Banking Seminar 18 June 2026 FirstRand, Johannesburg (Hybrid)
The Banking Seminar will be hosted at FirstRand in Johannesburg on Thursday, 18 June 2026.
12 Episodes
Opening and Welcome
Speaker: Esmerelda Oberholzer | Banking Committee
The Next Frontier Of Commerce (Gen Z, AI, Risks And Opportunities)
Speakers: Sandra Villars | CFA, Partner, Financial Services | Oliver Wyman Kehar Narismulu | Principal, Financial Services - Digital Banking | Oliver Wyman Isa van Zyl | Senior Consultant | Oliver Wyman
From Models To Markets
How actuaries can help African banks build for informality, climate volatility, and digital rails. Speakers: Trevor Takabika | FIA | Consulting Actuary | Claxon Actuaries International Michael Tichareva | Executive Chairman & Senior Actuary | Claxon Actuaries International
Identifying Decision Boundaries To Explain Black-Box Machine Learning Predictions
Speaker: Adriaan Rowan | Regional Business Head | YALA Consultants and Actuaries
Introduction To Debt Capital Markets In Africa
Speaker: Kumeshen Naidoo | Head: Debt Capital Markets | Absa Corporate and Investment Bank
Introduction To Debt Capital Markets In Africa
Speaker: Kumeshen Naidoo | Head: Debt Capital Markets | Absa Corporate and Investment Bank
Staying In The Race
Designing Technology Systems for Failure, Not Hope Speakers: Ian Norden | CEO and Executive Director | Intengo Market
Cloudy With A Chance Of Opportunity
Speaker: Pravin Burra | Founder & Director | Analytix Engine
Keynote
Speaker: Emma Mer | Chief Risk Officer | FirstRand Group
JIBAR Transition
Speaker: Sivenesan Govender | Division of Market Risk Head | Prudential Authority
Too Little Credit Given
Alpha returns above risk adjusted margins Speaker: Cameron Gough | Finance Head | FirstRand
Closing
Speaker: Michael Tichareva | Executive Chairman & Senior Actuary | Claxon Actuaries International