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Associate Attorneys

Philippa X. Girling 
New York, New York
Of Counsel
phone 212-400-7177
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Ms. Girling joined Garrity, Graham, Murphy, Garofalo and Flinn, P.C. from Nomura where she was Global Co-Head of Operational Risk Management. At Nomura, Ms. Girling was responsible for the development of the global operational risk strategy to meet Japan FSA's Basel II requirements and for the implementation of that strategy in the Americas and Europe under local regulatory requirements. Previously, she was a founder and Program Director of the firm wide Operational Risk Department at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Girling also served as COO of the Global Financial Control Group and CAO of the Retail Brokerage Controllers Group at Morgan Stanley. She has 13 years experience in the global securities industry, working in the fields of operational risk, change management and project management. Ms. Girling has also designed and led many training programs, including an Operational Risk Executive Education program for Columbia University, NYC. Ms. Girling emigrated from the UK to the US in 1996. She has an English law degree, is a New York attorney and is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM).

Areas of Practice:
Financial Services
Banking
International Law
Regulatory & Compliance
Basel II
Operational Risk
Bar Admissions:
New York, 2007
Education:
University of East Anglia School of Law, Norwich, England
LL.B
Honors: With Honors


South Bank University, London, UK
Post Grad Dip Year: 1995
Honors: With Honors
Major:  International Business


Representative Clients:
Financial Services
Banking
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Operational Risk Management, Executive, Columbia University, 2007 - 2009


Best Practice in Risk Control Self Assessments and Scenario Analysis, OpRisk and Compliance, 2008


The relevance of operational risk as a discipline with advent of GRC, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), 2008


The Challenges of Applying a Global Operational Risk Framework to Local Conditions, OpRisk and Compliance, 2007


RCSAs - Taking the Next Step, OpRisk and Compliance, 2006


Moderator: Operational Risk Management at the Corporate Level: A Business and Regulatory Perspective, SIFMA, 2007


Measuring Economic Capital for Operational Risk, Risk Training, 2007


Structured Scenarios Webcast, Algorithmics, 2007


Reporting Operational Risk to the Executive Committee, Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRIMIA), 2007


Successfully Implementing an Operational Risk Framework (HK), GARP, 2007


Honors and Awards:
Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), 2007


Champion of the Moot, 1986


Past Employment Positions:
Nomura Holding America Inc., Global Co-Head of Operational Risk Management, 2006 - 2008


Morgan Stanley, Program Director, Operational Risk, 2003 - 2006


Credit Suisse Group (Zurich), Senior Project Advisor, 2001 - 2002


Philippa Evans Associates (US), President/Senior Consultant, 1996 - 2001


Citymax Ltd. (subsidiary of Credit Suisse - UK), Head of Training, 1995 - 1996


South Bank Univesity (UK), Head of Training, 1993 - 1995


European Seminary of Business and Law (UK), Director, 1991 - 1992


Macability (Singapore), Director, 1989 - 1991