Current Responsibilities	Mat Allen is the Global Practice Leader for Enterprise Risk Services & Solutions and is based in the New York office. Mat has over 15 years of experience in investment banking and consulting and has provided a range of different enterprise risk oriented services to numerous clients in a variety of different industries. Mr. Allen has extensive experience in designing, embedding, and optimizing ERM frameworks and advanced risk management models. His industry experience includes software, financial services, semiconductor, chemical, airline, retail apparel and manufacturing. He also has extensive experience advising Board-level leadership in ERM governance and structure design and management.
Experience	Conducted and facilitated operational and functional risk assessments, and developed strategic risk management plans for financial institutions, including commercial banks, investment banks, private equity firms, and asset management companies. Developed quantified risk portfolios for the trading operations and securities processing functions of major broker-dealers, ECN’s, investment managers, and clearing firms. Assisted several large commercial banks in developing and implementing technical solutions that provided risk data collection, aggregation, storage, display, and reporting functionality. Delivered ongoing review of risk management methodology for derivative securities business line for major broker-dealer as well as trading and treasury operations for investment managers. Designed, developed, and implemented the floor-trading risk and exposure management infrastructure (including processes, policies, and technology) for the market surveillance function of a major exchange.
Education	BS in Political Science and Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA MSc, Harvard University / London School of Economics, Cambridge, MA / London, UK