Global Association of Risk Professionals Presents European Risk Congress

NEW YORK and LONDON and BEIJING - Risk Management Professionals from Across the Globe to Gather in
London, May 18-20

The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP, www.garp.org) today
announced that its European Risk Congress will be held May 18-20, 2009, at
the Hilton London Tower Bridge Hotel in the U.K.

Designed to give risk professionals insight into how their colleagues are
coping with the global financial crisis, the European Risk Congress will
examine key issues in the economic downturn and assess the outlook of our
volatile economy. Key topics to be discussed include economic crisis,
regulation, models, solvency, nationalization of banks, market response to
the crunch and the role of economic capital going forward.

Presenting on these topics is an impressive line-up of the risk
profession’s top thought leaders, innovators and practitioners from across
the U.S. and Europe, each with a specific area of expertise. Included among
them are:

– Greg Hands, Member of Parliament for Hammersmith and Fulham, Shadow
Treasury Minister
— Jim O’Neill, Chief Economist, Goldman Sachs
— Robert Parker, Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse Asset Management
— Roger Cole, Director of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System
— Ulrich Bindseil, Principal Economist and Head of Risk Management,
European Central Bank
— Tim Davies, Risk Director, Lloyds TSB

The Congress also features several interactive panel discussions, an
exclusive CRO roundtable and two workshops: “Risk Fusion: Are the biggest
losses always hiding between the risk silos?” and “Super Models? The changing
role of quantitative techniques in the new financial world.”

“GARP’s programs are well known around the world to be practice-driven
learning forums. The European Congress was developed in just that vein. In
these times of belt-tightening, education is still, and must remain, a
priority for corporate entities. It is only with a commitment to enhancing
staff skill sets that organizations can create a culture of risk awareness
within all levels of a corporation and position themselves for future
growth,” said GARP’s President and CEO Richard Apostolik.

An exhibition hall will run alongside the Congress, featuring an array of
leading companies offering their products and services. Exhibitors include
Moody’s Analytics, Fermat, Sybase, SeBA International and others.

Registration for the European Risk Congress is now open. GARP offers
early registration discounts until April 30, 2009. For additional information
and to register, please visit: www.garp.com/europe2009.aspx

About The Global Association of Risk Professionals

The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is a not-for-profit
independent association of close to 100,000 risk management practitioners and
researchers representing banks, investment management firms, government
agencies, academic institutions, and corporations from more than 167
countries worldwide. It also administers the Financial Risk Manager (FRM),
the certification recognized by financial risk professionals worldwide. As
the leading professional association for risk managers, GARP’s mission is to
advance the risk profession through education, training and the promotion of
best practices globally. www.garp.org.

Source: Global Association of Risk Professionals

Carl Hymans, +1-212-725-4500, ext 304, carlh at schwartz.com, or Danielle Robitaille, +1-212-725-4500 ext. 338, drobitaille at schwartz.com, for Global Association of Risk Professionals