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November 19th 2009
  • The Dorchester, London


The economic crisis highlighted fundamental flaws in the way that risk has been viewed and queried. The Risk Summit will bring together 100 business leaders and risk experts to consider how they should prepare their companies for the future.

  • Get the facts: The Economist Intelligence Unit, the world's leading authority on strategic risk analysis and forecasts, will identify risks in recovering global markets.
  • Combine case-studies with data: Global business leaders will share their experiences of judging risk on the ground.
  • Understand the threats: Expert speakers will enable you to assess emerging risks to your company - hear NATO's insights into the nature of geopolitical and terrorist threats and what these mean for business.
  • Challenge your view of risk: Hear about decision-making under pressure from the army's former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, and how your current environment may be limiting your ability to access critical ideas.
  • Put yourself to the test: See how your strategies would fare against possible future scenarios and gain critical insights into how you can best mitigate those risks.
  • Network with a senior audience: This event will allow you to meet your peers in an environment that promotes discussion
  • Participate: This summit encourages delegates to actively take part in sessions to ensure you gain the greatest benefit from attending.
  • Intelligence to take home: Take the new risk reports and forecasts back to the office  

Chaired by Tom Standage, Business Editor of The Economist, this event brings together a unique line up of speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds. They include:

  • Peter Schwartz, Chairman, Global Business Network 
  • Colonel Richard Kemp, Former Senior COBR-A Intelligence Officer and Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan
  • Dan Gardner, Journalist and Author of ‘Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear’
  • Sir John Banham, Chairman, Johnson Matthey
  • Lord Browne of Madingley, Managing Director and Managing Partner, Riverstone Europe and former Chief Executive, BP
  • Jamie Shea, Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO
  • Tom Ilube, Chief Executive, Garlik 
  • Ken Jones, Chief Operating Officer, Astellas Pharma Europe
  • Andrew Garard, Group Legal Director and General Counsel, ITV
  • Julia Graham, CRO, DLA Piper
  • Stefano Pessina, Executive Chairman, Alliance Boots
  • Hamish Taylor, Chief Executive, The Skills Exchange Network
 

Programme

08:50

CHAIRMAN'S WELCOME

Tom Standage, Business Editor, The Economist
09:00

WEIGHING UP RISK IN SECONDS

Learn from the man whose high-octane job required life-or-death risk management in seconds. What lessons can we draw about how we approach risk management in the corporate world? 

Colonel Richard Kemp, Former Senior COBR-A Intelligence Officer and Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan

09:30

RISK GOVERNANCE: Reassuring the role of risk

Presentation of Economist Intelligence Unit research on risk governance
Rob Mitchell, Consulting Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit

Discussion

• How will the company that emerges from the recession be changed, and how should this change the way risk is managed?
• How can companies keep the focus on the potential of risk management to yield competitive advantage, rather than just mitigate threats?

Julia Graham, Chief Risk Officer, DLA Piper
Stefano Pessina, Executive Chairman, Alliance Boots
Sir John Banham, Chairman, Johnson Matthey
Andrew Garard, Group Legal Director and General Counsel, ITV                                          
10:25

BOTTOM-UP THINKING: New approaches to decision-making

It is relatively easy to manage what you know. To manage what you don't requires a change of organisational thinking. It is about sensing risks as well as monitoring them.

Hamish Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Skills Exchange Network
10:55 NETWORKING BREAK
11.10

BALANCING JUDGMENT WITH DATA

Global risk map

What are the risk profiles of critical markets, and which ones are most important to watch out for?
Robert will build a picture of the world using his analysis of global risks.

Robert Ward, Director, Global forecasting; Deputy Director, Country Analysis, Economist Intelligence Unit

Panel discussion

Panelists will talk about what is required to supplement good risk data, discussing how judgement and agility can be used to manage risk on the ground in different countries. 

Ken Jones, Chief Operating Officer, Astellas Pharma Europe
Phil Wall, Senior Account Engineer, ACE Global Engineering Network
Oliver Scholz, Director of EMEA, Corporate Investigations, Control Risks
12:00

SIGNALS: EMERGING RISKS TO BUSINESSES

• Cybercrime in the next five years: expert analysis of the potential risks posed to business. what should businesses do to mitigate the security risks as data moves outside the office?
• Geopolitical uncertainty and terrorism - what is the nature of the threat to business? How can this threat be mitigated?

Jamie Shea, Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Tom Ilube, Chief Executive Officer, Garlik
12:30 LUNCH
13:30

The pitfalls awaiting a decision-maker who doesn't know how his own mind works

Dan Gardner, Journalist and Author of 'Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear'
14:00

RESEARCH FINDINGS: Supply Chain Risk

Iain Scott, Senior Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit
14:15

ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK? Ensuring risk management really delivers

Simon Evans, Director and UK Head of Enterprise Risk Management, KPMG
Mike Watson, Director, Business Risk Management, Cisco
Robert Chester, Head of Risk, ASDA
Austen Bushrod, Director of Purchasing, Rank Group

Moderator: Rob Mitchell, Consulting Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit
15:00 NETWORKING BREAK
15:15

THE ANATOMY OF GREAT DECISIONS

Lord Philip Gould, Deputy Chairman, Freud Communications
15:45

PUTTING RISK STRATEGIES TO THE TEST

Two leading scenario planners will play out the effect of a high-impact event on leading companies' risk strategies.

Peter Schwartz, Co-founder and Chairman, Global Business Network
Lord Brown of Madingley, Managing Director and Managing Partner (Europe), Riverstone Holdings; former Chief Executive, BP
17.10 CLOSING REMARKS

Who attends?

The Risk Summit will bring together over 100 senior executives from a range of industries to discuss how they should prepare their companies for the future.

Attendees already registered include:

  • Head of Performance and Risk, ACCA
  • Risk Manager, Adelphi Capital
  • Security and Risk Director, ADP Dealer Services
  • Chief Executive Officer, Alexandrion Romania
  • Executive Chairman, Alliance Boots
  • Director of Asset & Risk Appraisal, American Appraisal
  • Group Insurance Risk Manager, AOG Advisory Services
  • Global Finance Director, Arup
  • Head of Risk, Asda
  • Chief Risk Officer, Aspen
  • Chief Operations Officer, Astellas Pharma Europe
  • Head of Group Audit, Balfour Beatty
  • Chief Risk Officer, Bank of America Corporation
  • Head of Risk, BBC
  • Finance Control Risk Manager, Brit Insurance
  • General Counsel and Company Secretary, BSI
  • Head of Risk, BT
  • Commercial Director, Centre for British Teachers
  • Head of Risk Management, Centrica
  • Director, Business Risk Management, Cisco
  • Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary, Cobham
  • Internal Audit Manager, Compass Group Plc
  • Chief Financial Officer, Consort Medical plc
  • Director, EMEA Corporate Investigations, Control Risks
  • Senior Consultant, Global Risks Analysis, Control Risks
  • Head of Group Assurance and Risk, Diageo
  • Chief Risk Officer, DLA Piper
  • Group Director-Internal Audit and Risk Management, DSGi
  • Senior Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit
  • Director, Global Forecasting, Economist Intelligence Unit
  • Group Risk Manager, Electrocomponents
  • Finance Director, ENI UK
  • IT Director, Essex & Suffolk Water plc
  • Chief Advisor, Falck
  • Associate Director - Risk Management, Fidelity International Ltd
  • Chief Executive Officer, Garlik
  • Co-founder and Chairman, Global Business Network
  • Finance Manager Region Africa and Middle East, Heineken International
  • Principal Consultant, Hewitt
  • Head of Risk, Hiscox
  • Head of Corporate Risk Management, HM Revenue & Customs
  • Chief Risk Director, HML
  • Chief Financial Officer, Hungarian Post Office
  • Head of Risk, Intercontinental Hotels Group
  • Director of Risk, IPS International
  • Director of Central Legal Affairs, ITV
  • Group Legal Director and General Counsel, ITV
  • Director of Risk Management, ITV
  • Director of Legal Affairs ITV Broadcasting Division, ITV
  • Head of Business Protection and Continuity and Group Finance Directorate, John Lewis Partnership plc
  • Chairman, Johnson Matthey
  • Risk and Compliance Director, Just Retirement
  • Director, KPMG
  • Director and UK Head of Enterprise Risk Management, KPMG
  • Group Finance Director, Laing O'Rourke plc
  • Group Risk Infrastructure and Process Director, Lloyds Banking Group
  • Projects and Events Manager, Lloyd's Communication
  • Group Insurance Manager, MBDA
  • Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO
  • Head of Risk & Insurance, Network Rail
  • Manager, Risk Office, Novo Nordisk
  • European Head of Legal, NYSE Euronext
  • Managing Director and Managing Partner (Europe), Riverstone Holdings
  • Risk Management & Strategic Planning Director, Robert Wiseman & Sons Ltd
  • Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
  • Global CRM Business Development, SAP
  • Director, Serco Corporate Assurance Group, Serco
  • Chief Strategist, Shell International
  • Executive Vice-president, Legal, Skanska UK
  • Chief Executive Officer, Skills Exchange Network
  • Business Editor, The EconomistDirector of Regulation, The Gambling Commission
  • Chief Risk Officer, The Royal Bank of Scotland
  • Chief Risk Officer, Retail Wealth and Ulster, The Royal Bank of Scotland
  • Senior Vice-president, Compliance, Visa Europe
  • Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Visa Europe
  • Group General Counsel, William Grant & Sons
  • Communications Manager, Xchanging

 

 

Speakers

With a series of interactive sessions, executive discussions and case studies, The Risk Summit will allow you to see how your strategies would fare against potential future scenarios.

Chaired by Tom Standage, Business Editor of The Economist, this event brings together a unique line up of speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds. They include:

  • Peter Schwartz, Chairman, Global Business Network 
  • Colonel Richard Kemp, Former Senior COBR-A Intelligence Officer and Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan
  • Dan Gardner, Journalist and Author of ‘Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear’
  • Sir John Banham, Chairman, Johnson Matthey
  • Lord Browne of Madingley, Managing Director and Managing Partner, Riverstone Europe and former Chief Executive, BP
  • Jamie Shea, Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO
  • Tom Ilube, Chief Executive, Garlik 
  • Ken Jones, Chief Operating Officer, Astellas Pharma Europe
  • Andrew Garard, Group Legal Director and General Counsel, ITV
  • Julia Graham, CRO, DLA Piper
  • Stefano Pessina, Executive Chairman, Alliance Boots
  • Hamish Taylor, Chief Executive, The Skills Exchange Network 
  • Lord Philip Gould, Deputy Chairman, Freud Communications
  • Robert Chester, Head of Risk, ASDA
  • Mike Watson, Director, Business Risk Management, Cisco 
  • Oliver Scholtz, Director EMEA, Corporate Investigations, Control Risks
  • Austen Bushrod, Director of Purchasing, Rank Group
  • Simon Evans, Director, Head of ERM, KPMG UK
  • Phil Wall, Senior Account Engineer, ACE Risk Management Services
  • Robert Ward, Director, Global Forecasting; Deputy Director, Country Analysis, Economist Intelligence Unit
  • Iain Scott, Senior Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit
  • Rob Mitchell, Managing Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit

Sponsors

Sponsors:

ACE logo

KPMG logo

Evaluation Form

We would like to thank everyone who attended the The Risk Summit. In order to assist us with future events, we appreciate all attendee's feedback. In order to let us know your thoughts please complete the evaluation form that can be accessed by clicking on the image below.

Risk Survey

We appreciate your time in providing this useful feedback and look forward to seeing you next year.

Presentations

We would like to thank everyone who attended The Risk Summit. To access the presentations, please click on the relevant image below.

 

Dan Gardner Presentation

 

Iain Scott Presentation

 

Rob Mitchell Presentation

 

Robert Ward Presentation

 



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