Driving Profit Opportunities with Risk Management, July 15-16, 2004, at Chicago’s Westin River North Hotel
Philadelphia, Pa. (June 16, 2004)—Aligning business strategy with enterprise-wide risk management is the focus of the CBA/RMA conference designed for senior executives, to be held in Chicago, July 15-16, 2004, at the Westin River North Hotel. Methods to drive profitable growth by integrating the risk-reward equation into business strategies will be discussed.
Richard K. Davis, vice chairman, commercial and consumer banking, U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis, will deliver the keynote address. Also, Federal Reserve Board Governor Susan Schmidt Bies will discuss corporate governance.
Two panels of senior bank officers will discuss:
The Retail Risk Conference is planned and supported by a distinguished steering committee led by Conference Chair Helen Eggers, consumer risk management executive, Bank of America. Also on the committee are Hal Arneson, executive vice president and deputy chief credit officer, Wells Fargo & Company; Emerson L. Brumback, president and chief operating officer, M&T Bank Corporation; Mark Hillis, senior vice president, Washington Mutual; C. Gene Kirby, executive vice president & head of retail, SunTrust Banks, Inc.; Mary W. Navarro, executive vice president & retail group head, Huntington Bancshares, Inc.; and David Nole, chief risk officer, consumer banking, Wachovia Corporation.
Six specialized breakout sessions will allow participants to choose the four sessions that best focus on their particular needs. Topics include tools that support managing risk/reward, how internal structures and training can drive growth and profitability, portfolio management strategies, supervisory issues, privacy issues, and information security.
A free pre-conference session on July 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. is designed for small institutions and newcomers to consumer banking. Management—Risk and Reward 101 covers a range of topics such as credit scores, risk management approaches, profitability, and regulatory expectations.
More information about the annual Retail Risk Conference is available on the Web at www.rmahq.org or by contacting Customer Care at
1-800-677-7621.
About CBA
The Consumer Bankers Association is the recognized voice on retail banking issues in the nation’s capital. Member institutions are the leaders in consumer financial services, including auto finance, home equity lending, card products, education loans, small business services, community development, investments, deposits and delivery.
CBA was founded in 1919 and provides leadership, education, research and federal representation on retail banking issues such as privacy, fair lending, and consumer protection legislation/regulation. CBA members include most of the nation’s largest bank holding companies as well as regional and super community banks that collectively hold two-thirds of the industry’s total assets.
About RMA
The Risk Management Association is a member-driven professional association whose sole purpose is to advance the use of sound risk principles in the financial services industry.
Founded in 1914, RMA promotes an enterprise-wide approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk. Headquartered in Philadelphia, RMA has 2,850 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank institutions. They are represented in the Association by 16,000 commercial loan, credit, and risk management professionals in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, and numerous foreign cities, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and London.