• Chief Risk Officer or equivalent

    • Core Competencies

      The Chief Risk Officer/Head of Risk Management should have:

      (a) A clear understanding of the role and responsibilities associated with the position;
      (b) A good understanding of financial services activity relevant to the licensee and the wider industry and its regulatory environment;
      (c) The relevant experience and qualifications to fulfill his responsibilities;
      (d) Strong understanding of risk management practices, prudential risk measures and methodologies, risk analytics, models and reporting;
      (e) Strong understanding of regulatory standards (e.g., Basel III for banking, Solvency modeling for insurance) and their impact on risk controls;
      (f) Good knowledge of enterprise-wide risk management process, risk appetite setting, risk limits setting, capital allocation and capital and liquidity management;
      (g) Experience dealing with risk reporting for the board/committees, prudential and regulatory reporting, risk disclosures in annual reports;
      (h) Good knowledge of some of key risk management areas – credit, market, operational, capital adequacy management, (underwriting and reinsurance risks for insurance) etc;
      (i) Good understanding of data flows and financial reporting practices and conventions;
      (j) Familiar with asset and liability and portfolio management and allocation;
      (k) Good knowledge of valuation practices for different classes of assets;
      (l) Good understanding of the stress testing principles and practices; and
      (m) Deep understanding of the competencies required within the risk function to manage all risk activities.
      Added: March 2025

    • Experience and Qualifications

      (a) A minimum experience of 5 to 7 years in risk management function; and

      (b) Hold a relevant academic/professional qualification which include, but are not limited to:

      (i) Financial Risk Manager (FRM);
      (ii) Professional Risk Manager (PRM);
      (iii) Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA);
      (iv) Associate in Risk Management (ARM), The Institutes Knowledge Group;
      (v) Professional qualification in actuarial sciences.
      Added: March 2025