Sound Mortgage Underwriting: Foundation for Stability
Roundtable Luncheon with Ben Gully, Assistant Superintendent, Regulation Sector, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
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OSFI Assistant Superintendent, Ben Gully, will be speaking about financial stability in Canada and the critical role played by the housing finance sector. In particular, he will cover how OSFI helps maintain the soundness of lenders and contributes to stability of the Canadian financial by taking a long-term view and designing guidance that works throughout the economic cycle.
Ben Gully, Assistant Superintendent, Regulation Sector, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Ben Gully was appointed Assistant Superintendent of OSFI’s Regulation Sector, effective September 30, 2019.
In this executive role, Mr. Gully is responsible for OSFI’s policy-related functions, including capital, accounting, legislation and approvals. Internationally, he represents OSFI on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Mr. Gully moves into Regulation from his prior executive role as Assistant Superintendent, Risk Support Sector, where he oversaw the assessment of credit, market, and liquidity risks; non-financial risks, including people and technology risks; and risk surveillance and risk analytics since 2017.
Before his Executive appointment in 2017, Mr. Gully was Chief Risk Officer at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) where he was responsible for enterprise strategy and risk, performance and quality assurance.
Prior to that, Mr. Gully spent 14 years at OSFI where he held senior roles with increasing responsibility, including as the head of large bank supervision. He played a lead role in developing OSFI’s supervisory practices in the areas of stress testing, risk management and risk analytics.
Before joining OSFI, he worked at the Bank of England in the area of financial stability.
Mr. Gully holds a Doctorate in economics and a Master of Arts degree (Honours) from the University of St. Andrews, and a Master of Science degree in economics from the University of Glasgow.
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