Stefan Walter, based in Ernst & Young’s New York office, is responsible for leading the Global Bank Supervisory and Regulatory Policy network. In this role, Mr. Walter shares perspectives on emerging regulatory issues and related business challenges with C-suite client executives within the global financial services industry. His experience includes global bank supervision and regulation, all aspects of Basel III and the evolving global regulatory agenda, supervisory expectations for risk governance and management and financial stability issues.

During his five year tenure as Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Mr. Walter oversaw the most fundamental transformation of global bank regulation in decades, including the Basel III capital and liquidity reforms. Mr. Walter also was a member of the Financial Stability Board where he helped develop global standards for systemically important financial institutions. Additionally, Mr. Walter spent 15 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), where his work included leading domestic and international bank supervisory and regulatory policy development initiatives and managing FRBNY’s examination teams for market risk, liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk.

Mr. Vangel, based in Ernst & Young’s New York office, is a Principal for banking supervisory and regulatory matters. Mr. Vangel joined Ernst & Young in 1997 after a 17-year career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY). His areas of specialization include all aspects of banking regulation and supervision, such as domestic and international supervision, capital markets activities, compliance, risk management and control.

Before joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Vangel was the Senior Vice President of Bank Supervision at the FRBNY. Highlights of Mr. Vangel’s career at the FRBNY include Senior Vice President, Bank Supervision, where he was responsible for managing the full range of supervisory matters affecting US banking organizations and foreign banks, including applications / authorizations, examinations, off-site surveillance and oversight, and enforcement. Mr. Vangel also served in official positions in the Open Market function, and as the senior officer in charge of financial control and human resources in the Corporate Group.

Mr. Pogson, a Partner in Ernst & Young’s Hong Kong office, has more than 20 years of financial services experience, having worked with many regulators and governments in Asia-Pacific on regulatory and market reform initiatives. Mr. Pogson has particular expertise helping companies make acquisitions and developing market entry strategies in Asia-Pacific. He also has extensive due diligence experience in China for banking, asset management and securities clients. Mr. Pogson is the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Rodd, based in Ernst & Young's Hong Kong office, is the risk leader for Hong Kong and China. In his role in the global financial regulatory reform network, Mr. Rodd will share perspectives on regulatory developments in these markets and the challenges facing the financial services industry.

Mr. Rodd’s experience includes assisting clients in regulatory compliance, including establishment of licensed banking or securities operations, gap analyses against regulatory requirements, preparation for regulatory inspections and assessment of compliance effectiveness.

Before joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Rodd worked in a risk role in the Frankfurt, London and Tokyo offices of a global financial institution.

Ms. Fortésa, based in Paris, is an Executive Director in Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Risk Management Group. She joined Ernst & Young in 2011 and currently leads projects involving prudential issues in the supervisory authority of banks.

Before joining Ernst & Young, Ms. Fortésa worked at the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel (French Prudential Supervisory Authority), Société Générale, the Association Française des Banques (French Banking Association) and INSEE (French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies).

Ms. Jackson, based in London, is a Partner in Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Risk Management Group. She currently leads projects on liquidity, stress testing and bank mergers, as well as a project to retrain supervisors in a major European regulator. She joined Ernst & Young in 2004.

Ms. Jackson has over 25 years of regulatory/banking experience with clients and as senior official at the Bank of England. She is a member of the leadership team for EMEIA covering capital, stress testing and liquidity. She has managed projects on Basel II/risk for all the major UK and international banks.

Her other projects include the ICAAP, end-to-end RWA calculations, waiver application reviews, stress testing, pillar 2, loss given default, model validation and PD rating system build. She also chaired the Institute for International Finance Group on causes of the credit crunch.

Dr. Huertas is a Partner in Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Risk Management practice in London. He joined Ernst & Young in 2012 with over 35 years experience as a regulator, business executive and banker in Europe and North America.

As a regulator, Dr. Huertas served as a member of the Executive Committee at the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA). During his time at the FSA, he was responsible for the prudential and conduct supervision of wholesale firms in the banking, insurance and asset management sectors in the UK. He also led the FSA's work on recovery and resolution, remuneration and the analysis of risks facing the banking sector.

In addition, he served as a member of the Basel Committee and as Alternate Chair of the European Banking Authority. Prior to joining the FSA, he held senior positions at a major global bank in the US and Europe. Dr. Huertas has published extensively on banking and financial issues, including his recent book “Crisis: Cause, Containment and Cure”.

Mr. Bischof, based in Zurich, is an Associate Partner in Ernst & Young’s FSO - Risk Advisory Group. He joined Ernst & Young in 2012 and currently leads projects on capital management, liquidity risk frameworks, Treasury, Basel III, SIFI-policy, risk governance and reporting, and financial data engineering.

Mr. Bischof has 17 years of experience in the financial industry. Before joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Bischof was a Member of the Extended Executive Board of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), as head of Risk Management. He was also Chairman of Switzerland’s official national working Group—Basel III implementation in Switzerland. In earlier stages of his career, he has held positions at SIX Telekurs, ECOFIN Data Model Ltd. and Swiss National Bank. Mr. Bischof holds a PhD in Finance and Banking and lectures at the University of Zurich and the University of St. Gallen.

Mr. Koishihara is an Executive Director in Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Advisory Regulatory & Compliance Group. He joined Ernst & Young in 2011 and focuses on regulatory compliance and risk management advisory services to financial clients in Japan.

Mr. Koishihara joined Ernst & Young after a 30-year career at Japanese Financial Services Agency (J-FSA) where he held the role of Top Inspector in Inspection Bureau of J-FSA.