Interviews
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InterviewsGlobal tensions are rising, but risk perceptions are in the eye of the beholder
To successfully separate threats from opportunities risk managers must first understand the role of perception in the identification of risk. Zurich’s John Scott discusses the big picture
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InterviewsThe mediator: Cummins’ risk manager Maggie Sun shares how she’s built bridges between risk philosophy and business needs
Maggie Sun has worked hard to embed risk into the DNA of Cummins, China. She spoke to Trevor Treharne about her latest challenge – finding the balance between mitigating risk and accepting that, sometimes, a little risk is a business necessity.
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InterviewsThe historian: Dirk Wegener shares the lessons he’s learnt in over 20 years of risk management
Dirk Wegener is stepping down as president of FERMA. After more than two decades in risk management, he has seen it all. Here he reflects on the world-changing events that altered the way we think about resilience forever.
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InterviewsPutting science and data behind climate risk management
Bill Bradshaw, operations manager at FM Global talks to StrategicRISK about how the insurer is trying to move the needle on climate risk.
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InterviewsThe influencer: Risk managers must professionalise, says Typhaine Beaupérin
Effective risk management requires strategic collaboration with the board. But this remains easier for some than others. Risk must professionalise, says Typhaine Beaupérin, to be taken seriously.
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InterviewsAirmic 2023: Julia Graham - risk managers are centre stage in a world of permacrisis
Are we in a state of polycrisis or permacrisis? Either way, it’s an interesting time to head up a risk management association. But Airmic CEO Julia Graham only sees this as an opportunity to spotlight the profession, tackling new and evolving risks with a spirit of collaboration.
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InterviewsLeadership and risk culture: setting a course for success
At its most fundamental level, a good risk culture encourages curiosity, opportunity, swift problem spotting and trust, writes Sheena Thomson
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InterviewsA journey of resilience
Surviving the Boxing Day Tsunami encouraged Marie-Pier Desharnais to pursue a career in disaster response and confront her own fears
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InterviewsNuclear communicator
An on-the-ground advisor after 2011’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, Mariko Nishizawa is using bitter lessons to create better risk communication
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InterviewsRoom for risk
Marriott’s Sharon Xu on being people-oriented, embracing change and preparing for another COVID at the hotel chain giant
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InterviewsThe tough cookie
Philippines-based Annacel Natividad on resilience and building risk relationships in her frequently catastrophe-hit country
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InterviewsTaking the temperature of risk
When Kurt Meyer took the job as head of risk and insurance for the swiss national grid, he had no idea that it would lead him to reshape the conversation around risk management.
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InterviewsCRO interview with Hilary Weaver
Hilary Weaver, chief risk officer at Lloyd’s, spoke with StrategicRISK about major risk management and compliance challenges facing her business in 2018
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InterviewsTalent-pinching and building information modelling are top risks for UK construction market
Nigel Hitchborn, group risk manager for one of the UK’s leading construction firms, Shepherd Group, explains what needs to be done to prevent and mitigate these risks
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InterviewsKering's risk and insurance manager Anne - Marie Fournier on managing the supply chain risks of 23 brands
The risk and insurance manager explains how she grapples with the risks and challenges facing the global luxury, sports and lifestyle company. Reminiscing over her career at the France-based luxury, sport and lifestyle giant Kering, risk and insurance manager Anne-Marie Fournier says: “The Kering group has nothing in common with ...
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InterviewsZurich's geologist and chief risk officer John Scott flies the flag for mitigation in the battle against climate change
Geologist and chief risk officer John Scott flies the flag for mitigation, adaptation and behavioural change in the battle against climate change
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InterviewsThe bold ambitions of FERMA’s president to create a profession looks like it may soon be realised
Halfway through her two-year term, the bold ambitions of FERMA’s president – to create a profession for risk managers, encourage diversity in risk and insurance and improve innovation – look like they may soon be realised
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InterviewsAfter a meteoric rise, Marriott's risk manager is spearheading plans to re-energise an ageing profession
After a meteoric rise, the risk manager for Marriott is spearheading plans to re-energise an ageing profession
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InterviewsAirmic 2014: Q&A with Airmic’s new junior chair
John Ludlow, senior vice-president and head of global risk management at InterContinental Hotels Group, has been appointed Airmic’s new junior chair. He shares his views on how and why risk management has changed
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InterviewsJulia Graham
DLA Piper’s chief risk officer has much to thank for a great career: underwriting, the eurozone crisis and a rebellious streak at school
