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Speakers
were Steven White, Head of Corporate Risk at Sainsbury's
who explored achieving the right balance between Internal
Audit and Risk Management and Robin Firth, Audit Manager
at the Highways Agency who discussed use of the new
Treasury assessment tool for Central Government in auditing
the effectiveness of the risk management process.
Risk
Management in action: Sharing members' experience
Manchester
June 17 2004
One
day conference - Included session on Corporate Governance
& Regulatory Update
Seventeen
members and guests participated in an event that provided
what one delegate described as "Excellent balance between
high quality presentations and lively debate"
Each session
started with a brief presentation and then continued
with a round table discussion. Thanks to Jenny Rayner
and Ray Butler for organisation and the Highways Agency
for hosting.
The sessions
are listed below, with the handouts available as PDF
downloads.
| Session
|
Handouts
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| Risk
appetite:
What
does it mean? How do we define it? How do we use
and communicate it? Differences between the private
and public sectors.
Coral Malcolm , Principal
Risk Management Officer, Leeds City Council |
Risk
appetite
(pdf
- 89 K) |
| Risk
identification and risk workshops:
How do
we do it? What have we learned or changed since
we started? How do we prioritise the risks?
Ray Butler, Risk Management
Adviser, Highways Agency |
Risk
identification in Highways Agency
(pdf
- 81K) |
| Management
of change - a risky business!
The implementation
of management initiatives. How do you engage with
change projects? What works and what doesn't?
Jeff Roycroft, Risk
Manager, Northern & Central Europe, Rhodia
Consumer Specialties Ltd. |
No
slides used |
| Risk
management with the regulator on your back:
Managing
risk in highly regulated sectors
Ian Churchill, Risk
Co-ordinator Sellafield Site, BNFL |
Risk
Management in a highly regulated industry
(pdf
- 253 K) |
| Corporate
Governance and Regulatory update:
What's new? What does it
mean for the risk manager? |
|
- Coral
Malcolm (local government),
|
Local
Authority Corporate Governance and Regulations
(pdf
- 83K) |
- Ray
Butler (central government)
|
Governance
in Government
(pdf
- 32K) |
- Jenny
Rayner (private sector)
|
Operating
and Financial Review
(pdf
- 102K) |
| Embedding
risk management:
How can
risk management become part of the business DNA?
How do we get people involved? How do we maintain
momentum?
Jenny
Rayner, Director, Abbey Consulting |
Embedding
(pdf
- 179K) |
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Risk Standards
and Software
April
28 2004
Joint
event between IRM NorthWest and The Information Systems
Audit and Control Association, Northern England Chapter
Presenters
Keith Foggon
- Security Director, Sapphire Technologies Ltd
Simon Oxley
- Managing Director,Citicus Ltd
Outline
The event
outlined the developments and increasing importance
of risk management in information systems and the standards
that exist; This was followed by a demonstration of
Citicus ONE Risk Management software ( based on ISF
research & including 7799 guidance)
Developed in
conjunction with 15 of the world's top companies, Citicus
ONE is a web-based risk assessment and management tool.
Its design reflects in-depth understanding of what key
decision-makers need to control information risk successfully,
and rigorous analysis of many hundreds of business-critical
systems.
Presenters:
Keith Foggon,
Sapphire Technologies Ltd
Simon Oxley
Independent consultant in information security
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Joint
meeting with the Association of Project Managers
February
5 2004
This full
day meeting was organised in conjunction with the Association
for Project Management (APM) at the Institute of Directors
in Manchester. See below for details of the programme,
speakers and presentations. Attendance qualifies for
10 IRM CPD points.
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Inaugural
meeting
"North-West England Group
Hits the Ground Running"
November
25 2003
The North-West England group's inaugural meeting at
Marsh Ltd's premises in Manchester on 25 November was
an outstanding success.
19 members heard and discussed presentations from IRM
Board Member Barbara Cotton on the IRM's current educational
offering and Bryan Richardson (Currie and Brown) on
the work of the Emergent Risks Special Interest Group,
and took the opportunity for some networking. The next
of these Special Interest Group meetings will take place
in Sale, near Manchester. For more information see the
Emergent Risks page
Plans for the next twelve months were unveiled, including
joint events with the APM (5th February - see above)
and ISACA (28th April) and some exciting ideas
for a mini-conference on embedding risk management in
June - watch this page for details of future events.
Thanks to
Jenny Rayner, Kate Boothroyd and Ray Butler for organisation,
Barbara Cotton and Bryan Richardson for speaking, and
to Marsh for hosting.
If you live
or work in the North-West of England and would like
to register an interest in future NW events please e-mail Andy Garlick on andy.garlick@riskagenda.com.
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