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Mario Blejer, former governor of the Central Bank of Argentina and former director, Centre for Central Banking Studies, London, will be speaking at the forthcoming BusinessDay conference on Banking Risk, Corporate Governance and Regulation: Post CBN Intervention. Currently, he is an independent economic consultant. He is also a board director in three different companies, namely YPF S.A. (Argentine Petroleum Company) Buenos Aires, IRSA S.A. Buenos Aires, and Consultants Asset Management, Buenos Aires. He is a doctorate degree holder in economics from University of Chicago. His work history include Bank of England (2003- 2007). He also worked with the International Monetary Fund (1980-2001) in the Asian, European, Monetary and Exchange, Fiscal and Research Departments and retired as Senior Advisor. Following the global financial crisis, and in particular, its peculiar Nigerian type, the world’s attention has focused on the twin issue of risk and regulation in the financial systems. While governments around the world have been concerned and working to ensure that the effect of the global crisis is reduced, attention has been focused on finding solutions and ensuring that future occurrence is either eliminated or minimised. Again, there is no doubt that the entire financial landscape in Nigeria has changed significantly following the interventions by the Central Bank of Nigeria in the banking industry. Consequently, there is the need to continue the discussion around risk and regulation in the banking industry generally from a global perspective, but more particularly, from a Nigerian perspective. This underscores the need for the forthcoming BusinessDay conference. Also speaking at the conference scheduled for January 20, 2010 include banking strategist, Richard Ketley, director of Genesis Analytics, South Africa, as well as corporate governance expert, Tara O’Connor of Africa Risk Consulting, London. Speakers will also be secured from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Nigerian banking industry.