Karly Celetti

Karly is a Senior Manager, responsible for risk metrics & quantification at BMO. She is passionate about harnessing big data to identify trends, new opportunities and valuable insights. She is a thought leader and a proponent of automation, optimizing data delivery and redesigning infrastructure for greater scalability. Karly is a risk quantification champion quantifying non-financial risk to prioritize recommendations based on financial impact.

What makes you a Risky Woman?

Karly is a risky woman as she is a thought leader in the risk space. Karly is transforming how organizations measure, understand, manage and prioritize risk through risk quantification. Risk quantification allows organizations to prioritize recommendations based on financial impact that will lead to cost avoidance.

Name your top 3 achievements

1. Being BMO Award 2020
2. Launching Risk Quantification at BMO for EI&TRM
3. Becoming a senior manager at a very young age

What is the biggest risk you’ve taken in your career?

The biggest risk I have taken is switching companies and moving from the 1st line of defence to the 2nd line of defence and moving into a very senior role at a young age. I am very proud of my accomplishments! Hard work pays off.

What’s something most people don’t know about you?

Most people don’t know that I am am avid cook and baker. Or that I love the reality TV show Survivor.

What is the best quality for successful leaders in Risk?

The best quality for a successful risk leader is to be transparent and speak the language of the business. For non-risk folks it is hard to understand what a low, medium or high risk is. Through risk quantification you can be transparent and speak the language of the business to enable better risk management.