RSA Canada hosted its first risk manager’s seminar earlier this month in Toronto, in partnership with the Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC), Schulich School of Business.
The seminar, entitled
Fast Forward: Navigating the Future of Risk Management, was designed to guide risk managers on how they should approach their job and hone their leadership skills. It was facilitated and instructed by leading risk-management advisor and legal counsel, Kenneth Jull, LLP.
“RSA Canada is deeply committed to continuing education, and we understand that the knowledge and skills risk managers need to be successful are very complex and diverse,” said RSA Canada vice-president of specialty lines Colette Taylor. “We created this seminar, recognizing that risk managers are facing new challenges as a result of rapidly evolving dynamics of business and risk management. Our goal is for the risk managers who participated to leave with a better understanding of global best practices in risk management and with greater confidence as leaders.”
Participating risk managers in the event underwent academic sessions, hands-on group work, and discussions with their peers on leadership and other vital business and risk management skills.
“Understanding risk and identifying how to handle it is now a basic managerial skill in any industry,” SEEC executive director Dr. Alan Middleton said in a statement. “SEEC is absolutely delighted to be partnered with RSA Canada in this seminar as we jointly probe upcoming changes and how risk management can help analysis and decision making.”
“The seminar was a well thought out, well planned and well executed information filled day, which examined topics of importance to corporations and their risk managers in the ‘emerging risks’ space,” commented H&R Reit director of risk management Tanya Diedrick. “The speakers were knowledgeable professionals in their respective fields and were extremely engaging and interactive with the attendees. It was a terrific opportunity to get a tremendous level of exposure, information and networking all in one place. It was definitely a day well spent. I amassed some comprehensive ideas that will help me respond as a prudent risk manager to the ultimate question; ‘Is my company ready?’”
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