Interviews
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InterviewsThe consolidator: how PayU GPO’s chief risk officer is building a positive risk culture
A weak risk culture will eat any fancy risk management framework for breakfast, says Simona Covaliu. StrategicRISK caught up with PayU GPO’s new chief risk officer to get their take on how the risk management landscape is changing, and the most powerful tools for mitigating threats
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InterviewsInterview: how to become a modern risk manager
Risk managers of the future must be experts across multiple disciplines. Sanjeev Marwaha, a senior risk director in the sustainable technology industry, shares his top strategies for adapting to the new world of risk
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InterviewsThe strategist: FERMA’s new president has a gameplan to elevate the influence of risk
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.
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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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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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InterviewsCurious by nature
From financial services to public servant, Andrew Methven’s search for answers has driven his career in risk
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InterviewsBorn to insure
From a family of insurance experts, Soni Srivastava was destined for a career in the industry
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InterviewsThe changemaker
Cristina Martinez Garcia of Sacyr is on a mission to put a positive spin on the risk manager role
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InterviewsPerception is king
A ‘stuffy’, ‘data-led’, ‘paper-driven’ profession is what some believe risk management to be. But it is a perception far from the truth, and Tim Murray, Airmic’s new chair, is on a mission to let everyone know what risk management really is about. Sara Benwell reports
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InterviewsHow Patrick Smith is managing Deliveroo’s intangible risks
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.
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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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InterviewsAon chief Greg Case on making connections between risks
President and chief executive Greg Case reflects on the findings of Aon’s 2015 Global Risk Management Survey and considers how the interconnectedness of risk requires strategic change among businesses
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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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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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InterviewsFive minutes with: New Airmic board member Colin Barker
Barker was elected onto Airmic’s board today and tells us what he is looking forward to most in this role
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InterviewsAirmic 2014: fastTrack, a fast mover
fastTrack chair Kathryn Wallin explains how the scheme will accelerate the careers of those new to risk
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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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InterviewsManaging risk in the fashion business: Sabrina Hartusch
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
