XXI Russia Risk Conference

Moscow

October 23 - 24, 2025

The largest annual professional event for risk managers, combining state-of-the-art approaches, technologies and innovations in the field of financial risk management.

The program will include talks of the leading experts, CRO panel, analytical reviews, panel discussions and case studies from market leaders

Keynote - speakers

Anastasia Demskaya

Alfa-Bank

Svetlana Belyalova

Danil Trofimov

VTB

XXI Russia Risk Conference 2025

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Russia Risk Conference in 2025 will be held on October 23-24.
This is a traditional meeting place for CROs, top managers in charge of risk management, risk monitoring and validation specialists, risk managers and risk analysts, data scientists, and practitioners in the field of credit, market, and operational risk management, as well as specialists in quantitative analysis and risk modeling, cybersecurity, compliance, data management, and non-financial risk management.

THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF 2 DAYS

Will present current and upcoming changes in the field of financial risk management, including the most relevant topics: a detailed analysis of macroeconomic trends and their impact on the financial sector, changes in the business models of financial institutions under sanctions, discussion of market scenarios and risk trends, trends in risk management: socialization and globalization of risks, and the evolution of methods and models.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Reflects the dynamics of changes in the field of risk management. It will examine how macroeconomic and technological factors influence the strategies of financial companies, which vulnerabilities in the field of information security are becoming critical, and which new approaches, models, and digital tools can improve the speed of response and the quality of management. Special attention will be paid to the role of technology in shaping the competitive advantages of a risk manager.

KEYNOTE CRO-PANEL

Leaders of the financial sector will discuss key trends and challenges for 2025-2026, from managing asset concentration and currency risks to the development of digital financial assets and new market instruments. The focus will be on strategic risk management, portfolio diversification, the prospects for the mortgage and stock markets, and the transformation of business models in the context of sanctions and digitalization.

SECOND DAY PROGRAM

Will be dedicated to non-financial and operational risks, compliance, and cybersecurity. Participants will discuss new regulatory requirements, operational and reputational risk management practices, approaches to business continuity planning, data risk management, and modern methods of protecting against cyber threats. The conference will conclude with a cross-industry roundtable on integrated risk management in key segments, from insurance and leasing to retail, telecoms, and investment companies.

Speakers

Anastasia Demskaya

FRM, Head of Corporate and Financial Risk Department

Alfa-Bank

Danil Trofimov

Deputy Head of the Integrated Risk Management Department, Head of the Consolidated Risk Analysis Department, Vice President

VTB

Svetlana Belyalova

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Sergey Demidov

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for Information Security

Moscow Stock Exchange

Roman Litvinov

Director of the risk Department

BCS financial group

Tatyana Melnikova

Member of the Management Board

PRMIA

Vladimir Varivonchik

First Vice President

Gazprombank

Dmitry Golembiovsky

Director of the Financial Risk Management Department

PJSC "PSB"

Ruslan Morozov

Chief Data Scientist of the Corporate investment Unit

SberBank

Nikita Zelinsky

Director of Machine Learning and Data Research

MTS Web Services

Egor Susin

Head of the Center for Market Strategies

Gazprombank

Vitaliy Ukrainsky

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board

OTP Bank

Alexander Dyakonov

Head of the Research Department in the recommendation team

AI VK

Mikhail Pomazanov

Head of the Validation Department

PJSC "PSB"

Mikhail Anokhin

Managing Director of the Risk Directorate

Credit Bank of Moscow

Vadim Sitosenko

Head of the Department of Operational Risks

Gazprombank

Oleg Lisovoy

Director of Operational Risks and Business Continuity

JSC "DOM.RF"

Alexander Motichev

Chief Expert, Anti-Fraud Technology Competence Center

Raiffeisenbank

Vadim Lomskoy

Director of the Banking Risks Department

Credit Bank of Moscow

Pavel Klimovich

Deputy Head of the Department of Operational Risks

Gazprombank

Alexey Lukatsky

Business Security Consultant

Positive Technologies

Dmitry Ruzanov

Head of the Model Development Department

Alfa-Bank

Pavel Razumovsky

Managing Director of Risks

National Clearing Center

Valery Weisberg

Director of the Analytical Department

IC "REGION"

Oleg Solntsev

Head of the Monetary Policy Analysis Department

Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-term Forecasting, CMASF

Maxim Smirnov

Director of the Department of Market and Operational Risks

Credit Bank of Moscow

Alexander Efimov

Head of the Operational Risk Control Group

Raiffeisenbank

Vladimir Shikin

Deputy marketing Director

NBKI

Olga Isakova

Head of the Department of Operational Risks and Business Continuity

Credit Bank of Moscow

Ekaterina Gutorova

Head of the Operational Risks Department of the Credit and Operational Risk Methodology Department of the Risk Management Division

OTP Bank

Aidar Sharifzyanov

Head of Investment and Financial Transaction Analysis

PJSC "PSB"

Sergey Smirnov

Board member

PRMIA Russia

Nikolai Filipenkov

Head of Product Analytics

T-Bank

Vladimir Levchenko

Vice President of the Capital Markets Department

Derzhava Bank

Danil Kolesov

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Irina Belousova

Head of the Credit Analysis Center

National Clearing Center

Alexander Popov

Head of the Compliance and Non-Financial Risks Unit

MTS Bank

Artyom Gorin

Head of the Directorate of Operational Risks

Alfa-Bank

Alexander Ivanov

Director of the Department of Operational Risks and Continuity Assurance

National Clearing Center

Alexey Lukovnikov

Independent expert

Alexandra Sergeeva

Head of Business Continuity Management

Alfa-Bank

Julia Simonova

Head of Non-Financial Risks Department

T-Bank

Nikolai Kulikov

Member of the Supervisory Board

GIF Association

Victor Vereshchagin

President, Chairman of the Management Board

RusRisk

Pavel Pikulev

Chairman of the Association

Association of Financial Analysts (AFA)

Co-founder

Perforum

Irina Andropova

Member of the Management Board

RusRisk

Daria Solovyova

Head of the Operational Risk Department, Department of Operational Risks, Information Security and Business Continuity

Moscow Stock Exchange

Elizaveta Yasakova

Operational risk management

VTB Bank

Yuri Veselov

Head of the Information Security Continuity Group

Norilsk Nickel Sphere

Igor Myastovsky

Head of the IT Business Continuity Department

Alfa-Bank

Maxim Travin

Director of Data Management

T-Bank

Stanislav Luchinsky

Head of the Compliance Directorate

Credit Bank of Moscow

Larisa Kuryleva

Senior Manager, business coach

Business Academy B1

Stanislav Kudryavtsev

Lead auditor, independent consultant

TUV Austria

Ekaterina Medvedeva

Managing Director - Partner

GreenData

Nikolai Kudachkin

Director, Consulting Services Group for financial sector organizations

Nikita Veselov

Head of Risk Model Development for Legal entities

Alfa-Bank

Natalia Rudik

Director of ERM and BPM Products

NEXTBI

Olga Belenkaya

Head of the Macroeconomic Analysis Department

FINAM

Margarita Khomenko

CEO

Center for compliance solutions «Compliance Elements»

Oleg Chernyshev

Associate Partner

All speakers

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Program

9.00 - 10.00

Registration of participants. Welcoming coffee

10:00 - 11:30

SESSION #1 KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION

THE BIG PICTURE: ECONOMY, MARKETS, AND NEW RISKS

Session moderators

Tatyana Melnikova

Member of the Management Board

PRMIA

Vladimir Levchenko

Vice President of the Capital Markets Department

Derzhava Bank

Discussion

Global and local macroeconomic trends, and their impact on the financial sector
Geopolitical turbulence and implications for credit and market risks
Inflation, interest rates and currency fluctuations: challenges for resilience
The role of regulators: monetary policy and new regulatory initiatives

Dynamics of consumer behavior and transformation of financial services
How the profile of financial organizations is changing
Forecasting: what scenarios of development to consider in 2025-2026

Mikhail Anokhin

Managing Director of the Risk Directorate

Credit Bank of Moscow

Egor Susin

Head of the Center for Market Strategies

Gazprombank

Valery Weisberg

Director of the Analytical Department

IC "REGION"

Pavel Pikulev

Chairman of the Association

Association of Financial Analysts (AFA)

Co-founder

Perforum

Nikolai Kulikov

Member of the Supervisory Board

GIF Association

Olga Belenkaya

Head of the Macroeconomic Analysis Department

FINAM

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 - 13:30

SESSION #2 LEADER CASES / ROUND TABLE

AI TECHNOLOGIES IN RISK MANAGEMENT

Session moderators

Ruslan Morozov

Chief Data Scientist of the Corporate investment Unit

SberBank

Nikita Zelinsky

Director of Machine Learning and Data Research

MTS Web Services

Presentation

Implementation of models in working with corporate clients using neural networks: how to build processes to minimize model risks

Description of the model and applied approaches, identification of issues
Description of processes and controls

Nikita Veselov

Head of Risk Model Development for Legal entities

Alfa-Bank

Presentation

AI-driven: low-code approach to building secure solutions in the banking ecosystem

Ekaterina Medvedeva

Managing Director - Partner

GreenData

Presentation

Application of AI tools in the non-financial risk management system

Pavel Razumovsky

Managing Director of Risks

National Clearing Center

Alexander Ivanov

Director of the Department of Operational Risks and Continuity Assurance

National Clearing Center

Round table

AI regulation

Development of standards for trusted AI (EU AI Act, local initiatives of the CBR)
Issues of legal and operational responsibility for decisions made with the participation of AI

AI & Financial Risk Management

AI models for credit scoring, portfolio evaluation, and stress testing
Anti-fraud, AML/KYC, and transaction monitoring based on LLM/GenAI
Real-time monitoring of liquidity and market risks

AI risks as a separate class

Model risks (model risk) when using LLMs and neural networks
Data risks (bias, incompleteness, quality)
“Black box” – interpretability and controllability of algorithms

Practice and maturity of implementation

Indicators of companies’ readiness to implement AI solutions
The role of risk management in shaping the “risk appetite for innovation”
Best practices: pilots vs. real implementation

Alexander Dyakonov

Head of the Research Department in the recommendation team

AI VK

Nikita Zelinsky

Director of Machine Learning and Data Research

MTS Web Services

Ekaterina Medvedeva

Managing Director - Partner

GreenData

Dmitry Ruzanov

Head of the Model Development Department

Alfa-Bank

13.30 - 14.30

Lunch

14.30 - 16.00

#3 KEYNOTE CRO-PANEL. DISCUSSION INSIGHT-SESSION

TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR: RISK MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

Session Moderator

Anastasia Demskaya

FRM, Head of Corporate and Financial Risk Department

Alfa-Bank

Discussion

We will pay special attention to the dynamics of significant risks, portfolio credit risk management, trends in regulatory changes, the use of AI in risk management, asset concentration management, the development of digital financial assets, currency transactions and new risks in 2025-2026.

Portfolio Concentration: Diversification Challenges in Sanctions Environment

How to effectively diversify a portfolio in the context of an artificial limitation of available instruments?
What new instruments (e.g. CFA) can help in diversification?

Currency transactions: new rules and risks in 2025

How can businesses optimize currency risks in the context of ongoing currency restrictions?
Which alternative payment chains (for example, through crypto-assets or digital financial assets) are the most promising?

Interest rate risk: uncertainty about the central bank’s interest rate trajectory

What lessons have banks learned from the period of high interest rates?
What are the specific features of interest rate risk management during the phase of declining interest rates?

The Stock Market: Volatility as the New Normal

Which sectors are the most resilient to current challenges?
How should investors navigate high volatility and uncertainty?

Market Risk: Managing in Extreme Volatility and Sanctions Pressure

What stress scenarios should be mandatory for testing portfolios?
Is it possible to hedge market risks through Asian exchanges with acceptable efficiency?

Vladimir Varivonchik

First Vice President

Gazprombank

Vadim Lomskoy

Director of the Banking Risks Department

Credit Bank of Moscow

Maxim Smirnov

Director of the Department of Market and Operational Risks

Credit Bank of Moscow

Roman Litvinov

Director of the risk Department

BCS financial group

Danil Trofimov

Deputy Head of the Integrated Risk Management Department, Head of the Consolidated Risk Analysis Department, Vice President

VTB

Vitaliy Ukrainsky

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board

OTP Bank

16.00 - 16.30

Coffee break

16.30 - 18.30

SESSION #4 CREDIT RISKS + RISK TECH

TRENDS, INNOVATIONS, AND CHALLENGES IN 2025

Session Moderator

Vladimir Shikin

Deputy marketing Director

NBKI

Presentation

Current challenges of IFRS 9 reservations for retail

Oleg Chernyshev

Associate Partner

Выступление

The scope of rating categories based on limited data statistics for corporate IDR models

Mikhail Pomazanov

Head of the Validation Department

PJSC "PSB"

Presentation

AI as a tool for optimizing and accelerating decision-making in credit risk management

Pavel Razumovsky

Managing Director of Risks

National Clearing Center

Irina Belousova

Head of the Credit Analysis Center

National Clearing Center

Выступление

Evaluation of options in mezzanine financing schemes

Dmitry Golembiovsky

Director of the Financial Risk Management Department

PJSC "PSB"

Aidar Sharifzyanov

Head of Investment and Financial Transaction Analysis

PJSC "PSB"

Выступление

Digital transformation of GRC systems based on no-code and machine learning. An example of calculating and monitoring the credit risk limit

Natalia Rudik

Director of ERM and BPM Products

NEXTBI

Presentation

Credit risk management with tight monetary policy

Vladimir Shikin

Deputy marketing Director

NBKI

Модератор сессии

Светлана Белялова

Директор (Управление ИТ и технологическими рисками)

Группа компаний Б1

09:00 - 10:00

Registration of participants. Welcoming coffee

10:00 - 11:00

SESSION #1 KEYNOTE

KEY AREAS OF NON-FINANCIAL RISK DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Session Moderator

Svetlana Belyalova

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Presentations

Independent directors and heads of various departments of financial organizations will discuss current issues of non-financial risk management that concern the management of modern organizations, their role and significance in the composition of financial organizations’ risks, and share their expectations and challenges at the organizational level.

Non-financial and compliance risk management issues: a CEO’s perspective
Operational risk profile today: processes, people, technology
The current landscape of compliance risks

Risk management tools and processes – achievements and expectations
Reputational, legal and strategic risks – new reality, new challenges

Maxim Smirnov

Director of the Department of Market and Operational Risks

Credit Bank of Moscow

Alexander Popov

Head of the Compliance and Non-Financial Risks Unit

MTS Bank

Pavel Razumovsky

Managing Director of Risks

National Clearing Center

Irina Andropova

Member of the Management Board

RusRisk

Victor Vereshchagin

President, Chairman of the Management Board

RusRisk

Stanislav Luchinsky

Head of the Compliance Directorate

Credit Bank of Moscow

Margarita Khomenko

CEO

Center for compliance solutions «Compliance Elements»

11:00 - 12:30

SESSION #2 ROUND TABLE

TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Session Moderator

Svetlana Belyalova

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Presentation

Scenario analysis in operational risk management

Vadim Sitosenko

Head of the Department of Operational Risks

Gazprombank

Presentation

Trends and indicators of losses from the implementation of operational risks. Results of the 1st half of 2025, forecast for 2026

Elizaveta Yasakova

Operational risk management

VTB Bank

Round table

Risk management culture – criteria, signs, results
The weakest link: personnel risks and risk manager competencies
Efficiency of operational risk management procedures: to embrace the vast

Development of control practices: limits, operational controls and key indicators
Third parties and outsourcing risks – best practices and compliance
Outsourcing – practical approaches and implementation of new requirements

Vadim Sitosenko

Head of the Department of Operational Risks

Gazprombank

Olga Isakova

Head of the Department of Operational Risks and Business Continuity

Credit Bank of Moscow

Alexander Efimov

Head of the Operational Risk Control Group

Raiffeisenbank

Artyom Gorin

Head of the Directorate of Operational Risks

Alfa-Bank

Larisa Kuryleva

Senior Manager, business coach

Business Academy B1

Ekaterina Gutorova

Head of the Operational Risks Department of the Credit and Operational Risk Methodology Department of the Risk Management Division

OTP Bank

Julia Simonova

Head of Non-Financial Risks Department

T-Bank

12:30 - 13:00

Coffee break

13:00 - 13:30

SESSION

RISK AUTOMATION: AN INTEGRATOR'S VIEW

Session Moderator

Svetlana Belyalova

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Presentation

Low-code approach to building secure solutions in the banking ecosystem

Ekaterina Medvedeva

Managing Director - Partner

GreenData

Presentation

Risk management as a tool for improving the efficiency of business processes: creating a solution for continuous identification and monitoring of risks based on a low-code platform

Natalia Rudik

Director of ERM and BPM Products

NEXTBI

13:30 - 14:30

SESSION #3 PANEL DISCUSSION

ADVANCED DATA RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES: BEST PRACTICES

Session Moderator

Svetlana Belyalova

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Discussion

Data Culture – how and who to create it
Data Literacy – what you need to know and be able to do for data management

New horizons of data-driven services
Data quality – a look into the future
Data risk management – practices, tools and ideas

Maxim Travin

Director of Data Management

T-Bank

Alexey Lukovnikov

Independent expert

Nikolai Kudachkin

Director, Consulting Services Group for financial sector organizations

Natalia Rudik

Director of ERM and BPM Products

NEXTBI

Julia Simonova

Head of Non-Financial Risks Department

T-Bank

14:30 - 15:15

Lunch

15:15 - 16:15

SESSION #4 ROUND TABLE

BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING: A CROSS-INDUSTRIAL APPROACH

Session Moderator

Svetlana Belyalova

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Выступление

Management of factors of influence in business continuity: new tasks and ensuring the feasibility of their Plans

Pavel Klimovich

Deputy Head of the Department of Operational Risks

Gazprombank

Round table

The problem of responding to business continuity incidents in the current reality
Common and private in approaches to ensuring continuity: industry best practices
Communication and interaction in a crisis situation – criteria for success

Planning of continuity of IT processes and restoration of technological services
Approaches to ensuring operational reliability – achievements and open questions

Pavel Klimovich

Deputy Head of the Department of Operational Risks

Gazprombank

Alexandra Sergeeva

Head of Business Continuity Management

Alfa-Bank

Igor Myastovsky

Head of the IT Business Continuity Department

Alfa-Bank

Yuri Veselov

Head of the Information Security Continuity Group

Norilsk Nickel Sphere

16:15 - 17:45

SESSION #5 PANEL DISCUSSION

CYBER RISKS AND CYBERSECURITY OF FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Session moderators

Svetlana Belyalova

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Sergey Demidov

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board for Information Security

Moscow Stock Exchange

Presentation

AI Regulation and Certification: Is the time right?

Stanislav Kudryavtsev

Lead auditor, independent consultant

TUV Austria

Presentation

Risk management of new technologies

Daria Solovyova

Head of the Operational Risk Department, Department of Operational Risks, Information Security and Business Continuity

Moscow Stock Exchange

Presentation

Cybersecurity today: risks without borders

Alexey Lukatsky

Business Security Consultant

Positive Technologies

Выступление

Is the Director bothering you?! - let's talk about deepfakes and messengers

Alexander Motichev

Chief Expert, Anti-Fraud Technology Competence Center

Raiffeisenbank

Discussion

Cybersecurity today: risks without borders

Overview of current threats and risks of information security: are we winning or losing?
Risks and safety of new technologies
Regulation and certification of AI: is the time right?

Противодействие электронному и транзакционному мошенничеству: инструменты и процессы
Оценка уровня кибербезопасности: движение вверх

Alexey Lukatsky

Business Security Consultant

Positive Technologies

Alexander Motichev

Chief Expert, Anti-Fraud Technology Competence Center

Raiffeisenbank

Daria Solovyova

Head of the Operational Risk Department, Department of Operational Risks, Information Security and Business Continuity

Moscow Stock Exchange

Danil Kolesov

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Stanislav Kudryavtsev

Lead auditor, independent consultant

TUV Austria

17:45 - 18:15

Coffee break

18:15 - 19:15

SESSION #6 PANEL DISCUSSION

MODERN PROCEDURES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE RISKS

Session Moderator

Svetlana Belyalova

Director, IT and Technology Risk Management Services Department

Discussion

Labour, sanctions and anti-corruption legislation – expectations and realities
Changes in compliance procedures in the context of development of new business formats

Risks of Unfair Conduct – Management Practice
Development and Application of Analytical Tools in Compliance Procedures

Oleg Lisovoy

Director of Operational Risks and Business Continuity

JSC "DOM.RF"

Stanislav Luchinsky

Head of the Compliance Directorate

Credit Bank of Moscow

Alexander Popov

Head of the Compliance and Non-Financial Risks Unit

MTS Bank

Margarita Khomenko

CEO

Center for compliance solutions «Compliance Elements»

Nikolai Filipenkov

Head of Product Analytics

T-Bank

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Furshet

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