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Article: Yousef Valine on the state of operational risk management: Yousef Valine, chair of RMA's Operational Risk Council and chief operating officer for Risk Management at Wachovia, discusses the state of the discipline with Charles Taylor, RMA's director of Operational Risk.(Interview)
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- The RMA Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Taylor: What experience does one need to make a good chief operational risk officer?
Valine: A number of things are important. A broad background, one in which you have been exposed to multiple businesses and disciplines such as finance, compliance, and technology, is helpful. Experience in or having exposure to several lines of business, such as commercial, wholesale, or consumer, prepares someone for success in this job.
Understanding the relationship between risk and return is key. Every decision you make has an impact on the return equation. You must practice this discipline in a way that is practical and that adds ...