FRSGlobal

28/09/2009

FRSGlobal executive appointed Co-Regional Director of
GARP Dubai

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Dubai, September 28, 2009: FRSGlobal, the only global provider of risk and regulatory reporting solutions with coverage for over 40 countries on a unified platform, today announced that Dr. Sunil Kumar, Head of Risk Management for FRSGlobal Middle East (ME) has been appointed co-regional director of Global Association of Risk Professionals' Dubai division. The not-for-profit association consists of over 85,000 individuals around the world who are involved in financial risk management.

Dr Sunil Kumar
CoR²Expert, FRSGlobal

Dr. Kumar stated: "My mission for the Dubai Chapter is to promote GARP programs and practices to institutions in order to make GARP the benchmark in risk management practices within the Middle East. GARP provides an excellent platform for sharing and exchanging experiences with risk management practices, and I am proud that I can represent the organisation in this region."
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With this addition, GARP now has a total of 79 Regional Directors representing 53 regions in 37 countries around the world.

Dr Kumar is presently the Head of Risk Management ME for FRSGlobal. His primary focus has been developing the RiskPro brand in the ME along with providing consulting, know-how transfer and pre-sales support. In his present role, he is actively managing the consultancy projects with Roy Barnes heading up the sales operation in the region.

Dr Kumar is an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, along with a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in applied IT to Banking and Finance. His experience in finance and IT is spread over sixteen years and spans across diverse industry groups and several countries.

The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), membership organisation of over 100,000 individuals, is the only worldwide organisation offering comprehensive risk management certification, training and educational programs from board-level to entry-level, allowing a firm to create a culture of risk awareness throughout an organisation. All of GARP's programs are developed and maintained by industry-leading risk practitioners and academics, ensuring the courses and materials are consistent and reflect the latest global standards in risk management.

For the risk professional, GARP offers the only globally recognised certifications in financial and energy risk management. The Financial Risk Manager (FRM®) and the Energy Risk Professional (ERP™) advanced professional designations are designed to measure a financial or energy risk professional's mastery of risk theories and concepts, and their ability to manage risk in a real-world environment.

Institutional programs include the Foundations of Banking Risk and other Certificate programs, designed to provide a broad, base-level of risk awareness training, ensuring all employees at an organisation remain current on the issues surrounding financial risk and regulation. GARP also offers Governance and Leadership programs, such as its Board of Directors Training in Risk Governance and Senior Executive Risk programs.

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