Building a Career in Risk Management

Russell is a Senior Director at RBC and a risk management professional with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry gained through consulting and direct operational roles. Russell specializes in operational risk management, risk governance and credit portfolio evaluation.

At RBC, Russell is the Global Head of Operational Risk Advisory & Oversight with a focus on the enterprise’s Corporate Functions. Russell has consistently produced successful outcomes at employers and clients which include Canada’s major financial services companies and banks in the U.S., U.K. and China. His experience includes the development of risk governance structures and policy, conducting client education on capital management, and designing and implementing an enterprise-wide regulatory risk assessment process.

Amar is the chief information officer of financial crimes for BMO. Amar specializes in developing strategic roadmaps and drawing insights from disparate data sets to formulate transformative change strategies in alignment with the enterprise risk and regulatory requirements across diverse stakeholder groups. His professional experience includes leading digital transformations and building business capabilities with a focus on customer experience; fraud management and regulatory compliance; process & operations consulting; data sciences and business intelligence & reporting; leading diverse teams, change, management, talent & skills development; software product development; managing audit & regulatory relationships; inter-bank collaboration.

William (Bill) May is the Managing Director of Global Head of Certifications and Educational Programs at GARP, and is responsible for the FRM, SCR, and other risk-relevant educational programs. Prior to joining GARP, William had over 20 years of market experience including serving as a Senior Director in Fitch Ratings’ credit market research group and as a Senior Research Officer at UBS Wealth Management. He has worked for several buy-side and sell-side firms including Bank of America and Federated Investors as well as specialty firms like Andrew Kalotay Associates and Law and Economic Consulting Group. He began his career in the research function of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and has worked on the Open Market Trading Desk and as a bank examiner. William holds a BS in applied mathematics and economics from Stony Brook University; an MBA, MA in economics, and Advanced Certificate in financial econometrics and data analysis from Fordham University; an MS in financial engineering from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, an MS in applied statistics and an EdM in measurement and evaluation from Columbia University’s Teachers College where he is currently pursuing an MS in neuroscience and education.