From the Back Cover
Praise for Operational Risk Modeling in Financial Services
"Patrick Naim and Laurent Condamin articulate the most comprehensive quantitative and analytical framework that I have encountered for the identification, assessment and management of Operational Risk. I have employed it for five years and found it both usable and effective. I recommend this book as essential reading for senior risk managers."
-C.S. Venkatakrishnan, CRO, Barclays
"I had the pleasure to work with Laurent and Patrick to implement the XOI approach across a large multinational insurer. The key benefits of the method are to provide an approach to understand, manage and quantify risks and, at the same time, to provide a robust framework for capital modeling. Thanks to this method, we have been able to demonstrate the business benefits of operational risk management. XOI is also well designed to support the Operational Resilience agenda in financial services, which is the new frontier for Op Risk Management."
-Michael Sicsic, Head of Supervision, Financial Conduct Authority; Ex-Global Operational Risk Director, Aviva Plc
"The approach described in this book was a 'Eureka!' moment in my journey on operational risk. Coming from a market risk background, I had the impression that beyond the definition of operational risk, it was difficult to find a book that described a coherent framework for measuring and managing operational risk. Operational Risk Modeling in Financial Services is now filling this gap."
-Olivier Vigneron, CRO EMEA, JPMorgan Chase & Co
"The XOI methodology provides a structured approach for the modeling of operational risk scenarios. The XOI methodology is robust, forward looking and easy to understand. This book will help you understand the XOI methodology by giving you practical guidance to show how risk managers, risk modellers and scenario owners can work together to model a range of operational risk scenarios using a consistent approach."
-Michael Furnish, Head of Model Governance and Operational Risk, Aviva Plc
"The XOI approach is a simple framework that allows to measure operational risk by identifying and quantifying the main loss drivers per risk. This facilitates the business and management engagement as the various drivers are defined in business terms and not in risk management jargon. Further, the XOI approach can be used for risk appetite setting and monitoring. I strongly believe that the XOI approach has the potential to become an industry standard for banks and regulators."
-Emile Dunand, ORM Scenarios & Stress Testing, Credit Suisse
PATRICK NAIM is the CEO of Elseware and widely recognized as an expert for operational risk modeling and quantification. Patrick has extensive experience in advising banks, insurance and energy companies for over 20 years in Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America. He is also the author of Risk Quantification: Management, Diagnosis and Hedging and Bayesian Networks: a Practical Guide to Applications, both from Wiley.
LAURENT CONDAMIN, PHD, is Managing Partner and Researcher at Elseware. For the past 10 years, he has been advising the largest financial institutions. His areas of expertise are operational risk modeling, stress testing, credit rating modeling, project risk analysis, insurance coverage optimization and cost-benefit analysis.
