Following the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) 2018 white paper on ‘Building the UK Financial Sectors Operational Resilience’ followed by their recent consultation on the same ending April 2020, the issue of preparing for sudden market changes and worst case scenarios that may impact business viability, is a point high in the mind of investment operational leaders across the UK.

The annual Operational Resilience for Buy-Side Investors seminar and follow-on Report brings together the viewpoints of heads of operations, risk, finance, compliance and regulatory due diligence to explore the practical steps senior managers can take to protect both their business and clients from unexpected severe losses and explore the strategies being employed across the industry.

The report that follows will be made available via Fund Operator, our trade market insights website for the global fund management industry, the leading portal for insights from industry decision makers, influencers, and change makers.

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16:00 – 16:04	Chairman’s welcoming remarks
16:05 - 16:34	KEY NOTE PRESENTATION: Regulator update – the quest for organisational resilience and what it means in practice for firms Nick Miller, Head of Asset Management, Wholesale Supervision, Financial Conduct Authority
16:35 - 17:04	STAND ALONE PRESENTATION: Operational resilience – new thinking in ‘insurance’ based operating model design Paul Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Milestone Group
17:05 - 17:14	VIRTUAL NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS BREAK
17:15 - 17:34	STAND ALONE PRESENTATION: Preparing for black swan events – preparing for a range of scenarios with limited resources James Rounds, Partner - Financial Services Technology Risk, EY
17:35 - 18:19	PANEL DEBATE: How to monitor and maintain governance standards among third-party providers Moderator: Sara Benwell, Editor, Fund Operator Panellists: Mike Tumilty, Global Chief Operating Officer, Standard Life Aberdeen Nick Simms, Director, Cornwood Risk Management (former Operational Resilience Director, M&G Plc., and Programme Manager for Pandemic Flu programme, NHS Tower Hamlets) Professor Gianluca Pescaroli, Assistant Professor in Business Continuity and Organisational Resilience, University College London's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction Amanda Flynn, EMEA Regulatory Change Manager, J.P Morgan Corporate Investment Banking
18:20	END OF EVENT AND FURTHER VIRTUAL NETWORKING TIME

Nick Miller

Head of Asset Management, Wholesale Supervision, Financial Conduct Authority

Paul Roberts

Chief Executive Officer, Milestone Group

James Rounds

Partner - Financial Services Technology Risk, EY

Mike Tumilty

Global Chief Operating Officer, Standard Life Aberdeen

Nick Simms

Director, Cornwood Risk Management (former Operational Resilience Director, M&G Plc., and Programme Manager for Pandemic Flu programme, NHS Tower Hamlets)

Professor Gianluca Pescaroli

Assistant Professor in Business Continuity and Organisational Resilience, University College London's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction

Amanda Flynn

EMEA Regulatory Change Manager, J.P Morgan Corporate Investment Banking

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Nick Simms, Director, Cornwood Risk Management (former Operational Resilience Director, M&G Plc., and Programme Manager for Pandemic Flu programme, NHS Tower Hamlets)

Professor Gianluca Pescaroli, Assistant Professor in Business Continuity and Organisational Resilience, University College London's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction