Financial Services

Third-Party Risks: The Cyber Dimension

September 11, 2017

Global

September 11, 2017

Global
Renée Friedman

EMEA

Renée Friedman joined The Economist Group in July 2016 as a Managing editor for EMEA.  Her work focuses on thought leadership programmes for the financial services sector.

Prior to joining The Economist Group, Renée worked in a variety of roles: in Economic and Political risk consulting, in finance in the City of London as an Economist, a Macro strategist and a Bond fund manager,  in the  international and UK domestic policy spheres as an Economist to the Treasury Select Committee at the House of Commons and as Senior Economist and Chief Technical Advisor for the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS,  and as an academic, designing and teaching economics courses at universities across London.

Renée has spoken on a variety of panels  and events focused on Russia, Ukraine and other emerging market economies including those for BNE Intellinews, IHS Global Insight, the IMF Poverty Reduction Strategy meetings, and for the UNDP. She has also appeared on CNBC.

Renée holds a PhD in Economics from London Business School, a Masters in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Birmingham, and a Bachelors in International Trade and Development from the London School of Economics & Political Science.  She is also a Prince 2 certified project manager. In addition to her native English, Renée speaks Russian.

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In April-May 2017 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), on behalf of Deutsche Bank, surveyed 300 senior corporate treasurers from across the globe, to find out how they are responding to cyber risks and opportunities posed by third-parties.

Executives were drawn from 19 different sectors, including aerospace/defence, agriculture and agribusiness, automotive, chemicals, construction and real estate, consumer goods, education, energy and natural resources, entertainment, media and publishing, financial services, government/public sector, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, IT and technology, logistics and distribution, manufacturing, professional services, retailing, telecommunications, transport, travel and tourism. In addition, we conducted a series of in-depth interviews in June-July 2017 with senior treasury executives from around the globe. Our thanks are due to the following for their time and insight (listed alphabetically):

  • Ok Azie, vice president and treasurer, Baker Hughes
  • Catherine Fields, assistant treasurer and director of global risk management, Hitachi Data Systems
  • Yves Gimbert, group treasurer, ENGIE
  • Gerrit-Willem Gramser, group treasurer, Akzo Nobel
  • Aashish Pitale, group treasurer, Essar

The Economist Intelligence Unit bears sole responsibility for the content of this report. The findings and views expressed in the report do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor. This report was edited by Renée Friedman.

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