The risk management experts now in high demand
Dr Pescaroli is a global expert in risk management, and more specifically - in how businesses and other organisations can best plan for, and cope with, the impact of a crisis. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, he has been a person very much in demand. And now with the conflict in Ukraine already damaging the world economy, his services are even more sought after.
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Large companies that are thinking ahead are now appointing risk managers at board level. This person will be someone whose sole responsibility is to ensure the firm can survive the next major crisis. They are preparing for the worst, and even gaming different scenarios to see how the company would respond. One person the UK banks need to impress above all others, is a woman called Sarah Breeden. She is the executive director of financial stability strategy and risk at the Bank of England, and she spends her time grilling bank bosses.
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Dr Elizabeth Stephens helps businesses make key risk management decisions. Founder and head of London-based, Geopolitical Risk Advisory, she and her colleagues advise companies on the dangers of doing business in particular countries and territories.
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Dr Pescaroli is now discussing these kinds of issues at the United Nations, where he is co-writing a report for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction with Dr Igor Linkov of the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center.