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Combat fear with leadership

2019-03-22T00:22:00+00:00

Our editor Lauren Gow reflects on the Christchurch massacre, urging risk managers to take lessons from Prime Minister Jacinda Arden on how to handle fear in the face of adversity.

And the finalists for the 2019 APAC awards are...

2019-03-19T23:55:00+00:00

The second round of judging will take place in April with shortlisted finalists facing a grueling interview with a judging panel.

Airport risk management can boost investment

2019-03-19T23:33:00+00:00

Private investment is needed to fund Asia’s airport boom, and risk managers can help make infrastructure projects more attractive, Willis Towers Watson believes.

Risk can be a good thing – business survive and thrive on good risk management. But the problem is, because we have all been misusing the word ‘risk’, its true meaning is now lost, writes Tony Thornton, ERM and business continuity expert

Brexit chaos spells trouble for risk managers

2019-03-18T22:00:00+00:00

As the Brexit deadline nears, uncertainty prevails after British MPs rejected the prime minister’s deal – twice. StrategicRISK gathers the reaction of European risk managers, including the chief risk officer of French pharmaceutical company, Ipsen, who has prepared the business for a ‘hard Brexit’. Sara Benwell reports.

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Risk leaders

‘We need to be agile in the way we look at risk’

Nor Adila Ismail, the long-serving chief risk officer at Malaysian oil and gas company PETRONAS, has taken an unconventional route to the top. She reveals what she has learned about the risk profession, and offers some advice to newcomers.

How 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.

King of the road

Transurban’s troubleshooting guru Karl Davey exudes an air of calm and flexibility that helps him navigate all of risk’s diversions. With him at the helm, we’re all a little safer.

Bright young star

Risk managers all love a nice long risk document, right? Not so StarHub’s Nigel Tay. Meet the man bringing on-the-ground collaboration, agile process and even fun to corporate risk management. Trust us, you’ll like him.

Why current risk definitions just don’t work

2019-03-18T22:00:00+00:00

‘Intangible’, ‘the effect of uncertainty on objectives’, ‘likelihood’, ‘probability’, ‘consequence’, and ‘impact’ – do these perennially-used terms add clarity to risk management practices or do they just dilute and confuse what we do? asks Tony Thornton, ERM and business continuity expert

Opinion

Combat fear with leadership

2019-03-22T00:22:00+00:00

Our editor Lauren Gow reflects on the Christchurch massacre, urging risk managers to take lessons from Prime Minister Jacinda Arden on how to handle fear in the face of adversity.

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Special reports

Special report: Business transformation

2019-01-10T03:58:00+00:00

Our future is digital – there is no escaping it. Businesses that want to stay in the game must learn to adapt, with help from you, their risk expert. And this involves bolstering defences against the threats this new world will, inevitably, bring.

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