Paolo Gerli
With a degree in Pharmaceutical Technology, Paolo joined the IP field in 1987, as patent examiner at the European Patent Office in The Hague. Since 1997 to present, he works in Milan as qualified EP patent attorney in the Italian private practice, defending the patent portfolio of important chemical/pharmaceutical companies and research institutions. He gathered considerable experience in patent litigation, EPO oppositions/appeal proceedings and working for over 10 years as registered technical expert for the Italian Court of Milan. Holder of the European Patent Litigation Certificate, qualifying for representation before the UPC. Recently nominated as Technical Judge at the UPC.
Ricarda Dewes
Ricarda Dewes
Marija Butkovic
Fiona Pathiraja
Erini Rapti
Chantal Cox
Cecile Real
Sebastian Ptasznik
Sebastian in the Head of IFRS9 and Non-Credit Risk Validation at Close Brothers at Close brothers Group. He is an experienced leader with over 14 years of experience in quantitative analytics working with tier 1 banks (Barclays, HSBC, NatWest, Lloyds, Westpac,), leading advisory and technology companies (Palantir Technologies, Accenture). He has a proven track record of delivering complex analytical projects while working across multiple locations (London, NYC, Sydney, Singapore, San Francisco, Toulouse, Warsaw) with geographically dispersed teams. He has an academic background in econometrics/statistics and specialises in credit risk modelling, model risk management, machine learning/artificial intelligence, management consulting, and business development. He has a strong grasp of emerging technologies and state-of-the-art modelling methodologies.
Konstantina Armata
Konstantina is a highly experienced Financial Risk professional with over 20 years career in Banking in various Quantitative Modelling roles, most recently as the Group Head of Model Risk Management at Barclays. Prior to that, she worked at Deutsche Bank where she built and led the Bank’s Model Risk Management function and before that at UBS in various quantitative roles in both the Front Office and Risk. Konstantina has extensive experience in developing Model Risk Management frameworks including methodologies to assess and quantify Model Uncertainties and their impact on the output of the framework they are used for (e.g. Capital in stress, IFRS9 etc). Konstantina’s most recent work involves Climate Transition modelling. She holds a PhD in Mathematics from Imperial College, London and an MSc and BSc in Mathematics from ENSIMAG, Grenoble, France and the University of Patras, Greece respectively.