Risk management finalists announced for European Risk Management Awards

Ferma and Commercial Risk Europe have announced the finalists in the Excellence in Risk Management categories for this year’s European Risk Management Awards.

On the shortlist for Risk Manager of the Year, sponsored by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), is Laurent Boussu, director of risk management, insurance and internal control at Group Servier in France, and his risk management team.

He is joined by Dihya Haddak, vice-president of risks at French firm ACCOR, and Maurizio Micale, group vice-president of corporate insurance risk management at STMicroelectronics in Italy.

Finalists in the Rising Star of the Year award, sponsored by AXA XL, are Antonia Müller, group head of prudential risk from Domestic and General Insurance in Germany, Alec Sammon, global HR compliance and risk management lead at VMWare in Ireland, and Aston-J Spreddie, head of operational risk at Vitality in the UK.

Finalists have also been named in the Innovative Insurance Programme of the Year category, sponsored by Zurich, and for the Business Continuity Programme of the Year award, sponsored by Belfor.

In addition, a shortlist for the Training & Education Programme of the Year award has been named.

Ferma and Commercial Risk Europe will also hand out an Outstanding Contribution to Risk Management award to an individual or team that has made a significant and long-lasting contribution to the risk and insurance management community.

The full list of finalists in the Excellence in Risk Management categories are:

Risk Manager of the Year (sponsored by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty)

• Laurent Boussu (and his risk management team), director of risk management, insurance and internal control, Group Servier, France
• Dihya Haddak, VP of risks, ACCOR, France
• Maurizio Micale, group vice-president of corporate insurance risk management, STMicroelectronics, Italy

 Rising Star of the Year (sponsored by AXA XL)

• Antonia Müller, group head of prudential risk, Domestic & General Insurance, Germany
• Alec Sammon, global HR compliance and risk management lead, VMWare, Ireland
• Aston-J Spreddie, head of operational risk, Vitality, UK

Innovative Insurance Programme of the Year (sponsored by Zurich)

• The Crossrail Elizabeth Line/TFL risk management team, UK
• Gitte Kristiansen, global head of pensions and insurance at ISS World Services, (Danish Risk Management Vest Project), Denmark
• Mykhailo Rushkovskyi, head of risk management at DTEK, Ukraine

Business Continuity Programme of the Year (sponsored by Belfor)

• Bora Akdoganlar, group risk manager at Eczacibasi Holding Co, Turkey
• Tolga Argin, master lead risk and business continuity management professional at Turkcell, Turkey
• Mykhailo Rushkovskyi, head of risk management at DTEK, Ukraine

Training & Education Programme of the Year finalists are:

• AGCS UK Apprentice and Interns Scheme, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
• AIG Navigating Multinational Risks Multinational Insurance Training
• Anticipation Risk Management, Skopia Anticipation Services
• Zurich Commercial Insurance Customer and Broker Webinar Series

The winners will be announced during an in-person gala dinner ceremony at the Sheraton Grand Park Lane hotel in Piccadilly, London on 22 November.

Ferma and Commercial Risk Europe are looking forward to welcoming Europe’s risk management community and its various support sectors to the awards presentation, after it was held virtually for the last two years because of Covid-19. It will offer a great opportunity to meet with peers, clients and prospects on this special occasion.

Once again, the awards aim to promote and support the European risk management community, as well as service partners that help them manage their companies’ risk.

Risk managers will attend the ceremony as guests of Ferma and Commercial Risk Europe. All other sectors and finalists can attend by purchasing tables, with booking now open.

If you would like to attend or want details about table options, please contact Stewart Brown at [email protected], email [email protected] or go to https://europeanriskmanagementawards.com/European22/en/page/book-a-table.

The annual awards have become a key date for the European risk and insurance management community and will again reward achievement in three categories – Excellence in Risk Management, Industry Excellence, and Training & Education Excellence.

The awards, with AGCS as headline partner and AXA XL, Belfor and Zurich also partnering the event, have yet again attracted a record number of entries.

We previously announced the Industry Excellence finalists as:

Broker Innovation of the Year

• Marsh Cyber Incident Management
• Strategica Group
• Visicover Marine Leisure Product Development

Claims Innovation of the Year

• Blink Parametric Lost Luggage
• Davies Automated Claims Software
• Van Ameyde Vehicle Fleet Claims Solution including the Buckle Up app

Global Programmes Innovation of the Year

• Marsh Global Program Workbook
• Swiss Re Corporate Solutions International Programmes Virtual Captive
• Zurich Connector API Solution (bi-directional data exchange)

Insurance Company Innovation of the Year

• Parsyl Insurance Team
• Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Crossrail Elizabeth Line Construction Project
• Zurich Swift/Maersk Cargo Insurance Initiative

Systemic Risk Solution of the Year

• Marsh ESG Risk Rating
• Russell Group – The Russell ALPS Solution
• Zurich Workplace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Service

Technology Innovation of the Year

• AXA XL Environmental Sensitivities Tool
• Conducttr Worlds
• EuroTempest Flood Dashboard
• Zurich Connector API Solution (bi-directional data exchange)

This year’s panel of judges were extremely impressed by the entries and obvious time and effort that supported each application, as well as the technical level of information provided.

We are also pleased to announce that the European Risk Management Awards are supporting Ecologi, whereby we will donate ten trees for each attendee at the gala dinner.

Ecologi uses donations to support a broad range of projects around the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. You can learn more about Ecologi and view our profile page at https://ecologi.com/euroriskawards.

The link to the awards website is: https://europeanriskmanagementawards.com/European22/en/page/home and winners from last year can be found here: https://europeanriskmanagementawards.com/European22/en/page/winners-2021.