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These risk management speakers can cover such topics as critical thinking, strategy, problem solving, risk maturity frameworks, governance risk and compliance (GRC), ERM technology stacks, risk appetite statements, risk assessment and response, risk mitigation, organizational change, cyber risks, public policies, sustainable business development, how to integrate risk management with digital transformation, loss prevention and reduction, how AI will help mitigate risk, using Big Data and predictive analytics, strategic planning, and much more.
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Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan is the Managing Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and a professor in the MBA programme at the Wharton School. He is the Chairman of the Secretary-High General’s Level Advisory Board on Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes of the OECD.
He brings 20 years of experience developing value generation strategies for his customers.
As a business risk speaker, he is passionate about innovating and implementing new ideas to increase corporate competitiveness and government service.
Walter Stahel
Walter R. Stahel is a Swiss architect who earned his bachelor’s degree in 1971 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich. Stahel was promoted to senior research fellow at the École des Ponts Business School’s Circular Economy Research Centre in Paris in 2020.
He co-founded the Product Life Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, which focuses on developing sustainable strategies and policies. Walter Stahel has made a substantial contribution to the field of sustainable business development.
Scott E Harrington
Scott E. Harrington is an Adjunct Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on health policy.
He is a co-editor of the Journal of Risk and Insurance and has published substantially on insurance economics and regulation.
He is the past President of both the American Risk and Insurance Association and the Risks Theory Society.
Dr. Harrington has researched, advised, or acted as an expert for several organizations on insurance markets, regulation, and public policy.
Jim McCormick
Jim McCormick is a world-record skydiver and one of America’s top organizational risk specialists. He is also a notable author, the founder and president of the Research Institute for Risk Intelligence, and a recognized author. Jim has spoken to illustrious corporate audiences as a sought-after keynote speaker.
Jim believes that every business is about efficiently managing risk. Jim tells the audience that taking risks skillfully is not a choice but rather a need. When done correctly, it results in more adaptable and lucrative enterprises.
Robert Meyer
Wharton’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center is co-directed by Robert Meyer, Frederick H. Ecker/MetLife Insurance Professor. He is a well-known researcher who focuses on consumer choice analysis, sales response modeling, and decision making in ambiguous situations.
Professor Meyer’s work has appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Research, Risk and Uncertainty, Marketing Science, Management Science, and Risk Analysis, among other professional publications and books.
He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Marketing Research and an associate editor of the Journal of Marketing.
Grace Laconte
Grace Laconte is the creator of LaConte Consulting, which assists business owners in increasing profit, growth, and value.
She is a sought-after Strategic Risk Expert Keynote Speaker and Visionary Advisor who assists corporate executives in identifying and correcting organizational flaws.
Grace knows the challenges of building an effective strategy plan, having worked in strategic management in healthcare and IT.
She is a dynamic risk speaker that engages audiences on strategic blind spots, risk intelligence, and organizational change.
Willis Sparks
Willis Sparks is the global macro director of Eurasia Group, the top political risk consulting and advising organization. He focuses on the world’s political dangers, politics, and elections in the United States.
He is a leader on challenges, trends, and opportunities within the firm. Willis worked on international terrorism and US national defense at the Council on Foreign Relations before joining Eurasia Group in 2005. He informs the investors on market-moving developments in international politics.
Shawn Galloway
ProAct Safety’s Chief Executive Officer and co-author of five books are Shawn M. Galloway. He has aided hundreds of businesses in every industry in achieving and maintaining high levels of performance and culture.
Shawn has worked with over a hundred worldwide organizations because of his consulting activities. He’s also a writer for multiple publications with over 600 podcasts, 200 articles, and 100 videos.
Shawn has won accolades and recognition from the American Society of Safety Professionals Council on Practices and Standards for his outstanding achievements.
Dr. Mark Bojeun
Dr. Mark Bojeun is the author of “Program Management Leadership: Creating Successful Team Dynamics” and has over 25 years of experience in portfolio, project, and program management.
His background includes designing best practice procedures for program and project management offices and generating multi-million dollar portfolios (PMO).
Dr. Bojeun is Project Concepts’ Chief Technology Officer and talks on leadership, team building, emotional intelligence, and program/project management. Mark is a writer that focuses on business intelligence and needs.
Russell Walker
Russell Walker studied law at Lincoln’s Inn after graduating from Oxford in 1865 and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He took over as President of Middlesex from his brother Edward in 1907 and served until his death in Regent’s Park at the age of 80.
Russell Walker established leading executive programs as a Clinical Associate Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and former Associate Director of the Zell Center for Risk Research.
He is considered a leading expert on topics such as Big Data, Global Changes and Opportunities for Growth, Strategic Data-Driven Marketing, and International Business Strategy.
Caspar Berry
Caspar Berry is a poker specialist who appears on several television programs. He’s also a poker strategy writer for Flush magazine and may be on Sky Sports.
Caspar studied Economics and Anthropology at Cambridge University, and while still a student, he got his first script produced by Film Four. He decided to play poker at the age of 25, relocated to Las Vegas, and became a professional poker player. Caspar spent the next three years of his life playing poker professionally.
As an experienced high-stakes poker player, Caspar understands strategic thinking and risk mitigation.
Rachel Wilson
For the first 15 years of her professional life, Rachel Wilson was with the National Security Agency (NSA). In that time, she held a number of key management roles at the agency.
From 2008 to 2010, she oversaw NSA’s countering terrorism efforts and ran a worldwide operation aimed at spotting and stopping any terror plots targeting the US or its partners.
Then, between 2010 and 2012, Rachel became NSA’s chief of operations in the UK based out of the US embassy in London. There, she collaborated with British intelligence agencies to address security concerns around the 2012 Olympic Games.
Daniel Wagner
Daniel Wagner is the creator of Country Risk Solutions and a well-known author on current events, risk management, and cutting-edge topics.
Daniel worked for GE Energy Financial Services in Stamford, Connecticut, as the Senior Vice President of Country Risk. He was part of a team at GE that invested billions of dollars in the energy initiatives.
Daniel was responsible for advising the senior management on several country risk issues and strategic planning and portfolio management.
Cedric Leighton
Cedric Leighton is a cyber security and cyber warfare thought leader. He has participated in two Bloomberg Cyber Security conferences and one SC Magazine-sponsored Cyber Conference as a panelist.
He spoke at the 2012 Military Cyber Conference and the 2012 Cyber Resiliency Conference.
Cedric Leighton has contributed to a number of publications, including AOL Defense, and has got quoted in a number of others. He also spoke to the media about numerous cyber security topics.
Daniel Hoffman
Daniel Hoffman is a member of BGR’s advisory board. He served in the Central Intelligence Agency as a Senior Executive Clandestine Service Officer. His remarkable government experience spans 30 years.
Since April 2018, he has been a Fox News contributor and is a member of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation’s advisory board. Daniel’s policy knowledge and engagement with international authorities have kept him in high esteem.
Eldeen E. Pozniak
Eldeen has served as the president of both the International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organizations (INSHPO) and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering. Eldeen E. Pozniak draws on her consulting skills, business background.
Her engaging keynotes, seminars, and workshops emphasise key concepts, elaborate on conference topics, and encourage people to think about their choices as they go through life and work. Eldeen takes her audience on a trip by using significant topics, humour, and story-telling.
Chloe Demrovsky
Chloe Demrovsky is an internationally recognized risk thought leader and keynote speaker. She is a catastrophe management professional with a decade of experience working with several executives to improve public perception and promote global interactions.
Chloe is the youngest and first female Chief Executive of the Disaster Recovery Institute, a global network of over 100 nations. She is a communicator who has a track record of engaging the public at events as both a speaker and a leader.
Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna is the Founder and Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario-based strategic consulting organization.
He is a renowned keynote speaker on global strategy, a visionary strategic futurist, and the Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario-based strategic consultancy firm. Over 20 languages have translated into Parag’s works.
He served as a Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the New American Foundation.
John Sitilides
John Sitilides, a government affairs expert and diplomacy consultant for the Department of State in Washington, gives his perspectives on risk trends, developments, and tactics in the United States and throughout the world.
He investigates the complicated political decisions that influence markets in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, assisting corporate, investor, and board director clients.
Sitilides has worked at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, the diplomacy academy, and training facility for American foreign policy experts since 2006 under a US government contract.
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