Dr. Chris Marshall is Managing Director with SunGard Asia Pacific. He conducted a seminar "Advanced Credit Stress Testing and Scenario Analysis Seminar" at the Movenpick Hotel yesterday, Monday 23rd of March 2009. The seminar was attended by 27 managers from different banks in the Kingdom of Bahrain and from the Gulf.
It started with a welcome message by Mr. Robert Ainey, CEO of Bahrain Association of Banks (BAB)he said "This seminar is part of the services that BAB continues to provide to our members in Bahrain. We hold CEO luncheons and other events on topics of keen interest to the Kingdoms bankers".
Mr. Omar Taleb, SunGuard Market Manager Middle East added "I am very keen in bringing Risk Management "Best Practices" to the banking community in the Kingdom of Bahrain. We are delighted to work with BAB creating more awareness about stress testing as it became a top priority globally.
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Editor's Note:
Dr. Chris Marshall is a Managing Director with SunGard Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, he specialises in Enterprise Risk Management and Performance Measurement for banking and financial service customers in Asia. Chris works frequently with banks and other financial institutions to help them apply risk analytics and technology to comply with regulatory requirements, better manage their interest rate, market, credit and operational risks, optimize the capital usage, and ultimately build a better bank.
Dr. Marshall holds an M.A. degree in Physics from Cambridge University; an M.B.A. (specializing in Finance) from the University of Chicago; and a D.B.A. from Harvard Business School and was, for four years a Professor of Computing and of Finance at the National University of Singapore.
About SunGard
With annual revenue of $4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 50 largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.
About BAB
Established in 1979 by Ministerial Decree, the Bahrain Association of Banks is the professional association of banks in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In 2007 there were 94 members banks of the Society.
The Bahrain Association of Banks represents and advocates the interests of all the various licensed financial institutions in Bahrain and works closely with the Central Bank of Bahrain and other government authorities at the highest levels on issues of banking policy and regulation, as well as actively promoting Bahrain as an international financial centre.
The Association works on behalf of its members in many ways with the following objectives :
To represent and advocate the interests of the banking community in Bahrain nationally and internationally.
To promote Bahrain as an international financial centre of excellence overseas.
To work closely at the highest levels of government on banking policy and regulation affecting the banking and finance sector, in particular in cooperation with the Central Bank of Bahrain.
To assist in developing plans, proposals and strategies for the advancement of Bahrain's banking sector.
To provide a forum for member banks to meet and hold open discussions, through regular meetings, hosting of overseas delegations, creation of task forces, conferences, seminars and other professional gatherings.
For more information please contact:
Heyam Naif
Tel: 17823000
Email: eventsmgt@banksbahrain.org
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