RG Podcast

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA)

In a rapidly changing financial environment, learn about KBRA’s approach to ESG in the credit rating process and how it is keeping pace as issues evolve.

 

Patrick Welch is Chief ESG & Ratings Policy Officer at Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), responsible for leading all aspects of KBRA’s commitment as an ESG-focused firm, delivering to investors the highest quality credit analysis and research. Prior to this role, Pat served as KBRA’s chief credit officer for five years.

 

Previously, Pat worked for 19 years at Goldman Sachs, where he served as a vice president within the Credit Risk Management and Advisory Department, and as deputy chief credit officer at Goldman Sachs Bank USA.

 

Previously to Goldman Sachs, Pat spent seven years in the Structured Finance Group at Standard & Poor’s (now S&P Global Ratings), where he rated numerous asset classes. He began his career as an analyst at Security Pacific National Bank.

 

Pat holds both a B.S. and MBA from Cornell University.

 

Van Hesser is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Strategist at KBRA, where he is responsible for commenting on market and economic developments and their impact on credit markets. Previously, he led the company’s Financial Institutions and Corporates credit rating groups. Van has been named to Institutional Investor Magazine’s All-America Fixed Income Research Team rankings 10 times across three categories.

 

Prior to joining KBRA, Van was a managing director in the Financial Institutions Group at Wells Fargo Principal Investments. Previously, he worked at HSBC Securities for 10 years, serving as managing director and global head of Credit Research and head of U.S. Fixed Income Research.

 

Van also held senior sell-side corporate bond research roles covering financial institutions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs, as well as a corporate finance position in Salomon Brothers’ Financial Institutions Group. He started his career as a bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

Van earned a B.S., cum laude, from Fordham University and an MBA from Yale University.

 

Sponsor – KBRA

Website: https://www.kbra.com/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kroll-bond-rating-agency-llc/

Captive Insurance

In this episode of the Navigate Series, understand more about Emerging trends for the Captive Insurance Industry and how it forms part of risk management solutions in the current hardening market

 

Grainne Richmond

Grainne Richmond FCA, is currently Executive Vice President, Head of Captives at Aon Bermuda. 

Ms Richmond has over 20 years in the Bermuda And Cayman Captive business with prior roles as a Vice President at Strategic Risk Solutions (and Dyna Management Services Ltd), Artex Risk Solutions and International Advisory Solutions. 

 

Ms Richmond also worked with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Dublin, Ireland prior to moving to Bermuda. She is currently President of the Bermuda Insurance Management Association and strategy Director of Bermuda Captive Network.

 

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3EpyRS4

 

Sponsor – Aon Insurance Managers (Bermuda) Ltd. 

https://www.aon.com/home/index​

Mind Squats

In this episode of Best Health, we’re chatting through the basic principles of yoga and Pilates, and counting through their seemingly endless benefits.  

 

But can yoga really benefit anyone?  Do you have to be strong already to start Pilates?

 

Akilah Beckles, one of Bermuda’s leading yoga and Pilates instructors is in the studio to answer these questions and more, as she guides us through the basics of each practice, and how they can benefit all of us – whether we’re looking to boost our physical or mental health.  

 

For more information, or to book a class, you can contact Akilah on her website here: https://www.akilahbeckles.com/contact

 

This episode of Best Health has been sponsored by Lindos.  Why go anyplace else?

 

Enjoy this episode? Check out our other episodes of Best Health and catch a new episode out on the last Friday of each month.

 

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Sponsor – Lindos 

SM: @LindosBermuda  

Web: https://lindos.bm

Corporate Concierge and Elevate Executive Selection

In this episode of the Navigate Series, learn more about a twin engine that enables people to be successful in both their careers and living in Bermuda. 

 

Sylvia Jones has built a twin-engine vehicle that fulfills her vision for enabling people to be successful in their careers and in their life in Bermuda. 

Corporate Concierge is a relocation and destination services provider and over the past fifteen years has served Bermuda’s international business sector as their top executives and high net worth individuals move to and from Bermuda. Elevate Executive Selection provides Senior Executive and INED Search support as well as Leadership Development. Sylvia has built communities of connection that enable her to offer unique insights on the corporate fabric of Bermuda. ​

 

Sponsor – Elevate 

http://www.elevateselection.com

Gut Health

In this episode of Best Health, we discuss all things gut health. 

 

What does a healthy gut do for us?  And do prebiotics, or probiotics really help? 

 

Dr Suraia Barclay, Bermuda’s leading gastroenterologist is in the studio to put the record straight when it comes to separating gut fact from fiction, and why it is so important to check your sources when it comes to medical advice. 

 

For further information, you can contact Dr. Barclay at: 

Office Suite 310, The International Center, Par-La-Ville Rd or by calling (441) 295-6994. 

 

This episode of Best Health has been sponsored by Lindos.  Why go anyplace else?

 

Enjoy this episode? Check out our other episodes of Best Health and catch a new episode out on the last Friday of each month.

 

Get social with us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter:

@RGMags

@TheRoyalGazette

#RGBestHealth

 

 

Sponsor – Lindos 

SM: @LindosBermuda  

Web: https://lindos.bm

Institute of Directors

In this episode of the Navigate Series, find out more about how you can connect with other leaders, develop your skills and be heard, with our guests from the Institute of Directors in Bermuda.

 

Michelle Cardwell

Michelle currently is a Director/Consultant for The Pillars Consultancy Limited a company incorporated in Oct 2019. Michelle has over 18 years’ experience within the financial, insurance, corporate, trust and real estate business sectors within Bermuda. Michelle holds a Masters of Business Administration, is a Certified AntiMoney Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Compliance Officer and holds the Institute of Directors Diploma in Company Direction (Dip IoD).

 Michelle currently serves as Chair of the Institute of Directors Bermuda Branch and is a non-executive director (NED) for two Bermuda registered Companies. In addition, Michelle also sits on several boards of Bermuda registered charities.

 

Danielle Riviere

In 2006 Danielle become the first Programme Manager for The Centre on Philanthropy, developing the organisations volunteer programme, extensive training and education platform.

 

In 2013, Danielle left The Centre to become as an independent consultant for OD Solutions.  Focussin on strategic and organisational development, Danielle has worked with a number of clients to help them grow, improve and develop their organisation. 

 

In 2017 Danielle returned to The Centre on Philanthropy until the organisation closed in 2019. 

In January 2021, Danielle Riviere became the first Executive Director for the Institute of Directors Bermuda Branch, a role that allows her to follow two of her greatest passions: programme and leadership development.

 

 

Sponsor – Institute of Directors in Bermuda

Website: https://www.iod.bm/

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3oY4GbO​

Sleep Matters

In this episode of Best Health, we discuss all things sleep related.

What does good sleep really look like? How can less than optimal sleep impact our mental and physical health?

Dorothy Bradshaw, sleep expert and founder of The 41st Wink is in the studio to help us understand why good sleep is the foundation of our overall health and gives us some tips to try at home.

 

For further information, you can contact The 41st Wink, Bermuda:

w: the41stwink.com

e: the41stwink@gmail.com

t: 441-331-2906

 

This episode of Best Health has been sponsored by Lindos. Why go anyplace else?

SM: @LindosBermuda  

Web: https://lindos.bm

Appleby

In this episode of the Navigate Series, understand more about how the legal profession is the driving force behind Bermuda being the risk capital of the world.

 

Brad Adderley is the Managing Partner of Appleby’s Bermuda office. He is also head of the Corporate practice in Bermuda and the Insurance & Reinsurance global sector leader at Appleby.

 

Brad has extensive experience in the insurance and reinsurance market and specialises in ILS and alternative collateralised reinsurance investment transactions including catastrophe bonds, special purpose insurers, sidecars, life insurance securitisations, and other fully collateralised structures. Brad is also a member of Appleby’s global Technology & Innovation group.

  

Brad is top-ranked by the leading legal directories and is recognized for his significant contribution to Bermuda’s reinsurance sector in Bermuda’s Risk Transfer Hall of Fame. He sits on the steering committee of ILS Bermuda, the trade association for the ILS industry in Bermuda. He participates regularly at conferences and seminars, and provides commentary to international and local media on the Bermuda insurance industry.

 

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3ImzETG

 

Sponsor – Appleby 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/appleby/

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Eating Orderly

In This Episode of Best Health, we welcome Bermudian psychologist Dr Shawnee Basden into the studio to learn about the most common types of eating disorders, and the warning signs to look out for in our children and loved ones.

 

Did you know that eating disorders among adolescents have doubled since the beginning of the pandemic?

 

Dr Shawnee Basden is on hand to explain why Covid-19 created the perfect storm for those affected by eating disorders, and what we can all do to raise awareness and provide support. 

She is a Bermudian psychologist who, after considerable study overseas, has been practising back on the island since 2011.  

Her education accomplishments are extensive, completing her PhD at Boston University in the US (where she was awarded the Martin Luther King Research Fellowship), followed by a pre-doctoral internship at Brown University Medical School.  She then went on to complete a post-doctoral internship at Oxford University in the UK, working primarily with individuals with eating disorders.  

On top of her academic achievements, Dr Basden also has a number of publications to her name, teaches classes, hosts presentations on the latest research, and supervises other clinicians in the field.

 

For further information, you can contact Dr Basden at Chrysalis, Bermuda: 

website: www.chrysalisbermuda.com

email: drbasden@chrysalisbermuda.com

 

Sponsor – Lindos 

SM: @LindosBermuda  

Web: https://lindos.bm

KBRA - Kroll Bond Rating Agency

In this episode of the Navigate Series, learn about KBRA – the credit rating agency that has changed the landscape of rating analysis and find out about their comprehensive strategy for ESG ratings.​

 

Jim Nadler is President and CEO of Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA)

Prior to joining KBRA, Jim was responsible for all alternative assets in the New England Asset Management Division at General Re Corporation. 

Over the last 30 years, Jim has held several executive roles in the financial analysis arena; In 1989, he joined Fitch Ratings and was instrumental in the growth of Fitch’s Structured Finance. 

Jim was a senior accountant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers before moving to Standard & Poor’s (now S&P Global Ratings), as a ratings officer. 

Jim is the Board Chairman of DealVector, serves on the boards for the New York City/Long Island Chapter of JDRF, and is an elected member of The Economic Club of New York.

Jim earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Rutgers University. 

 

Kate Kennedy is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of the Business Development Group at Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), responsible for Marketing and Investor Relations. Kate also oversees KBRA Analytics, the company’s product platform for high-quality data and advanced analytics, which includes KBRA Financial Intelligence (KFI), KBRA Altman, and the company’s Ratings Feed platform. 

Prior to joining KBRA in 2011, Kate was a senior director at Fitch Ratings for 12 years, spearheading the investor relations initiative across U.S. Structured Finance. 

Prior to Fitch Ratings, Kate worked for two years at the Norinchukin Bank, where she was responsible for portfolio management reporting and trade settlement with U.S. investment banks, brokers, and custodians.