Erik Banks is chief risk officer at a multistrategy hedge fund and has been active in the banking sector for 20 years. Erik has held senior risk management positions at Merrill Lynch, XL Capital, and Citibank in New York, Tokyo, London, and Hong Kong, and has written 20 books on derivatives, risk, emerging markets, and merchant banking.
Morton Glantz is on the finance faculty of Fordham Graduate Business School in New York. He is widely published in financial journals and has authored a number of books, including Optimal Trading Strategies, Managing Bank Risk, Scientific Financial Management, and Loan Risk Management. He is also a financial advisor to government and business. Morton lives in the New York area with his wonderful, loving wife Maryann.
Paul Siegel is Chief Executive Officer of The Globecon Group, a specialized banking and financial services professional development, conference, and publishing firm operating in the capital markets, credit, risk, corporation finance, and wealth management markets. Paul holds a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in business from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, respectively. He lives in the New York area with his wife, Helen, and their two amazing children, Lexy and Sam.