Trainer Experience
House of Training / ATTF
(2013-2019)
Freelance Trainer & Risk management Expert
Provide 3 to 5-days training as expert trainer for the Luxembourg development agency ATTF (part of the House of Training) in partner countries
Subject focus on Basel 2 & 3, Operational Risk Management, Permanent Controls and more generally Financial Risk Management
Trainings provided through local Central banks / Finance ministries or Banking associations in West Africa (BCEAO), Kosovo, Moldova, Macedonia, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Vietnam
Ad hoc trainings as well for the House of Training local Luxembourg program
West Africa
BCEAO - COFEB
2013-2019
(1 or more sessions per year)
Lomé (Togo)
Dakar (Sénégal)
Cotonou (Bénin)
Niamey (Niger)
Provide expert training Banking and Financial risk management from 2013 to 2017, as the Region was gradually preparing for and implementing international Basel 2 & 3 standards. Some training sessions were specifically focused on Operational Risk and Internal Controls
In 2018, in preparation for the go-live of the region’s new risk management and capital adequacy regulations, I initiated a change in the training format.
Increase the number of beneficiaries, with a fundamental risk management session provided to 60-80 participants coming from all eight BCEAO countries and banks
Focus on regional implementation topics and issues, with a second training session of around forty participants, selected among those who had successfully passed the fundamentals exam. This second session provided practical use cases reviews, methodologies and exercises
Fully engage participants in their learning process, by splitting them into working groups, and having them prepare a presentation on a topic of their choice but in line with their organisations’ current risk management needs & issues. Coaching was provided to all work groups (online support + one on-site session)
Finally, each working group had to present their final work and conclusions to their peers as well as their CEOs and Board Presidents in a plenary session (with approximately 80 attendees)
This format was well appreciated by the BCEAO-COFEB, local banks’ executive management and participants, and thus repeated in 2019 and 2020
On a special note, the support provided throughout the entire 2017-2020 training cycle by the BCEAO and their banking regulation and supervision unit was extremely valuable and cannot be under-estimated: very knowledgeable, highly professional, visionary, open-minded and always available despite their busy work schedule
Hanoi, Vietnam (2014 & 2015)
Each trip allowed for two 1-week training sessions/groups. For one group, the focus was on banking and financial Risk Management, as part of a broader banking capacity building program. For the second group, the focus was on Operational Risk Management and Controls
Ulaan Bator, Mongolia (2013 & 2019)
Both sessions covered banking and financial Risk Management, even though in 2013, greater focus was on Operational Risk Management and Controls, as it was a hot topic at the time
Pristina, Kosovo (2015 & 2019)
The 2015 training focused on fundamentals to “project management and controls” for newly independent Kosovo local administration officials. Part of their capacity building efforts as they were preparing to receive and manage international aid and funds, each session lasted 1 day (5 sessions), in order to reach as many administrators as possible
The 2019 training focused on Operational Risk Management and Permanent Controls
Skopje, Macedonia (2014)
This was a 3-day training on Operational Risk Management and Controls
Kiev, Ukraine (2015)
This was a 3-day training on the Fundamentals of Risk Management with a special focus on Permanent Controls
Baku, Azerbaijan (2015)
Two 3-day trainings, on the Fundamentals of Risk Management and Permanent Controls, organised at the Central Bank
Chisinau, Moldova (2018)
This was a 3-day training, dedicated to advanced Operational Risk Management and Permanent Controls
IMNERGY (consultant)
(2013-2019)
Environmental project management and controls framework
Building on my experience gained through consulting and project, risks and controls management, I worked with a forest engineer hired by IMNERGY CoopSA in order to develop a agroforestry project methodology and controls framework
The methodology was tested (2013) and implemented (2014-2015) with the Maya Project initiated y IMNERGY CoopSA in the Yucatan peninsula
Environmental project consulting
Similarly, I contributed the risk and controls section to a consulting / training program focused on carbon measurement and compensation mechanism (France)
Environment conferences
In 2014 and 2015, as General Manager of IMNERGY CoopSA, I actively supported the organisation and delivery of two conferences in Yucatan (Merida and Cancun) themed on the necessity for full inclusion of local communities in the development of sustainable tourism strategies
Mobility conference
In 2019, as co-founder of the A2Bplus initiative, I talked of the need to incentivise mobility change , the requirements for successful schemes and the opportunities for doing so
