A tribute in memory of Kalyan Sunderam

April 4, 1949 - June 20, 2021 We are saddened to hear the news of the death of Kalyan Sunderam, PRM, CFA, and PRMIA Education Committee chair. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.

Kalyan was a long-time supporter and member leader within the PRMIA membership network. He helped to develop and launch the Professional Risk Manager credentialing program and supported its continual updates over the years.

During his time serving the membership at PRMIA, Kalyan brought integrity and validity to the programs for financial risk managers around the globe.

His strong leadership, influence, and expertise will be missed.

”Kalyan has been the main source of continuity in the Education Committee across many cycles. I had the pleasure of working with Kalyan on the

Education Committee when I served as the Chair as a newcomer. Kalyan’s dedication to PRMIA, passion about the risk management profession, and his adherence to quality of our educational and examination material helped tremendously and was contagious. He set a great example for other Education Committee members by organizing and leading a subcommittee reviewing all our test bank that led to restoring our confidence and revitalize the program. Yet, he was always very humble and listened to everyone carefully and asked the most relevant but hard to answer questions without any hesitation.

It is truly a loss to PRMIA and our industry. He will be truly missed, but he has made his impact already.

Ron D’Vari, past PRMIA Education Committee chair, Chief Executive Officer/Co-Founder, NewOak Capital LLC

”Kalyan consistently gave his time and energy to education and standards in risk management. His dedication and commitment were an example to us all – he was the consummate risk professional. Thank you Kalyan for your many years of service on PRMIA’s Education Committee.

”The first time I met Kalyan was in 2017 in London in the meeting to revise the materials in the PRM exam. At that meeting, Kalyan encouraged us to devote more time in the risk community. He was a warm-hearted, intelligent, and kind person.

At this moment, best wishes to his family. All of us will still follow his step to support and expand the risk community.

”Kalyan was a long-time member leader for PRMIA, supporting the mission to promote the profession around the world. He was always a steadfast supporter of PRMIA and the Education Committee.

Jonathan Howitt, past PRMIA Board member and Education Committee chair, Chief Risk Officer, World Food Programme

Albert Qi Lu, PRMIA Education Committee member, Independent Approver, LujiaZui Trust

Mary Rehm, Director of Learning and Development, PRMIA