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    The historian: Dirk Wegener shares the lessons he’s learnt in over 20 years of risk management

    13 October 2023

    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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    FERMA: the industry needs better collaboration to manage cyber threats

    26 June 2023

    European risk and insurance industry calls for greater collaboration on cyber risk, and highlights the need for coordination between all stakeholders on solutions for evolving cyber risks

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    A journey of resilience

    10 November 2022

    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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    The tough cookie

    28 September 2022

    Philippines-based Annacel Natividad on resilience and building risk relationships in her frequently catastrophe-hit country

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    The science guy

    28 March 2019

    Smart technologies, while great for business, are also increasing our exposure to cyber risks. But Airbus Defence and Space’s risk manager Philippe Cotelle says it’s not rocket science. His approach to cyber risk is influencing our entire industry. His first lesson? Make the tech guys your new best friends

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    Ever wondered how airports keep millions of passengers safe? Risk manager, Hans Joerg Schill, tells us how

    11 September 2018

    Managing Fraport AG’s vast insurance operations, with its sky-high risks, is not a job for the faint of heart. Thankfully, managing director Hans Joerg Schill is always pushing the envelope

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    Three challenges for Malaysia Airlines’ risk manager

    29 May 2018

    Badrul Hisham Yusoff, chief risk officer, Malaysia Airlines, spoke toStrategicRISK at the Risk Forum APAC 2018 conference

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    Zurich's geologist and chief risk officer John Scott flies the flag for mitigation in the battle against climate change

    26 March 2015

    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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    Leading the way on risk

    29 May 2013

    On the eve of Airmic’s golden jubilee, its chief executive is a calming and commanding presence with a vision for the next 50 years

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    Guenter Droese

    Deutsche Bank Group’s global head of corporate insurance is deeply worried about the industry’s shift in focus from relationships to price

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    Managing risk in the fashion business: Sabrina Hartusch

    13 December 2012

    There’s more to the lingerie industry than meets the eye and, as Triumph’s global head of insurance reveals, the key to successful risk management lies in communication

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    John Keating

    3 October 2012

    Faced with managing risk across an enormous and highly complex network, J Sainsbury’s head of insurance and risk management, John Keating, takes a straightforward approach. ’We just keep things simple,’ he says

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    Christoph Schwager

    8 June 2012

    Risk? It’s fun, says the man in charge of risk management at EADS, one of the world’s riskiest companies

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    Help the company to fly

    24 February 2012

    Risk management takes on a new dimension when you operate 14 airports and airfields. Marie-Eve Albertelli of Aéroports de Paris says the art of risk management is in making sure all levels of a business communicate

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    Here be dragons

    18 September 2011

    At sea, there’s no hiding place from possible disaster. The head of risk at Electrolux, Lennart Edström, thanks his early years in the Merchant Navy for helping him keep business afloat today

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    Paul Taylor

    11 August 2011

    Paul Taylor’s risk management career has spanned nearly 40 years and has taken him across Europe, with some of the largest companies in big business. Who better, then, to take the reins as new Airmic chair?

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    The long road

    27 July 2011

    Paul Taylor’s risk management career has spanned nearly 40 years and has taken him across Europe, with some of the largest companies in big business. Who better, then, to take the reins as new Airmic chair?

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    Well connected

    26 May 2011

    Manufacturing and laying sub-sea cables is a complex, big-money business. Luckily for group risk manager Alessandro De Felice, Prysmian takes its risk management very seriously

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    Alessandro De Felice

    26 May 2011

    Manufacturing and laying sub-sea cables is a complex, big-money business. Luckily for group risk manager Alessandro De Felice, Prysmian takes its risk management very seriously

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    Lennart Edström

    31 March 2011

    At sea, there’s no hiding place from possible disaster. The head of risk at Electrolux, Lennart Edström, thanks his early years in the Merchant Navy for helping him keep business afloat