Interviews

  • Charlotte Hedemark, President, FERMA
    Interviews

    The strategist: FERMA’s new president has a gameplan to elevate the influence of risk

    2024-01-11T15:43:00Z

    As Charlotte Hedemark takes up her dream role as FERMA president, she tells StrategicRISK editor Sara Benwell that helping risk managers to professionalise and elevate their strategic influence are key goals.

  • Philippe Cotelle 3
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    FERMA: the industry needs better collaboration to manage cyber threats

    2023-06-26T15:47:00Z

    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

  • Julia Graham
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    Airmic 2023: Julia Graham - risk managers are centre stage in a world of permacrisis

    2023-06-19T11:11:00Z

    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.

  • Dirk
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    Time to be risk leaders

    2023-03-27T10:49:00Z

    As we adapt to the era of ‘perma-crisis’, the business rationale for pushing risk management up the strategic hierarchy has never been clearer

  • Team work
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    Leadership and risk culture: setting a course for success

    2023-03-15T10:55:00Z

    At its most fundamental level, a good risk culture encourages curiosity, opportunity, swift problem spotting and trust, writes Sheena Thomson

  • Sharon Xu (photo)
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    Room for risk

    2022-10-17T13:21:00Z

    Marriott’s Sharon Xu on being people-oriented, embracing change and preparing for another COVID at the hotel chain giant

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    Tipping towards disaster

    2022-09-29T11:06:00Z

    In this ever-more destabilised world, the post-Cold War rules no longer apply, explains Dragonfly’s Henry Wilkinson

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    The bridge builder

    2022-07-20T11:42:00Z

    Our industry is still misunderstood, says Risk-!n co-founder Stéphane Martin. We need to push the ‘manage’ into risk management

  • Tim Graham
    Interviews

    You’ll never walk alone

    2022-07-04T09:43:00Z

    As he takes up the Airmic chairmanship, Tim Graham explains why there’s no room for lone wolves in risk 

  • John ludlow airmic
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    Building back better

    2020-11-18T09:57:00Z

    John Ludlow, CEO of Airmic, shares his thoughts on using lessons from a year of crisis to drive improvements in risk management

  • Patrick Smith
    Interviews

    How Patrick Smith is managing Deliveroo’s intangible risks

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Much more than a food delivery service, Deliveroo serves up vast amounts of big data – and fresh new risks – daily. It relies on business resilience leader Patrick Smith to stay creative.

  • Eamonn Cunningham
    Interviews

    Innovation driven by customers

    2013-12-12T00:13:00Z

    Westfield chief risk officer Eamonn Cunningham has witnessed great changes in the retail sector’s customer demand and risk environment. Here he talks about reputational damage, regulation, business continuity and his firm’s approach to risk management

  • Julia Graham
    Interviews

    Julia Graham

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    DLA Piper’s chief risk officer has much to thank for a great career: underwriting, the eurozone crisis and a rebellious streak at school

  • Christina Martinez
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    Cristina Martinez

    2012-08-17T00:00:00Z

    We need to be less confident about our new intangible world, says the corporate director of risk at meat-processing multinational Campofrio

  • John Ludlow
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    Born ready

    StrategicRISK’s European Risk Manager of the Year 2012 John Ludlow, of InterContinental Hotels, developed his risk management system while rescuing the Toby carvery chain. And it stood him in good stead through the unrest in Egypt during the Arab Spring

  • Marie-Eve Albertelli ADP
    Interviews

    Help the company to fly

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Interviews

    Flying high

    2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

    During 13 years in risk management, Frédéric Desitter has gone from being perceived as a ‘messenger of doom’ to being an indispensable part of Aéroports de Paris’ operations