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    IBF ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2010
Enhancing Competitive Advantage - Key Talent and Leadership Strategies		  
         
    Leaders from the central bank, financial institutions and academia convened at the Shangri-La Hotel as part of The Institute of Banking and Finance’s (IBF) 4th Annual Conference entitled - “Enhancing Competitive Advantage – Key Talent and Leadership Strategies.” The theme reflects the pressing need for business leaders to not only build a competitive advantage while adjusting to increasingly complex financial markets with tighter regulation, but also develop and manage top talent, against a backdrop of a tightening talent market.


This year, the IBF Annual Conference featured Professor Adrian Furnham, Professor of Psychology, University College London and Visiting Professor of Management, Henley Management College; and Professor Ron Collard, Partner, Financial Services Industry Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore.



Using case studies from both the financial and other sectors, Professors Adrian Furnham and Ron Collard discussed the fundamental issues of talent management, derailment patterns of leaders and top performing employees, and how to motivate and reward top talent. 		   
   

To further expound on talent management and leadership issues, the Conference also features a plenary discussion comprising the following four industry veterans: Mr David Conner, Director and Chief Executive Officer, OCBC Bank Ltd; Mr Ray Ferguson, Regional Chief Executive Officer, Singapore and South East Asia, Standard Chartered Bank; and Mr Seck Wai Kwong, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Singapore Exchange Limited and Vice Chairman of the FICS Steering Committee; and Mr Peter Douglas, Principal, GFIA Pte Ltd and Distinguished FICP 2009. The panelists shared their insights on the following issues:

· Significant leadership challenges in the industry - key leadership approaches and strategies in response to leadership challenges.
· How financial institutions in Asia had fared compared to their Western counterparts in addressing these challenges.
·How to prevent leadership derailment in Asia.


Alongside the IBF Annual Conference was the Financial Industry Competency Standards (FICS) Training Fair, featuring the latest FICS programmes offered by IBF’s five lead providers – Financial Training Institute @ Singapore Management University, International Compliance Association, Risk Management Institute @ National University of Singapore, Singapore College of Insurance and Wealth Management Institute.