Live Webinar | August 4, 2020 @ 1pm
The Future of Risk Management – Career Advice & Market Insight From Industry Leading CROs
An interactive conversation with the world’s leading risk managers providing insight and advice to inform a successful career in risk.
Featuring:
Racim Allouani
Global Head of Risk & Portfolio Construction @ KKR
Josh Smith
CRO @ KLIM (former CRO @ Blackstone)
Mike Jemiolo
CRO @ Point72 Asset Management
Hosted by Dennis Grady Risk Talent Acquisition Expert | Spire Search Partners
In cooperation with Fitch Learning – Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF)
Overview
Mentorship and connections are vital to everyone’s success. Learning from industry leadership can provide a material boost to your career, so we’ve arranged for a series of Risk and Analytics leaders to spend time with you in an interactive, virtual roundtable where you can gain first hand insights and advice and ask some of your most pressing questions.
“Get on track for a leadership role in your company and industry.”
Tactically, you can learn the hard skills (coding, modeling, data visualization, etc), but strategically, how do you get on track for a leadership role in your company or industry? There’s not book or class that will teach you that – so we decided to connect our risk network with the leaders we’ve gotten to know.
Why Join?
Asset managers continue to merge, hedge funds have endured some of their most difficult years, banks are seeing the regulatory pendulum reverse and are shrinking their teams as they move into BAU and leverage more advanced automation as well as off shore talent. Simultaneously, new technologies, data and the computing power to leverage machine learning/AI techniques is increasingly available and posing opportunities like never before. Risk professionals need to adapt and evolve with purpose and direction, develop leadership skills and a strategic viewpoint that will keep them ahead of the curve and maximize their market value and career potential.
What You’ll Learn
Gain valuable insight and first hand advice from an interactive conversation with industry leading Risk Professionals.
Industry Insight & How The Risk Function Has Evolved
-How the speaker’s firm fits into the broader market
-Where the speaker’s firm and industry has evolved and where it’s headed
-What the future holds for risk management and its role in speaker’s industry
How Leaders Achieved Their Success
-How the speaker’s career has evolved over the years and how they got where they are now
-What specifically they attribute their own success to
-What mistakes they’ve made along the way, and you can avoid them
Advancing Your Career & Preparing For The Future
-What skills and characteristics these leaders look for when they hire and promote within their team
-What the right mix of soft and hard skills looks like and how to develop them
-Preparing for future success – what skill and characteristics will make risk professionals more marketable/valuable in the future and why
Our Experienced Speakers
We’ve arranged for a series of leaders in the risk and analytics world to spend some time with you in an interactive, virtual roundtable.
Racim Allouani – Global Head of Risk and Portfolio Construction @ KKR
Racim joined KKR in 2015 and oversees the Risk Management and Portfolio Construction efforts across KKR’s Public Credit, Private Credit and Special Situations businesses. Prior to his current role, Mr. Allouani had a similar responsibility in the Hedge Funds business. Prior to joining KKR, he spent five years at the hedge fund of Lombard Odier as a senior quantitative portfolio analyst and risk manager, covering equities and credit strategies. Prior to that, he was at fund of hedge funds Arden Asset Management in the portfolio optimization and risk management group. Mr. Allouani held previous positions at Deutsche Bank in equity research and Bank West LB in fixed income research. Mr. Allouani earned a M.A. in International Economics from Sciences Po Paris, a M.Sc. in Financial Engineering from Cornell University, as well as a M.Sc and Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Ecole Nationale des Ponts Et Chaussees.
Josh Smith – CRO @ Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (former CRO of GSO/Blackstone)
Josh was formerly Chief Risk Officer with GSO Capital (a division of Blackstone) where he worked from 2008 to 2019. At GSO he managed a team of 20 across Dublin and New York and was responsible for leading the firm’s Quantitative Portfolio Analytics, Portfolio Compliance and Risk Management efforts. Prior to GSO, he spent 10 years in technology designing, developing, and implementing financial systems for the corporate and public sectors. From 1994 to 1997 he was a calculus teacher at Delbarton School in New Jersey. Mr. Smith received a BS in Mathematics and Economics from Williams College and a Masters in Financial Engineering from Columbia University in 2008. He is a CFA charterholder.
Mike Jemiolo – CRO @ Point72 Asset Management
Mike joined Point72 after a more than 20-year career in trading and risk management. In his most recent role before Point72, Mr. Jemiolo held senior leadership roles in Risk Management at UBS, including Global Head of Market Risk for UBS Investment Bank and Chief Risk Officer for Global Equities. Previously, Mr. Jemiolo was a trader and portfolio manager of various asset classes including equity derivatives, convertibles, and FX options. Mr. Jemiolo began his career at O’Connor & Associates in 1989.Mr. Jemiolo received his S.B. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Stamford Family YMCA.
Event Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors for helping bring this great panel of experts together to further your knowledge and understanding of the world of risk.
