
Mihaela Breg
Head of Operational Resilience & Business Transformation - Europe Arab Bank
Mihaela Breg has more than 19 years of experience spanning across retail, commercial, private, corporate and investment banking, and a track record of operating in highly complex and regulated environments at a global level (in the Eurozone, the UK and the US). Over the years, Mihaela was involved in leading the successful delivery of various oversight and change programmes leading up to the current role as Head of Operational Resilience & Business Transformation for Europe Arab Bank in London. Being a proactive leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, in the past she combined her corporate skills with FinTech experience in the start-up environment. Mihaela became a co-author of The PayTech Book published in January 2020 (the first globally crowd-sourced book focused on the future of finance and payments revolution) and contributed to The AI Book published in May 2020 (the first globally crowd-sourced book on the application of AI across financial services).
RESILIENCE
Integrating operational resilience frameworks into business-as-usual practices
- The integration of operational resilience into third-party risk management
- Overcoming challenges in harmonizing frameworks across regions
- Best practices for identifying vulnerabilities within critical functions
- How operational resilience contributes to overall risk mitigation
EMERGING RISK PANEL
Managing the usage of AI and Gen AI across the supply chain
- Understanding the use of generative AI by third parties and its implications>
- Regulatory considerations, including the EU AI Act, for third-party AI usage
- Managing contractual obligations and oversight for AI-related risks
- Opportunities and challenges of AI integration into due diligence processes