Risk Manager (Director) at SMBC Bank International / SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Jan 2013 – Present
Specialised in multiple types in risk management taxonomy; responsible for policy making, qualitative risk assessment and quantitative risk methodology development & modelling
- Liquidity Risk & ILAA (ICARA)
- Owner of the firm’s Liquidity Risk Management policy & ILAA
- Developed liquidity stress test model for determining the firm’s cash & liquidity asset buffer amount
- Established the firm’s liquidity early warning indicator mechanism and settlement monitoring system
- Capital Risk & ICAAP (ICARA)
- Owner of the firm’s Capital Risk Management Policy; provided COREP reviews & sign offs
- Lead the firm’s transition from Basel II, BIPRU to Basel III and IFPR and oversaw the implementation
- Developed capital sensitivity analytical tool for approximating the firm’s capital buffer adequacy based on real-time market movements or deterministic stress scenarios
- XVA Risk
- Owner of the company’s XVA Risk Management Policy and XVA risk limits
- Assisted UK XVA desk establishment and back office coordinator of Markit Workbench
- Sponsor for the firm’s XVA risk cultural embeddedness & learning material design
- Market Risk
- Obtained Board’s approval for derivative market risk limits and developed risk monitoring mechanism
- Developed VaR model for derivative business and introduced Bloomberg’s MARS for security business
- Built pricing tools for convertible bonds and IPV tools for the firm’s security business
- Credit Risk
- Developed MPE & EPE analytical tool for monitoring the firm’s credit risk against Board-level risk limits
- Establish CuD & TuD monitoring framework for the Group’s global derivative business
- Developed risk tools for analysing counterparty & geographic credit risk exposures
- New Business / Product Onboarding
- Engaged with front office colleagues & external stakeholders to support new product onboarding and business expansion and provided relevant risk inputs, oversight & challenges
- Lead & Collaborated with internal stakeholders across all levels and external vendors (e.g. LCH CCP, Broadridge Gloss) to ensure the firm’s system infrastructure and upstream reports are fit for purpose