Kevin Ng

Senior Director - Strategic Risk Management @Western Alliance Bank

Phoenix, AZ, US

o Accountable for the enterprise Risk Appetite Statement and quarterly KRI reporting to monitor on-going alignment between strategy, risk appetite, and stress testing.o Leading the annual strategic plan risk assessment to evaluate expected impact of strategy on, and considerations to remain within, risk appetite levels.o Responsible for federal regulatory relations, exam management, and remediation to ensure communication and issue management are timely, effective, and credible.o In charge of quarterly LFI readiness change risk assessments to assess program alignment with enterprise strategy, sustainability, and change management controls.o Program management of Risk LFI readiness enhancements to ensure deliverables are timely, effective, and meet regulatory expectations.o Drive new product and service risk evaluations to ensure comprehensive identification and effective mitigation of risks prior to product/service launch.o Oversight of incentive compensation risk, including annual incentive compensation plan risk assessments and bonus quality control metrics.o Trusted advisor to 1st Line of Defence stakeholders through RCSA, Issue Management, KRI, and other foundational risk management program interactions.o Coordinating quarterly Top and Emerging risk identification, assessment, and reporting, including ensuring quantification and capture within stress testing programs.o Managing end-to-end Risk committee and board reporting activities, driving continuous improvements around reporting accuracy, timeliness, usefulness, and clarity.o Responsible for Risk operations, including annual strategic and financial planning, skills/staffing assessments, CRO communications, as well as Risk awareness and engagement initiatives.o Leading Risk innovation and optimization initiatives, such as methodology alignment and control automation, as well as enterprise AI use case identification and enablement, and return-on-investment reporting.

The University of Western Australia

Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting and Finance

The University of Western Australia

Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems

ICAEW

ACA