PRMIA volunteer spotlight Emil Nysschens, Regional Director, PRMIA South Africa
by Adam Lindquist PRMIA Volunteers are risk professionals who have a desire to help others and benefit from helping build the PRMIA network. Some, like Emil Nysschens, take a leading role in helping a local Chapter flourish and grow. I caught up with Emil, Regional Director of the PRMIA South Africa Chapter.
Adam
Tell us how you got started in risk, how long have you been in risk, and what is your current
role? Emil I had a long career in the accounting field prior to risk and there were several steps along the way. My ‘risk journey’ started in 2003 when I realized I had a great interest in investment management and banking in general during my tenure at the asset management division of a large South African bank. From there I moved into the financial markets training field in 2008, and I am now at Riskworx, a unique South African consultancy that focuses on Financial and Quantitative Modelling as a Lecturer.
Adam
How did you first learn of PRMIA?
Emil My introduction to PRMIA happened back in 2008, right after I officially left the accounting fraternity and started working for a financial markets training company. One of the very first projects I worked on was with the late Dr Graeme West and involved the original second exam of the PRM (the mathematical foundations of risk measurement). Within the PRM I found the perfect intersection of my interests in business, mathematics, and science.
Adam
When did you first volunteer and why?
Emil My first foray into volunteering started a very long time ago! I first served on the South African PRMIA Steering Committee back in 2009 to 2011.
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