Geopolitical Risk: Managing the Operational Impact

Luca Blasi is the Head of Private Markets & Regulatory Solutions, leading S&P Global Market Intelligence’s activities on valuations and risk for private market securities (private equity, private credit, ABS and hard-to-value securities). 

Luca has over 30 years of experience across many sectors of financial markets including regulators, public sector investment authorities, investment banking and private valuation services. Before joining S&P Global, Luca held senior leadership roles in investment banking valuation control functions in DB and Nordea, as well as leading the valuation and risk management Banking Supervision Risk Specialist team for the Bank of England. 

Luca holds a PhD in Financial Econometrics from University of Aberdeen. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Financial Risk Manager Program (GARP) and he is a member of the Financial Instruments Board of the International Valuation Standard Committee (IVSC) and the Financial Markets Standard Board (FMSB). 

Sviatlana Phelan is a Chief Counsel in the Legal Regulatory Affairs and Policy group at PNC Bank. She provides strategic advocacy and legal advice on a broad range of topics, including Basel III capital rules, stress testing, liquidity and other prudential regulations. Prior to that, Sviatlana worked at Citigroup, where she advised on complex bank regulatory matters and capital markets transactions. Sviatlana also brings over a decade of experience from the Federal Reserve Board, where she played a key role in developing post-global crisis regulatory framework and capital regulations.

Senior technology and risk management executive with more than three decades of leadership experience and a proven track record of driving complex digital transformations, cybersecurity programs, and enterprise risk initiatives. Currently serves as Director of Columbia University’s M.S. in Technology Management program and Professor of Practice, focusing on enterprise AI strategy and adoption, AI governance, emerging technology risk, and the responsible integration of AI into business operations and decision-making.