Middle East
Dubai and UAE
Risk Culture
HORST SIMON
Horst has been in the banking and consulting industries for over 30 years. As Head of Risk Technology Management in Mashreq Bank, he pioneered the concept of Risk Technology Management; defined as the collaboration of Processing Systems, Workflow Management Systems, Risk Management Systems and the required interfaces between these and the related business processes to achieve active risk management capability, support good risk governance and ensure sustainable competitive advantage.
Horst started his work in the Middle East in 2005 as Head of Operational Risk at Emirates Bank Group, where he was tasked with building an Operational Risk Management function for the Group. He held previous operational risk positions with Barclays Bank plc, Africa Regional Office and with the Standard Bank Group of South-Africa Ltd, Stanbic Africa Head-Office, living in 4 countries and working in more than 20. Horst has designed and implemented Operational Risk Management policies, frameworks and governance standards in these diverse banking groups.
His special interest is in the field of People Risk and he has delivered presentations at international conferences on the Mitigation of People Risk and other operational risk topics, including; Electronic Banking Risk, Operational Risk Management in Islamic Banking and Business Continuity Management. He has also facilitated Operational Risk Management training workshops for banks and banking supervisors in Africa and Pakistan and actively supports the capacity building program of the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI).
Horst is the Co-Regional Director of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), UAE Chapter and a member of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA).
Horst currently works with leading Global Players in the field of Risk Management, Business Consulting, Business Process Outsourcing and Risk Management Software.
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