Programme - Day Two

• Overview of people risk
• People risk assessment framework
• The risk nervous system
• People risk management & mitigation
  

Horst Simon, Head of Operational Risk, EMIRATES BANK GROUP

• Establishing an appropriate governance and oversight regime
• Creating a common risk language
• Leveraging existing information
• Qualitative and quantitative aspects of operational risk
• Tying the framework components into a risk measure
• Analysis and Reporting
  

Shahab Syed, VP & Head of Operational Risk, ARAB BANKING CORPORATION

• Integrating operational risk management and business continuity management processes
• The challenges in developing robust business continuity and disaster recovery plans
• The technological challenges of resourcing remote back-up sites
• Dealing with the knock-on effects of external failures
• Importance of creating a business continuity culture through regular plan reviews
• What is the impact on financial institutions’ business continuity plans of the high concentration
  of businesses in a certain geographical area?
• Dealing with key-man risk

Sonia Singh, Business Continuity Manager, FIRST GULF BANK

• The role of corporate governance in developing operational risk systems
• Developing a effective due diligence programme
• Integrating AML policies into the overall risk framework
• Dealing with technology risk
• Reputational risk
• The challenges ahead
  

David Letts, Head of Risk Management, RIYAD BANK
Elie Chahwan, Head of Operational Risk, BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE
Horst Simon, Head of Operational Risk, EMIRATES BANK GROUP
Jamal Saleh, Head of Risk Management, COMMERCIAL BANK OF DUBAI
Other panellists to be confirmed