FERMA 2026 | StrategicRISK Global

Five minutes with Richard Hoult, FERMA board member and Synthomer VP of risk, audit and compliance

Richard Hoult, FERMA board member, Airmic president and VP of risk, audit and compliance at Synthomer PLC, discusses geopolitical uncertainty, the need for risk managers to respond to the business and why collaboration across associations matters.

Five minutes with Gabriella Fraire, FERMA board member and Prysmian insurance chief

Gabriella Fraire, FERMA board member, corporate insurance senior manager at Prysmian and CEO of Prysmian Riassicurazioni S.p.A., discusses interconnected risks, the rapid development of AI and her ambitions for the risk management profession.

The philosopher: How Laurent Nihoul is bringing a different mindset to European risk management

FERMA’s CEO, Laurent Nihoul, started out in philosophy and continues to view the risk world through this lens: reaching new levels of understanding by asking the right questions, challenging assumptions and connecting ideas. Now he’s bringing that mindset, plus a real practical streak, to the top job in European risk ...