Operational Risk Special Interest Group
Future meeting(s)
Meetings will normally be on the last Thursday of every month at 5:30pm at Sapient, Eden House, 5-13 Spital Square,
London E1 6DX. Dial-in facilities are usually available - please contact the chairman for more details.
| Forthcoming meetings |
Date |
25 January 2012 |
| Time |
17.30 |
| Location |
Sapient
Room 104 on the 1st Floor
Eden House
5-13 Spital Square
London E1 6DX
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| Topic |
The presentation at this meeting will be on the topic of alcohol, drugs and employment problems in the financial services sector. These problems are a matter of major social concern but their impact in the financial sector has been little studied or discussed, despite significant evidence of the risks that they contribute to. The presentation will introduce participants to the following aspects of the topic:
- Alcohol and drug abuse and dependency issues in organisations
- Corporate culture of abuse – the influence of the organisation on alcohol abuse
- Organisational risk assessment approach
- Objective ways of identifying trends of substance abuse
- Risks and evidence of problems arising from substance misuse in the financial sector
- Attitudes towards the problem within the sector
- Regulatory aspects of the problem including the Bank of England’s initiative in the 1990s and its subsequent abandonment
- How the financial sector and its regulator can help in the study and reduction of alcohol and drug problems.
The presentation will be delivered by Dr Michael McCann and Jonathan Goodliffe.
Dr McCann is an occupational physician with a record of work and publications in the alcohol and drugs field, including the risk assessment perspective of that subject. His professional experience covers the police, the drugs industry, banks, communications, civil service, media and retail. His latest book on “Alcohol, drugs and employment” was published in 2011.
Jonathan Goodliffe is a solicitor specialising in insurance and financial services regulation. He has carried out pro bono work in the alcohol field for over 25 years. His work has included research for the Law Society, published in a peer reviewed journal, on alcohol problems in the legal profession, and contributing to the foundation of a charity aimed at helping addicted lawyers. He has also carried out research and written articles in medical and insurance publications on alcohol and drug problems in the financial sector. He has a postgraduate certificate from Kings College London, in the identification of alcohol and drug use in the workplace.
Some published work by the speakers:
Dr Michael McCann
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“Alcohol, drugs and employment” 2011
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“Alcohol, employment and fair labour practice” (with Chris Albertyn) 1993
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“Taking care of alcohol abuse at work” and “Alcohol problems for occupational physicians” published by the Medical Council on Alcohol, London.
- Doctorate thesis 1999. "The effect and impact of breath analysis in a workplace and the development of indicators to identify employees at risk of alcohol abuse"
- Over 20 papers delivered at conferences including on risk assessment and risk analysis of alcohol problems
Jonathan Goodliffe
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“Alcohol and drug problems in the financial services sector”, Alcoholis, (published by the Medical Council on Alcohol) July 2011
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“Insurance: solving some alcohol problems and causing others”, Institute of Alcohol Studies occasional paper June 2007
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“Private medical insurance and alcohol treatment”, Alcoholis, (published by the Medical Council on Alcohol) March 2008
- “Alcoholism in the legal profession” (with Dr Deborah Brooke) New Law Journal, January 1996.
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“Alcohol & depression in lawyer disciplinary proceedings” "Addiction", September 1994.
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To participate remotely, the dial in details are below:
Dial-In Number: +44 (0) 207 897 3277 or +44 (0) 8445 803463
Conference code: 8392976118
Please dial-in 5 minutes before so that we can start promptly. |
Group contact details
Chairman - Paul Saunders - psaunders@sapient.com
Deputy Chairman- Andrew Lilley - Andrew.Lilley@rbs.com
Group aims and objectives
The IRM Operational Risk Special Interest Group provides a forum for IRM members and non members interested to exchange views and experiences on operational risk management, methods and development, to share best practice, and to learn from and network with people interested in operational risk.
The objectives of the Operational Risk Special Interest Group are to:
- exchange views and experiences on operational risk management, methods and developments:
- What approaches are being used now?
- Which work, which don't, and why?
- What are the remaining problems? Approaches to solving them?
- What lies ahead? Emerging best practice? Industry consensus? and
- network with people interested in the same subject areas.
- engage proactively with other groups
- provide input back into the IRM (post papers on website, contribute a blog, etc)
The inaugural meeting of the IRM Operational Risk Special Interest Group took place on 26 June 2008. Attendees agreed that there would be one theme for each meeting. The format of meetings was agreed as an introductory talk followed by a round-table discussion to share opinion and experience. 'Chatham House' rules apply.
Please contact the chairman with suggestions for topics to cover, indicating whether you would be happy to deliver an introductory talk (10 or 15 minutes).
Approach to meetings (pdf 28kb)
Potential themes (Word 20kb)
Recent meetings
Date |
24 November 2011 |
| Location |
Sapient
Room 104 on the 1st Floor
Eden House
5-13 Spital Square
London E1 6DX
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| Topic |
Rogue Trading, delivered by David Rowe-Francis from RBS.
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