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Kate Boothroyd
United State of America.
Kate Boothroyd
Kate Boothroyd is the Director of KB Risk Consulting Limited, a risk management business based in the UK, and is an expert risk management consultant offering specialist risk management consultancy and training. Kate has particular expertise in project and corporate risk management, and has worked for major clients in the public, private and third sectors across a variety of countries and industries, including automotive, banking, construction, civil engineering, education, energy, housing, manufacturing, mining, nuclear, pharmachem, rail, oil and gas and utilities.
Kate has been an active member of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) since 1992, serving as a Director from 1999-2003 and Deputy Chairman between 2002-2003. She achieved Fellowship of the IRM in 1996 and become a Certified Fellow in 2016, entitling her to the designation of CFIRM.
Kate is one of the IRM’s accredited presenters of the two-day ‘Fundamentals of Risk Management’ (FoRM) course based on ISO 31000, as well as other training courses, such as the ‘Project Risk Management’ course, based on the Association for Project Management PRAM Guide, the Running Effective Workshops, Risk Management Masterclass and Risk Appetite and Tolerance. She also co-developed and delivers ‘blended learning’ to students of the IRM’s ERM International Certificate and is the Lead Developer in the current update of the ERM Certificate material. In addition, Kate is the Lead Examiner for the Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) on their Risk Management module.
Tunde Popoola
Nigeria
Dr. Ahmed Tunde Popoola
Dr. Tunde Popoola is the GMD/CEO of CRC Credit Bureau and has over 30 years’ private and public sector experience in the Nigerian economy. As the Executive Director/CEO of Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA), he championed the cause of entrepreneurship and self-employment. He has extensive and robust experience in banking operations, finance, planning and strategy, customer service, product development, risk management, and ventures.
Dr. Popoola holds a doctorate degree in Finance from WITS Business School, University of The Witwatersrand, South Africa, and he is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), and seven other professional bodies. He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Wharton Business School.
Dr. Popoola holds several awards and recognitions especially for his role in entrepreneurship, business management, finance, and youth empowerment.
Maren Egedorf
USA
Maren Egedorf
Maren Egedorf is Associate Professor at Metropolitan University College’s Emergency and Risk Management Program in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Maren has 20 years of experience in international program management and communication. She has extensive international experience, having worked and lived abroad for more than 10 years. Maren currently lives in Denmark, where she is originally from. Her professional experience spans academia, the United Nations’ World Food Programme, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, the private sector, as well as consulting with international development companies, Danish Non-Government Organisations and the United Nations.
Maren has extensive experience in disaster risk reduction, public sector risk management, food and nutrition security analysis, early warning systems, and evaluation. Maren’s current research interests include social sustainability, social risk leadership. Additionally, she has extensive experience in cross-cultural team building and leadership, successful negotiation techniques, and risk education enhancement
Olayinka Odutola
Nigeria
Olayinka Odutola
Olayinka Odutola is a Professional Banker with about 3 decades experience. This cuts across Enterprise-wide Risk Management (ERM) & Basel Accord Framework Design & Implementation, Credit Risk Management, Credit Policy, Credit Culture, Risk Research & Training, Marketing and Business Development, Branch, zonal and Regional Management, Banking Operations, Customer Relationship Management, Audit, Inspection, Collections and Loan Recovery / special Asset Management in banks. He also had a brief stint in the Mortgage Banking Industry and extensive experience in the Micro Finance sector.
He was at various times the Chief Inspector, Head, Loan Workout Group, Head, Enterprise Risk Management, Regional Manager, Area Business Executive, Branch Manager, Head of Banking Operations and Head, Credit Policy & Culture / Head, Research & Training in his banking career.
He is:
✅ A Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria FCIB
✅A Fellow, Association of Enterprise Risk Management Professionals FERP
✅A Fellow, Certified Training Professional of the Finance FCTP
Accreditation Agency, FAA, MALAYSIA
✅A full Member, Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered) MNIM
✅An Associate, Institute of Capital Market Registrars ACMR
✅An Associate, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators ACIArb
✅An Associate, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria ACIPM
✅An Associate, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria ANIM
✅An Associate, Certified Pensions Institute of Nigeria ACIP
✅Member International Association of Risk & Compliance Professionals IARCP
✅Member, Global Association of Risk Professionals GARP
He also recently (MAY 2019) completed and PASSED the examination leading to the award of the following global certifications in Accountancy.
✅Associate, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, CIMA UK ACMA
✅Associate, Chartered Global Management Accountants CGMA
He also possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Management, (BSc,) Masters in Business Administration (MBA, OAU, ILE IFE), Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD, UNIJOS) and a Masters in Finance (MSc, COVENANT UNIVERSITY).
He is currently studying towards a PhD in Finance at the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
He:
✅Is currently a Member of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN. In addition he:
✅was a Chief Examiner of Principles and Practice of Risk Management, a subject in the professional examination stage of the foremost banking Institute, the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria CIBN and currently an examiner in the MFI (MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GROUP) where he also specializes in PPRM (Principles and Practice of Risk Management). He was also an examiner in the Microfinance banking examination of the Institute CIBN
✅Is a faculty member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers CIBN, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers CIS and Association of Enterprise Risk Management Professionals AERMP, among the major professional bodies in Nigeria
✅was a member of CBN – CIBN Project team that worked on FSS 2020 (Financial System Strategy 2020) blueprint aimed at developing and transforming Nigeria’s financial sector into a growth catalyst and engineering Nigeria’s evolution into an international financial center.
✅was selected as one of the judges of Nigerian Risk Awards 2014, alongside top international and local Risk experts and became the Co-Chair Nigerian Risk Awards 2016-2018
✅has trained a great number of employees of Nigerian Banks, Insurance, Pensions, and the capital market (including the regulators CBN, NDIC, NAICOM, PENCOM, SEC, NSE) and AMCON, and professionals in the Non – Financial sectors, on various aspects of risk management. His exploits in risk management training and capacity building has also taken him beyond the shores of this country to UK, USA (New York City, Chicago, Alabama (Birmingham) and Ghana.
✅is one of the very few outstanding professionals (the first set) given Practice License & Seal by CIBN to consult in the field of Banking, Finance & Allied Matters, the first in the history of Africa.
✅is a regular commentator (through the print media and television) on macroeconomic issues and policies of the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Monetary Policy formulation by the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN.
✅was a regular columnist (on Risk Management) with the Business World Newspaper.
✅was a columnist on Banking & Finance in the Vanguard Newspapers.
✅Is a SMEDAN (Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria) certified trainer & a regular speaker at various entrepreneurship & business gathering, wealth/job creation seminars and workshops, both in the formal and informal sectors of the economy.
✅Participated in the first and only GARP (Global Association of Risk Practitioners) Train the Trainer course held in conjunction with CIBN, 2013.
Sectorial Categories Judges
Peter Young
UK
Peter Young
Professor Young holds the 3M endowed chair in international business at the Opus College of Business, University of St Thomas, and held the EW Blanch senior chair in risk management at the same establishment from 1994 to 2011. He was co-creator of the University’s actuarial science programme, which in 2011 received recognition as a Centre for Actuarial Excellence, and serves as its principal adviser. Professor Young has written extensively on the subject of risk management, and is recognised internationally for his work in both the public and private sectors.
Rico Ferrarese
USA
Rico Ferrarese
Mr. Ferrarese was senior strategic risk manager at LEGO Group, where he worked as a strategist 2007-18.
After leaving LEGO in 2018 he has had several c-suite position as CFO and COO in various international companies but always with link to risk management.
Mr Ferrarese has extensive international experience implementing global projects and change programmes.
Mr. Ferrarese holds an MSc in strategic planning and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Soji Apampa
Nigeria
Soji Apampa
Mr. Soji Apampa is co-founder of The Integrity Organisation Ltd. Gte (1995). He has been actively involved with the designing, resourcing and supervising of programme implementation that has helped to make the policy of “empowering people, their transactions, systems and institutions against corruption” relevant to Nigeria. At Integrity, he was one of the initiators of the Convention on Business Integrity (CBI), a project launched in Lagos in 1997 to foster ethical business practices, openness, and fair competition in both the private and the public sectors.
Mr Apampa is the Project director on the supported MacArthur project Promoting Corruption Prevention in the Private Sector (2018-2021) a Department for international development (DFID) supported project Strengthening Citizens Resistance Against the Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C)to cover interventions that seek to promote Integrity, honesty and transparency in the private sector.
His work experience covers training, research, consulting and management in the private and public sectors and civil society.
Oby Ugboma
Nigeria
Oby Ugboma
Oby Ugboma is a Governance, Risk and Compliance expert and is currently the Chief Risk Officer of FSDH Holding Company Limited, a financial conglomerate with banking, capital markets and pension subsidiaries. Oby leads the ERM function and is responsible for ERM implementation as well as the formation, evaluation and execution of corporate, business and operational strategy. Prior to FSDH, Oby was the Chief Risk officer and Managing Director, Risk and Compliance, of Chapel Hill Denham, a leading Africa focused Investment Banking group.
She has extensive experience within financial services organisations in Nigeria and the UK where, prior to relocating, she was the EMEA Head of Operational risk and an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Worldwide securities services in London. In addition to risk management, Oby is passionate about early stage investing and is a member of Rising Tide Africa, an all-female Angel investor network. She is keenly interested in financial education and writes a blog (www.theidio.com) that provides practical personal financial advice. She is a speaker in both personal finance and risk management which she tries to demystify through sharing hands on experiences.
Oby holds a BSc (Hons) in Biotechnology from Imperial College London as well as the dual award of BSc(Hons) Financial services / Associateship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, from the London Institute of Banking & Finance. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and is a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals where she holds the FRM (Financial Risk Manager)designation.
Special Categories Judges
John Thirlwell
USA
John Thirlwell
Mr John Thirlwell FCIB (UK), is an internationally renowned speaker and writer on operational risk, risk management and governance. With over 30 years’ experience in financial services, he has represented several banking and insurance companies at board level as an executive or non-executive director. He was a director of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), helping to negotiate the current operational risk regulatory framework for banks, and founded and chaired the BBA’s Global Operational Loss Database. Mr Thirlwell has chaired the UK Financial Services and Insurance Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and has contributed to advisory groups on risk and operational risk for the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority, the Financial Services Skills Council, the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment and the Lloyd’s Market Association. He graduated from the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of the Institute of Operational Risk and the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
Ibiene Okeleke
Nigeria
Ibiene Okeleke
Mrs Ibiene Okeleke holds an Advanced Human Resources Executive Degree from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, a Master Degree from IESE Business School, University of Navarra Spain and obtained a Bachelors’ degree in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from the University of Lagos. She has also completed a Strategic Human Resource Training course at Harvard Business School and she is a certified Prince 2 Practitioner.
Ibiene has over 20 years’ on-the-job experience, she is a Career Coach and she is passionate about people development, continuous learning Youth Empowerment and Career Development Programs, she encourages and inspires higher productivity in the workplace.
Prior to her appointment as the Managing Director of Energy Training Center the Learning Academy of the Sahara Group focusing on the Power Oil & Gas sectors, Mrs Ibiene Okeleke was the Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer of Ikeja Electric, a role she took over after the privatization of the power sector, prior to that she was the Group Head of Human Resources at the Sahara Group.
George Clark FIOR
France
George Clark FIOR
Mr. Clark is a past Chair of the Institute of Operational Risk, now part of the global Institute of Risk Management, and was one of the founding members in 2004. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Operational Risk and the Chartered Institute of Bankers and is a Chartered Banker. He has over 40 years experience in the financial services sector leading both business and risk functions at senior leadership level. Previous experience also includes membership of; the Council for the UK Payments body, APACs, the APAC’s Credit Card Committee, the British Bankers Association Gold Operational Risk Loss Database and as a previous Non Executive Director for VOCA and Mastercard UK. As an independent consultant since 2007 he has advised some of the industry’s leading financial services firms on risk and compliance issues in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Netherlands and the UK. Mr Clark holds a Masters Degree in Risk Management.
Debite Victoria Olu
Nigeria
Debite Victoria Olu
Ms Debite Victoria Olu holds a BSc. in Health Education from the prestigious University of Lagos and HND, Environmental Health from Lagos State College of Health and Technology, Yaba, Lagos. She has gained her experience from the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Health (Directorate of Occupational Health & Safety) and currently Lagos State Safety Commission as Head Construction & Technical Unit. She is an astute Occupational Health & Safety professional following trainings garnered over the years. Ms. Debite Victoria is a member of Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), and Environmental Health Officer Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON).