Risk Live Roadshow Berlin

Risk.net's flagship festival, Risk Live, goes on the road again in 2024, landing in Berlin in October this year. Risk Live Roadshow Berlin brings together risk and asset liability management leaders from European banks, asset management firms, hedge funds, and pension funds.

The risk community gathered to get ahead for 2025

Senior risk managers need to remain abreast of changes, benchmark with peers, adjust their approach, and ultimately get ahead for 2025. Join us as Risk Live lands in Berlin for the first time to explore the fast-paced changes impacting the risk management community.

Klaus Duellmann

Head of strategic risk and analytics division

European Central Bank

Klaus Duellmann is Head of SSM Risk Analysis Division within Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision IV of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Until May 2014 he was Head of Supervisory Coordination and Risk Analysis Division and Head of Banking Supervision Research in the central office of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt. Currently his main areas of work are related to horizontal risk assessments of SSM banks, in particular supervisory stress tests. He has a PhD in Finance from the University of Mannheim.

Eric Schaanning
Eric Schaanning

Head of group banking books – executive director

UBS & Credit Suisse Group

Eric Schaanning is heading the Group Banking Book team covering Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book for the combined UBS & Credit Suisse Group. Prior to joining UBS / Credit Suisse, Eric held various positions at the European Central Bank and Norges Bank, covering Stress Testing, Macroprudential Policy, Cyber Risk and Central Clearing among others. Eric holds a PhD in Mathematics from Imperial College London and an MSc in Mathematics from ETH Zürich.

Yvonne van de Meerendonk

Head of risk management, credit risk

BNG Bank

William Cooper

Head of risk

SEB DK

In 2016 William Cooper became the head of risk for SEB Denmark with responsibility for protecting the banks financial results and reputation by preventing excessive risk taking and promoting a strong risk management culture. He has a key role in driving and contributing to risk related projects including the banks FRTB program. 

Cooper has worked in the past for both buy and sell side firms, in roles ranging from trading at a large hedge fund to working as a quantitative analyst at a tier 1 investment bank, always with a focus on improving financial modelling and analytics to maximize risk management and market awareness. He holds a BSc in mathematics and economics from the LSE and a MSc in mathematics from the University of Copenhagen.

Jasper Valstar

Senior portfolio manager, liability-driven investments

Achmea Investment Management

Exclusive insights shared from industry leaders:

  • Supervisory priorities
  • Tackling AI risk 
  • Lessons from the latest credit risk cycle
  • Preparing for unexpected ESG events  
  • Reassessing interest rate risk
  • Managing liquidity/ funding risk  
  • The future of Dutch pension schemes
  • Understanding unhedgeable risks
  • Future-proofing the models