SURESH SANKARAN
HEAD RISK GOVERNANCE
METRO BANK (UK)
With over 30 years of banking experience and career, Suresh Sankaran has been part of some of the world’s most reputed organizations in the financial system, including the World Bank Group, HSBC, ABN-AMRO, KPMG and Fiserv.
Suresh recently joined Metro Bank (UK) as head Risk Governance and prior to that he retired from Kamakura Corporation where he was the Chief Risk Officer. Suresh has extensive knowledge and a broad perspective on different aspects of risk and in his various roles has advised heads of government, wholesale, commercial and investment banks, corporate treasuries, insurers and fund managers. His specialty is liquidity risk, and he is the author of several papers on liquidity-adjusted risk. His work and contributions on liquidity and its impact on market and credit risks have been recognized by industry professionals and peers.
Suresh ran a very successful campaign called “Another One Bites the Dust”, in which he analyzed data from over 40 countries and attempted to predict the next major default crisis, in which he identified the default path of two organizations prior to the actual event in a series of well-documented posts on his blog. Suresh has distinguished himself as an internationally respected speaker on risk-related issues and has provided training workshops to regulators around the world, including with the Bank for International Settlements’ Financial Stability Institute, where he is a featured speaker.
He has given training workshops to most European and Asian regulators, the Federal Reserve, as well as several African governments. He has also served as a lecturer at several prestigious universities, including the London School of Business. He holds a degree in Finance with a specialization in Mathematics and Accounting and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.