AFB Practice Roundtable: Managing Geopolitical Risks in Risk Frameworks

With the changing geopolitical landscape increasingly impacting the operation of the financial system, AFB is convening an in-person roundtable in partnership with Deloitte. The discussion will explore how firms can adapt their risk frameworks to identify and mitigate emerging geopolitical risks and ensure that regulatory expectations are met.

Why attend?

Traditional risk models may struggle to capture novel exposures, particularly for institutions with international operations or complex cross-border dependencies. Drawing on their extensive experience in the financial services sector, Deloitte will share insights gained from supporting a range of banking institutions in refining their frameworks to capture a broader spectrum of emerging risks.

There will be opportunities for questions and discussion between participants. AFB will circulate an agenda and questions to attendees in advance to aid discussions.

The Chatham House Rule will apply to this event to encourage open dialogue and discussion.

There will be refreshments and networking from 08:30 before the roundtable discussion commences at 09:00.

Please note that capacity for the roundtable is limited to 30 members and one person per member bank to ensure as many firms as possible can benefit from the discussions. 

Who should attend?

The roundtable is aimed at representatives from Risk and Business functions at AFB member banks.

Facilitators

Damian Hales, Partner

Damian is a Partner, within the Risk and Regulation practise and has over 28 years of experience in the financial sector and specialises in Credit Risk Management across the full credit lifecycle (from origination to collections and recoveries), IFRS 9, Capital management and Programme Management.

Natalie Soldatkova, Director

Natalie is a risk specialist with extensive experience advising financial institutions. Over the past 12 years, she has led advisory and transformation projects across 27 international markets, covering credit risk strategy, model development, and RegTech solutions for risk management.

Natalie is also the product owner of Deloitte’s AI-powered Early Warning System, Risk Alert, which supports counterparty onboarding, monitoring, and supply chain risk management.

Logistics

Fee:          Included in AFB membership  

Location:  In-Person at Deloitte, 2 New Street Square, EC4A 3BZ

Date:        Tuesday 18 November 2025

Time:        09:00 – 10:30 (Arrivals and breakfast from 08:30)

If you would like to submit a question that you would like the session to address, please send them to the AFB at secretariat@foreignbanks.org.uk. You will receive the final event details for this in-person roundtable one week before the event.