Practice session with Briony Pentecost

Briony has over 10 years of experience in the financial industry. Since joining Banner Bank, Briony has designed and implemented the Bank’s model risk management framework, which entailed developing policies, procedures, and templates supporting model governance, development and implementation, and validation. In her role as Model Risk Manager, she oversees the governance and reporting activities for the Bank’s entire suite of models and is also responsible for performing and supervising annual reviews and model validations, including those performed by external resources. Briony previously worked in the Quantitative Services practice at Promontory Financial Group, Inc. assisting financial institutions with regulatory compliance, particularly with respect to model validation. Briony holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified FRM.