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• Read more about From Goldman to the Fed: An Inside Look

Justin Lerner has been professionally involved with risk management in a variety of roles since 1998. Currently charged with risk and policy at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which he joined in 2011, Justin previously spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs in risk roles ranging from managing derivatives risk on the NYMEX and AMEX exchange floors to dealing with Hedge Funds in prime brokerage and clearing.

• Read more about Rose Kinuthia, MSRM '13

Rose is an accomplished banking professional with a blue-chip background. She is currently Chief Risk Officer of KCB Bank in Nairobi, Kenya, having joined the organization in 2004 as Divisional Director, Risk Management. Previously, she worked for the First National Bank of Chicago in Nairobi; New York Life Insurance Company in New York; and Barclays Bank in Nairobi. She holds a B.A. in Economics and French from the University of Nairobi and an M.B.A. from Adelphi University in New York.

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Wilfrid Xoual, MSRM '13

Wilfrid Xoual, the Paris-based Head of Moody’s Analytics business development team, hadn’t even received his degree from the NYU Stern Master’s in Risk Management program when he was able to utilize the Stern network in a professional capacity. “We recently organized a visit in an African country where we sponsored an event on the new Basel regulation,” he recalls. “We needed to contact several banks and consulting firms in the country to understand what angle could be more relevant for participants.

• Read more about Angelica Athie, MSRM ‘12

For Angelica Athie, who was born and raised in Mexico but moved to New York after high school, attending NYU was a longstanding dream. After studying actuarial science at a city university and several years working as an actuary, she explored Stern’s graduate degree offerings and found the master’s of science program in risk management. “As soon as I saw it, it seemed like the right thing to do,” she says.

• Read more about Lizhe (Lee) Sun, MSRM '12

When history touches an individual’s life, the effects are rarely short-lived. In Lizhe “Lee” Sun’s case, being caught up in China’s anti-intellectual Cultural Revolution as a teenager propelled him to learn and achieve throughout his life.

• Read more about Bringing Risk Management to the Renewable Energy Sector

Luis Adao Da Fonseca, Chief Business Development Officer and member of the Management Team of EDP Renewables (EDPR)—the third largest renewable energy company in the world—says that the NYU Stern Master of Science in Risk Management helped him gain a better understanding of risk management within his organization.

• Read more about Managing Risk—and a Full Course Load

As head of risk management at the Bank of Scotland Netherlands, Oene de Hek sought to build on his existing skills and experience. “I considered pursuing an executive MBA, but realized I wanted to gain more specialized expertise in my field,” he explains. His field had undergone a substantial shift since the financial crisis: “The recession really changed things. In my first years at the bank, you had to fight to get the right amount of stage time at executive meetings. Since the crisis, any question asked about strategy or initiatives is directed first to risk management.

• Read more about Kathryn Anne Kerner, MSBA '14

A person of many interests and accomplishments, Kathryn Kerner attributes her passion for economics to a lifelong affinity for math, combined with an interest in community service and societal structures that was encouraged by her parents.

• Read more about Vilma Todri

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• Read more about Eesha Sharma

After graduating Magna Cum Laude from Stern’s Undergraduate College in 2007, Eesha Sharma put her skills to work as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs for a year before deciding to return to Stern to pursue her doctorate in the Marketing program.