking & Finance magazine’s Chief Risk Officer of the Year award in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Christopher Flinos, CEO and Co-Founder, HAYVN
Christopher Flinos has been the Chief Executive Officer of HAYVN since 2019. Prior to this, Flinos had been Managing Director of Stirling Financial Services from 2013 to 2018. Before this, he was Head of Capital Markets at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank.
From 2007 to 2012, he served as a Director at Merrill Lynch, in the investment banking division. Flinos received a Bachelor of Laws from Latrobe University in 2004 and a B.A./B.Com from the University of Melbourne in 1999.
Paul Hewson, Head of Digital Assets, KordaMentha
Paul is a Director at KordaMentha and leads the firm’s Digital Asset practice.
Paul is a Chartered Accountant with over 14 years’ experience in informal and formal restructuring as well as distressed debt advisory and performance improvement.
Paul is currently leading the Voluntary Administration of FTX Australia and has recently completed the successful restructure of Digital Surge, an Australian-based cryptocurrency broker with 30,000 customers. Paul has a keen interest in NFTs, the emergence of CBDCs and the ongoing discussion around digital asset regulation.
James Myint, Partner, Stirling & Rose
James is Managing Partner at Stirling & Rose, Asia Pacific’s premier digital law firm. Previously, he was the Australian Head of a top tier law firm’s Digital Practice.
A finance and insolvency expert, he has significant local and global experience in high complexity ‘first of their kind’ transactions with a cross-jurisdictional focus, working in New York, Tokyo and Sydney.
He advises banks and financial institutions, specialising in Smart Legal Contracts, CBDCs, DeFi, digital investments and novel financings.
FEBRUARY
16 February 2023 I 4 – 5pm AEDT I FTX & Cryptocurrencies – where to from here? I Hosted by Peter Deans of Notwithoutrisk Consulting I Webinar
MARCH
8 March 2023 I 4 – 5pm AEDT I International Women’s Day I Hosted by Westpac I Webinar
21 March 2023 I 4 – 5pm AEDT I Geopolitical Risk I Hosted by ANZ I Webinar
