Integrating Market, Credit and Operational Risk

Dr Lampros Kalyvas is a risk analyst and his main concerns involve risks undertaken by credit institutions. He is currently employed at the Bank of Greece and he is a visiting lecturer at the University of Ioannina, Greece. He received his PhD in risk management from the University of Macedonia, Greece, his MSc in international banking and financial studies from the University of Southampton, UK, and his BSc in applied informatics from the University of Macedonia, Greece.

Lampros has been employed at the Hellenic Central Securities Depository and has taught at various seminars organised by several institutions. He has also published several scientific papers and presented at several international conferences. His research interests lie in the quantification of market risk, the quantification of credit risk, interest rate modelling, regulatory treatment of credit institutions’ portfolios, securitisation, credit derivatives and risk integration.

Dr Ioannis S. Akkizidis is a consultant in risk management working for IRIS integrated risk management ag, in Zurich, Switzerland. His main interests lie in designing and implementing solutions as well as consulting in the risk-management field for credit institutions. He is the author of the book titled Guide to Optimal Operational Risk & Basel II (New York, 2006).

Ioannis’ first degree is in engineering, whereas his postgraduate master’s degree is in control systems and applied mathematical analysis from the University of Portsmouth, UK. He holds a PhD in artificial intelligence and applied mathematics obtained from University of Wales, UK. He has also published several scientific papers in international journals and presented at several international conferences and events. He has given many talks on the subject of risk optimisation and management. Ioannis has worked worldwide, spending a number of years in business and risk analysis and in implementing advanced solutions in risk analysis for large organisations and financial institutions.

Dr Vivianne Bouchereau is an analyst in the field of risk, quality and process management. She has undertaken projects in the field of business performance and operational risk analysis and optimisation as well as quality management. She is the co-author of a book entitled Guide to Optimal Operational Risk & Basel II" (2006). She has given several seminars and talks on operational risk management and Basel II, and has an extensive academic background and working knowledge in this field.

Vivianne has several years’ working experience in the quality engineering field. She has also written numerous papers on the subject of total quality management and has been a presenter at numerous international seminars and conferences. She obtained her combined bachelor’s and master’s (MEng) in electronic and electrical engineering and her PhD in quality engineering.

Ioanna Zourka works as an examiner in the Risk Analysis and Supervisory Techniques Division at the Department for the Supervision of Credit and Financial Institutions in the Bank of Greece. She received her MSc in statistics and operational research and a BSc in mathematics. Her main focus is on the examination of credit risk models developed by Greek banks and the observance of their adaptation processes in the new sophisticated environment, outlined by the new capital adequacy framework (Basel II).

Ioanna is also responsible for stress-testing exercises in order to examine the sensitivity of the Greek banking system to the changes of critical economic factors. In the past, she has worked in the risk-management and underwriting sector as a credit analyst and developed scoring systems used to determine the creditworthiness of obligors.