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  • Julia Graham
    Interview

    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.

  • Franck
    Interview

    Franck Baron: why risk management needs a single professional standard

    2023-06-16T13:22:00Z

    Risk managers across Asia needed a place to bond and so chairman Franck Baron founded PARIMA. Ten years on, he is passing on the reins, but his commitment to binding the industry together remains strong

  • John Hurrell
    Interview

    Leading the way on risk

    2013-05-29T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Julia Graham
    Interview

    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

  • Jorge Luzzi
    Interview

    Jorge Luzzi

    The Pirelli risk manager and Ferma president shares his insights into the world of risk and the road to educational certification

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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

  • Sabrina Hartusch
    Interview

    Managing risk in the fashion business: Sabrina Hartusch

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Andrew Fenton
    Interview

    Andrew Fenton

    2012-11-01T00:00:00Z

    MBDA’s head of risk on how the role is different for a defence contractor

  • John Keating
    Interview

    John Keating

    2012-10-03T12:00:00Z

    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

  • Christina Martinez
    Interview

    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

  • Christoph Schwager
    Interview

    Christoph Schwager

    2012-06-08T12:29:00Z

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

  • John Ludlow
    Interview

    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

  • Martin Sijmons, Scania
    Interview

    Am I insured for that?

    2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Effective risk management is not just about plants and buildings. There is also crime and other less predictable risks - such as product breakdown liability - to worry about, Scania’s Martin Sijmons believes

  • Marie-Eve Albertelli ADP
    Interview

    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

  • Arnout_van_der_Veer
    Interview

    Europe’s risk leaders: follow in our footsteps

    2011-12-08T00:00:00Z

    As we enter a new year, 10 leading risk management professionals reveal how they reached their current position and their thoughts on a career in risk management

  • Rogelio Bautista Guardeño
    Interview

    Lone ranger

    2011-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Rogelio Bautista Guardeño was Spanish company Abengoa’s first risk manager. Now he’s one of the few in Europe to really evolve his role beyond buying insurance. Is it time the rest caught up?

  • Michel Dennery
    Interview

    Forging ahead

    2011-10-01T10:09:00Z

    Social imbalances will play a major part in future risk mitigation, GDF Suez deputy chief risk officer Michel Dennery believes, with ERM playing a critical role

  • Lennart Edstrom, head of group risk for Electrolux
    Interview

    Here be dragons

    2011-09-18T09:57:00Z

    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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    The long road

    2011-07-27T17:06:00Z

    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

    2011-05-26T00:00:00Z

    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