2024 Fundamental Risk Series
The Fundamental Risk Series is an exciting initiative that brings together senior risk professionals, including members of the RMA Australia Management Committee and serving group CROs, for a series of informative presentations delivered in a university-style lecture format. Each event within the series will delve into crucial aspects of risk functions, providing valuable insights and expertise to our members.
Following each presentation, a dedicated Q&A session will allow members to engage in open and insightful discussions. To ensure accessibility and continuous learning, live presentations and event recordings will be made available through our website’s dedicated member Risk Fundamentals Series section.
This series promises to be an invaluable resource for risk professionals looking to enhance their knowledge and stay informed about the latest developments in risk functions.
UPCOMING FUNDAMENTAL RISK SERIES WEBINAR
Topic: Risk Fundamentals – The CRO – Webinar
Date: 15th February
Time: 4 – 5pm (AEDT) I Webinar hosted by NGM Group.
Register: Risk Fundamentals – The CRO – Webinar
ABOUT THE WEBINAR:
The Chief Risk Officer in a financial services entity is one of the key roles at the apex of its human resource structure.
The role has evolved significantly in the last 20 or so years. For a financial services entity credit risk and financial risk are no longer the only critical matters overseen by the CRO. The role has expanded to include operational risk, digital risk compliance and regulatory risk, enterprise risk, cyber risk, climate risk, fraud and scam risk to name but a few of the nascent risk categories.
The Chief Risk Officer needs to be a multi skilled and talented individual to oversee effectively all of these risks.
How does the risk manager operate in this exceedingly complex and demanding environment?
What skills does the CRO need to do this job?
What human resource talent needs to be brought to the risk team, and how does a CRO build a risk team given limited available resources?
What are the day to day priorities of the CRO?
What is the optimal governance structure for the CRO to do the job?
What should be the key features of the relationship between the CRO and the CEO and the Board? What operating principles and practices work best?
During the presentation Guy Harding, CRO NGM Group, will draw on his vast experience as a CRO in a range of domestic and overseas settings.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Guy Harding, Chief Risk Officer, NGM Group
NGM Group’s Chief Risk Officer, Guy joined Newcastle Permanent in 2022 having spent the previous four years working in financial services with a fintech start-up, where he secured a full banking licence. His career covers time spent in London, Hong Kong and Sydney, in leadership positions across a variety of divisions in some of the world’s largest financial services institutions.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR: Sarah Tait, Senior Risk Manager, Customer and Corporate Services, Westpac
Sarah is a Senior Risk Manager at Westpac assisting the Operations and Customer Solutions teams to adhere to best practice on risk related matters. Sarah has 5 years of risk experience within both cyber and operational risk. She is part of the Emerging Risk Professionals Committee (ERPC), one of RMA Australia’s sub-Committees that aims to provide insight on topics through the eyes of a risk professional in the earlier stages of their career.
