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Skyscrapers and Sky
RISK MANAGEMENT & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Practice Area

SEDA Experts provides premier consulting and litigation services for clients in need of specialized expertise in risk exposure assessment, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

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Our team consists of world-class authorities, including former Chief Risk Officers and Chief Credit Officers and Heads of Counterparty and Market Risk at leading financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, who have significantly shaped the landscape of risk management.

With in-depth knowledge of financial regulatory landscapes, SEDA’s professionals guide clients in adhering to evolving compliance standards while managing risks effectively.



EXPERTISE

Counterparty, Credit, Liquidity, Operational and Market Risks

With backgrounds rooted in leading financial institutions, our experts at SEDA specialize in end-to-end risk management solutions encompassing credit, counterparty, liquidity, operational, and market risk. Our team has extensive hands-on experience navigating and managing exposures to complex derivatives, including credit default swaps and interest rate swaps, and is adept at structuring effective hedges, risk mitigation strategies, and offsetting instruments.

Risk Modelling, Stress Testing and Quantitative Analysis

Capital Requirements


RELATED EXPERTS

Craig W. Broderick

Craig W. Broderick

Bio

Senior Advisor

Craig Broderick is the former Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of Goldman Sachs where he served on the Management Committee and was Chair or Co-Chair of the Firmwide Risk Committee. In a 32 year career Craig oversaw control of the firm’s credit, market, liquidity, operational, model, counterparty and insurance risks.

Former

Goldman Sachs - Chief Risk Officer, Chief Credit Officer

Management Committee and Chair or Co-Chair of the Firmwide Risk Committee

Expertise

Credit and Counterparty Risk, Market Risk, Liquidity Risk, Operational Risk, Insurance Risk

Peter U. Vinella, Ph.D.

Peter U. Vinella, Ph.D.

Bio

Managing Director, Advisor to the Board

Peter U. Vinella has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry as a consultant and an executive with leading financial institutions. Mr. Vinella has extensive testifying experience acting as an expert for both plaintiff and defendant, involving more than 25 matters and including seven cases with more than $1 billion at stake.

Former 

Berkeley Research Group - Managing director

Wilmington Trust Conduit Services, LLC - President and CEO

Expertise

Trading and Investments, Risk Management, Operations, FinTech and Project Management, Quantitative Analysis, Custody, Trust, and Fund Administration, Repo and Securities Lending

Bradley Ziff

Bradley Ziff

Bio

Managing Director

Bradley Ziff is a world class expert in counterparty and credit risk, the LIBOR transition and issues surrounding central clearing as a risk mitigant. Over the past thirty years, Brad has led multiple global benchmarking projects focusing on different aspects of capital and financial markets.

Former

FTI Consulting - Managing Director

ISDA - Chief Executive 

Expertise

ISDA Counterparty Risk, Central Clearing LIBOR Transition

Paolo Mammola

Paolo Mammola

Bio

Managing Director

Paolo has over 35 years of experience in financial markets where he has been a leader in the field of Risk Management with a particular focus on Counterparty Credit, Market Risk and traditional Credit Risk. He was an MD for 20 years at Citigroup and Barclays Capital where he attained multiple global leadership positions.

Former

Citigroup  - Global Head of Margin Lending and Counterparty Credit Risk Management, UK Chief Risk Officer

Barclays Plc - Global Head of Market Risk, Interim Group Head of Financial Risks Management


Expertise

Financial and non-Financial Risk Management, Counterparty Risk, Derivatives pricing, Market Risk, VaR models, Lending Wealth Management

William A. Badia

William A. Badia

Bio

Managing Director

William Badia worked twenty-five years in Goldman Sachs's Credit Department; he was the only Senior Risk Manager to have been stationed in all four of the Firm's major offices: New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and London. He was the Chief Credit Officer overseeing Goldman Sachs Asian Credit Risk in the 1990's and European Credit Risk during the 2000's.

Former

Haymarket Financial  - Chief Risk Officer

Goldman Sachs Credit Department - Head of the European Credit


Expertise

Risk Management, Credit Risk, Counterparty Risk, Bank Loans, Sales and Trading

Slim Bentami

Slim Bentami

Bio

Managing Director

Slim Bentami has over 30 years of experience in the finance industry, primarily at Goldman Sachs’ Risk Division where he co-founded and led the Model Risk as well as the Market Risk & Capital Quantification groups. He is an expert in models used to assist in the valuation and risk management of a variety of financial products across all asset classes.

Former 

Concourse Labs  - Head of Analytics and AI

Goldman Sachs - Global Head of Market Risk and Capital Quantification

Expertise

Market Risk, Capital Quantification, Model Risk, Valuation and Risk Management, OTC Derivatives Valuation

Philip A. Olesen

Philip A. Olesen

Bio

Managing Director

Philip Olesen is a global credit sales and trading professional with over 25 years of leadership and expertise in credit trading, risk management, and investment banking. With a distinguished career primarily at UBS Investment Bank, he has been involved in all credit products including bonds, loans, CDS and structured credit products including correlation risk.

Former

UBS Investment Bank - Managing Director, Global Head of Credit Trading

Managing Director, Head of Global Correlation

Managing Director, Global Risk Manager - Credit

Expertise

Global Credit Sales & Trading (including Emerging Markets), Credit Derivatives, Risk Management, Credit Research, Liability Management, Capital Markets

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