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Mark Slattery Named Market Manager For North America By Kamakura

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Mark Slattery Named Market Manager for North America by Kamakura

Kamakura is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Slattery as Market Manager for North America. Mark has over 30 years of experience in financial services and specializes in asset liability management, financial modeling and forecasting, risk management, capital optimization, and financial investments. Mark joined Kamakura in 2011 as the Managing Director of Client Services for North America. He has since made significant contributions to Kamakura's growth in that market.

Richard Vasicek relocated from Paris to San Francisco earlier this year to join the North American team. Mr. Vasicek has extensive experience leading relationship management and advisory practices. He has worked with regional and global banks, asset managers, insurers, and regulators, as well as serving on our EMEA team. Mark will be joined by James McKeon, a New York-based member of the North American team since 2013, and senior technical support staff based in Honolulu.

"Risk management skills based on best practices are critical in today's financial markets. In this environment of low interest rates and narrow spreads, the largest financial institutions, insurers, and asset managers face difficulties maintaining margins and yields while protecting shareholders from future shocks, potential rate increases, and default risk. Mark is a seasoned leader who can assist clients in navigating these perilous times "Dr. Donald R. van Deventer, founder and chairman of Kamakura, stated.

"We have seen consistent growth in the North American market, and it makes sense to structure our presence there similarly to how we do in Asia and Europe. Mark has aided our clients in meeting an enterprise risk management "best practice" standard. Regulatory compliance, evolving accounting standards, and the need for increased capital efficiency, in addition to new challenges such as ESG and sustainability initiatives, necessitate the appointment of someone with Mark's skills, knowledge, and background to lead our business activities and share his expertise with our clients "added Martin Zorn, President and Chief Operating Officer of Kamakura.

Mr. Slattery graduated from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management with an MBA in finance and accounting in 1992 and a B.A. in economics in 1986. In 1992, he earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

About Kamakura Corporation

Kamakura Corporation, headquartered in Honolulu, was founded in 1990 and is a market leader in risk management information, processing, and software. Kamakura was named a category leader in the Chartis Report, Credit Risk 2.0: Technology Solutions for 2018. Kamakura was named to the World Finance 100 by World Finance magazine's editor and readers in 2017, 2016, and 2012. In 2010, Kamakura was the only vendor to win two Innovation Awards from Credit Magazine. Kamakura Risk Manager, first commercially available in 1993 and now in version 10.1, is the industry's first enterprise risk management system, combining credit risk, asset and liability management, market risk, stress testing, liquidity risk, counterparty credit risk, and capital allocation into a single software solution. In 2002, KRIS launched its public firm default service. KRIS launched the world's first sovereign default service in 2008, and the KRIS non-public firm default service began operations in 2011. In 2014, Kamakura launched its US bank default probability service.

Kamakura has a client base of over 330 with assets ranging from $1.5 billion to $7.0 trillion. Current clients collectively have more than $28 trillion in "total assets" or "assets under management." Its risk management products are currently used in 47 countries, including the United States of America, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, among others.

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