Managing physical and financial risk in today’s volatile commodities markets
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The Panel
- Preeti Ramesh, Assistant Vice-President, Commodity Solutions, EKA
- Brian Quinn, Vice-President, The Americas, Commodity Solutions, EKA
- Stephan Ariyan, Senior Vice-President, Global Head of Market Compliance, Olam
- Haibin Sun, Director, Transmission, Exelon
- Moderator: Stella Farrington, Head of Content, Energy Risk
Volatile commodities markets and fragile supply chains are impacting businesses worldwide, making timely and effective risk management crucial for survival and success. Improving decision-making is key, but enabling optimal use of data throughout businesses is a huge task.
This webinar examines what firms are doing to modernise their IT systems to get better control of their risk measures and key performance indicators across their physical and financial businesses.
Key topics discussed:
- Improving efficiency and productivity through smart data management
- Taking a holistic view across physical and financial risk
- Using the latest tools to enhance decision-making
- Setting the correct risk appetite, and measuring and mitigating risk effectively
- Improving compliance and risk governance.
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