Empowering Organizations with Resilient Risk Strategies

Michael Grimwade first worked in Operational Risk Management over 25 years ago.

He is Head of Operational Risk for ICBC Standard Bank and has previously held senior Op Risk management roles at MUFG Securities, RBS and Lloyds TSB. Prior to this Michael was a management consultant with PwC and Deloitte Consulting. He has been a Director of the Institute of Operational Risk, and is currently the Chair of the AFB’s Operational Risk Expert Panel.

Michael is the author of a number of peer reviewed papers on identifying & quantifying emerging risks; the impacts of Climate Change on Op Risk; and the modelling Op Risk capital. He received an award in 2014 from the Institute of Operational Risk for his contribution to the profession.

His second book, “Ten Laws of Operational Risk”, was published in December 2021.

Charles Nicholls is an Enterprise Risk Solutions Specialist and currently serves as the Senior Sales Executive at MetricStream.
Prior to MetricStream, Charles has held various Sales, Audit and Enterprise GRC solution positions for Thomson Reuters, Refinitiv, Galvanize and BT.
With more than 30 years of experience, Charles was also the founder of the Inspiration Sales Consultants company, which offered Sales and Marketing Consulting services to Financial Markets.

Victoria Boreham is an Associate Director, Product Marketing at MetricStream for Risk and Audit product lines based in London. She is passionate about risk management and using data and risk analytics to make informed decisions. Prior to MetricStream Victoria has held various roles in the (re)insurance industry across Product Marketing, Product Management, and Quality. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. In her spare time, she likes to travel (or plan travel), try new wines, and keep her growing plant collection alive.