Maria Van Der Valk

Head of Credit and Capital

KPMG in South Africa

Maria is a Director of the Credit Risk and Capital Management Division at KPMG in South Africa. She has more than 15 years of risk experience in the Financial Services industry. Maria has accumulated her experience both as a Quantitative Analyst in a major South African investment bank (in the risk field), as well as a KPMG Advisor to various financial services clients.

Her specialised area of expertise lies in quantitative modelling across all credit lifecycle stages, including model validation and implementation support, model risk management and capital management support.

  • BSc (Mathematics)

  • BSc (Hons) (Financial Mathematics)

  • FRM (Financial Risk Manager), GARP