Norman T.L. Chan, SBS, JP Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Mr Norman Chan was appointed Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on 1 October 2009.  He first joined the HKMA in 1993, and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in 1996.  Before joining the HKMA, Mr Chan was an Administrative Officer of the Hong Kong Government since 1976.

Mr Chan left the HKMA in May 2005 and became Vice Chairman, Asia of Standard Chartered Bank from December 2005 to June 2007.  He was appointed Director of the Chief Executive's Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in July 2007.  Mr Chan was the Founding Chairman of the policy think tank, the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre established in 2006.

He Guangbei, Chairman, Hong Kong Association of Banks

Mr. He joined Bank of China in 1980. During the period from 1980 to 1993, he had assumed various positions at the Bank of China. Since May 28, 2003, Mr. He has also been appointed Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of both BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited, and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited. In addition to the above appointments, Mr. He is the Chairman of the Board of Chiyu Banking Corporation Limited, Member of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority Exchange Fund Advisory Committee and Banking Advisory Committee, Director of Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited, Director of Hong Kong Note Printing Limited, President of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association and General Committee Member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

M. Ramaswami, President, Singapore Exchange

Ramaswami is, jointly with the CEO, responsible for steering and growing SGX’s business. In this role, he manages the key functions of operations and technology and further drives the growth of clearing, depository and broker services. Ramaswami is responsible for the transformation of SGX into a post-trade processing hub and the development of ancillary services arising out of its core clearing and trading activities. Prior to joining SGX in July 2007, Ramaswami had worked with Citigroup for almost twenty years holding senior executive positions in operations, technology and transaction banking in their global offices. Ramaswami currently also serves on the board of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.

José María Roldán, Director General for Banking Regulation of the Banco de España and Chair of the Standards Implementation Group of the Basel Committee

From January 2007 to January 2009, Roldán was the Chairman of the Accord Implementation Group (AIG). He was also the Chairman of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) from 2004 to 2005. Prior to that, he was the Chairman of XBRL Spain in 2003 and chaired the Banking Advisory Committee (BAC). Roldán was under-secretary of state and Chief of Staff of the Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister of Economy and Finance from1996 to 1997. Following his responsibilities at the Ministry, he was appointed one of the five executive members of the Board of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV), in which he was the General Directorate for the coordination of regulation with the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Market activity.

Kemp has been employed by the HKMA since 1995. She was a Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel prior to being appointed to her current post in 2008. Kemp also served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Exchange Fund Investment Limited from 1999 to 2003. She is a solicitor qualified to practise in Hong Kong and in England & Wales. Prior to joining the HKMA, Kemp was employed by Lovells (a firm of solicitors) in London and Hong Kong.

Maurer joined the Swiss National Bank in 1989 as an economist specialising in banking and was involved in the negotiations for the European Economic Area. In 1991, he worked as an independent consultant, collaborating on various projects with the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, Swiss National Science Foundation and various South American institutions. Maurer joined the Board of the Swiss Bankers Association in 1996 and took charge of numerous working groups on the subjects of financial market regulation, and also led the Swiss Performance Presentation Standards (SPPS) unit. He is also involved in various risk management projects before join the Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland.

Since joining Algorithmics in 1989, Zerbs has led both product and marketing initiatives for the company's risk management solutions. Prior to being appointed COO, he was Vice President of Research and Product Marketing at the firm. He holds several degrees, including a PhD in Economics from Kepler University in Linz, Austria, and an MBA with specialization in finance from the University of Toronto.

Austin Trippensee is Senior Industry Solutions Specialist with Oracle Financial Services Software Inc. In this capacity he works with global customers undertaking risk and finance transformations. He has over 15 years of professional work experience covering the areas of regulatory risks, such as Basel II, CRD, SOX, and Solvency II With expertise in enterprise risk management (market, credit, and operational risks).

Austin has published several papers on enterprise risk management methodologies. He has acquired a deep expertise in technical architecture and design solutions that meet demands of global banks and financial institutions. Most recently, he has shifted his focus to the recent regulatory requirements around liquidity risk, ICAAP, and enterprise risk aggregation.

Diane Reynolds is a Senior Director, Economic Capital Solutions, where she heads the new Client Advisor initiative. Since 1997, Diane has worked in numerous areas of Algorithmics including professional services, development, product management, research, and marketing, which spans market, credit, and operational risks. She is a regular conference speaker and has authored several papers in the areas of credit risk, economic capital, scenario generation, and operational risk. Previously, Diane worked for various firms including a large pension fund and a financial software provider. Diane holds two degrees from the University of Waterloo with a MMath in Statistics-Finance and a BMath in Computer and Actuarial Sciences.

Andrew Davidson is a financial innovator and leader in the development of financial research and analytics. He has worked extensively on mortgage-backed securities product development, valuation and hedging.

For six years Andrew worked at Merrill Lynch, where he was a Managing Director in charge of a staff of 60 financial and system analysts. In this role, he produced research reports and sophisticated analytical tools including prepayment and option-adjusted spread models, portfolio analysis tools, and was also responsible for the development of trading and risk management systems for the mortgage desk covering ARMs, CMOs, pass-throughs, IOs/POs and OTC options.

Corinne Neale is Director of Credit Suisse Global Foreign Exchange Client Risk Advisory Group in Asia Pacific. In this capacity Corinne works with government enterprises and financial institutions in the region on developing internal risk management and hedging programs.

Corinne has 20 years of risk management experience. Prior to Credit Suisse Corinne worked for Bankers Trust Company, Standard & Poors and more recently she was  Managing Director responsible for capital management business development for Algorithmics - Fitch Solutions in Asia.