- How to identify physical and transitional risks for the institution
- Evaluating which events may be catastrophic and why
- Understanding the impact to the portfolio and products
- Assessing what the risk means for business and pricing strategies
Simon Connell
Simon is an experienced professional in the field of sustainability and ESG, with more than a decade of experience in bringing together individuals to support sustainable outcomes across multiple settings, In particular, Simon is focused on supporting clients across banking and financial services firms as they integrate climate and sustainability into their strategy and operations. Simon is the former Chair of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, and of the University of Cambridge Banking Environment Initiative and Centre for Sustainable Finance.
Gemma Clatworthy
Gemma Clatworthy is a senior manager at Monzo bank, responsible for strategic risk oversight and enterprise risk management frameworks.
Gemma has been part of Monzo’s sustainability journey since she joined in 2021. Within her current role, she oversees climate risk, making sure it is embedded in end-to-end risk management processes, and is responsible for the bank’s response to SS3/19.
Prior to joining Monzo, Gemma has over a decade of experience in a number of roles across risk and finance at Nationwide Building Society.
She holds an MBA from Henley Business School, is a qualified accountant, a certificant member of the Institute of Risk Management, and enjoys creating clarity from complexity by making risk simple to understand.
Next to her job, Gemma is a governor for a local school and is proud that the school recently received a green flag climate award. She also writes urban fantasy novels and children’s books in her spare time.
Dr. Chandni Bhan
Dr. Chandni Bhan is Global Head of quant research and Model Risk, and Head of risk for UK for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Previously she held roles across the business as head of risk for MSIM EMEA, as well CRO for MSIM Ireland. She has more than 16 years of working in Finance, both in front office, as well as risk, with extensive buy side and sell side expertise. She earned her PhD in statistics & probability from Michigan State University, and as an experienced data scientist and risk officer, she has pioneered analytical systems to build a proactive and forward looking risk function, embedded in the business, that ensures we drive risk prudent growth for our clients. She is a member of EMEA operating committee, risk leadership group, and several other committees globally including as the chair for the global investment management model risk committee. She also hosts several diversity podcasts and webinars for the business and is passionate about building a culture of inclusion and innovation.