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Past Speaker Series Presentations

Revisit presentations from our speaker series, featuring leaders and working professionals from the insurance, financial services, and business-related sectors.

March 25, 2024 | Online

Managing the Enterprise Risk in Institutional Investment Portfolios

Featuring Katharine Wyatt, chief investment officer at Loyola University Chicago.

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March 4, 2024 | Online

Reconfiguring the Risk Management Frontier: Managing to Risk Appetite

Featuring Varun Agarwal, issue management director at Western Alliance Bank.

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February 26, 2024 | Online

Finding your Footing in the Global Property Re/Insurance Marketplace

Featuring Meghan Merris, broker at CRC Insurance Services and alumna of Loyola University Chicago.

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February 5, 2024 | Online

Sanctions Matter: An Intro to Economic Sanctions

Featuring Mycal Ford, risk and compliance professional at McKinsey.

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December 4, 2023 | Online

Launching a Bank: Capital, Regulatory, and Risk Considerations

Featuring Maria Tabrizi, EVP, chief risk officer, and chief technology officer at First Women’s Bank and member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council.

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November 13, 2023 | Online

Intro to AI and Assessing the Impact of ESG on Stock Performance and Volatility

Featuring Steven Keith Platt, director of analytics and lecturer of applied AI and statistics, director of AI Business Consortium, Quinlan School of Business.

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October 30, 2023 | Online

Cloud and Data Strategy for Machine Learning and AI: Financial Services

Featuring Dimple Thakkar, head of data for machine learning and intelligence operations at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and steering committee member for Loyola's AI Business Consortium.

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October 16, 2022 | Online

From Bubbles to Busts: Real World lessons about Stock Prices and Valuation

Featuring Jeff Rosenberg, adjunct professor - finance department at Loyola's Quinlan School of Business. Formerly, financial analyst at Rail Splitter Capital and William Blair & Co.

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October 2, 2023

Pragmatic Challenges of Implementing Risk Management Frameworks for Insurers

Featuring Varun Agarwal, director of enterprise risk at Western Alliance Bank.

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September 11, 2023

Innovation and Risk Management: Mortal Enemies or Fast Friends?

Featuring Tonny Thomas, co-founder of NakiNoku and former risk executive at HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, and Kandathil Trading (Serangoon Market).

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Revisit presentations from our speaker series, featuring leaders and working professionals from the insurance, financial services, and business-related sectors.