Risk@Work is an educational webinar series designed to explore common challenges risk teams face every day. Topics include a broad range of governance, risk, and compliance issues, as well as digital risk management trends that are shifting conventional norms.

You’ll get practical, actionable insights for successfully overcoming roadblocks and making the most of opportunities. You’ll have the opportunity to earn CPE credits while learning from independent industry experts, as well as your own peers.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Thursday, July 17, 2025 @ 11am ET | 4pm BST

Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 9am BST | 10am CET

Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 12:00pm AEST

When It Rains, It Pours: How Crisis Situations Can Lead to Downward Spirals

Featuring: Ariane Chapelle | Partner – BDO Chapelle – Risk Advisory & Training
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Join Dr. Ariane Chapelle, a renowned risk management expert, for an insightful examination of how incidents and crises create special states of heightened risk that could potentially spiral into business failure. She will explore why failures from “perfect storms” or extreme bad luck are often rationalizations for unattended, interconnected risks that were just waiting for a period of vulnerability to kick over the first domino.

Through examination of high-profile cases like the Equifax data breaches and Société Générale’s trading losses, Dr. Chapelle will illustrate how factors like resource diversion during crisis management, decreased cognitive capacity under stress, and natural risk interconnections can create dangerous feedback loops that can spiral out of control.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Understand the factors that heighten likelihoods and impacts of risks facing organizations.
  • Identify and manage interconnected risks.
  • Learn strategies to break the cycle of cascading incidents.
  • Develop robust incident management approaches that help prevent risk spirals.
  • Build organizational resilience through proactive risk management.

Thursday, August 21 @ 11 am ET | 4pm GMT

Autonomous IRM: AI Agents Revolutionizing Risk Management

Featuring: John Wheeler | Founder and CEO, Wheelhouse Advisors

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Thursday, September 18 @ 11 am ET | 4pm GMT

Maximizing Your RMIS: A Comprehensive Guide To Efficiency And Utilization

Featuring: Patrick O’Neill | President & Founder, Redhand Advisors

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Thursday, October 23 @ 11 am ET | 4pm GMT

The 360° View of Digital Risk: Gain Full Visibility into Resilience & Risk Across the Enterprise

Featuring: Michael Rasmussen | GRC Pundit, GRC 20/20

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Thursday, November 20 @ 11 am ET | 4pm GMT

Stuck? Strategies to Get the Momentum Going in Your ERM Program

Featuring: Rob Quail | Principal and Owner, Robert Quail Consulting

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Thursday, December 18 @ 11 am ET | 4pm GMT

Future of Risk Tech: The 2026 Vision

Featuring: Patrick O’Neill | President & Founder, Redhand Advisors

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DR. ARIANE CHAPELLE
DR. ARIANE CHAPELLE
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Dr. Ariane Chapelle is an internationally recognized speaker, writer, and advisor in operational risk management and has been active in the field since 2000. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Masters Degrees in Business and Econometrics. Dr Chapelle the course “Operational Risk Measurement for Financial Institutions” at University College London for ten years, until December 2022.

Dr. Chapelle has published numerous books and articles on the topic of risk management. Her main textbook, Operational Risk Management: Best Practices in the Financial Services Industry, was published by Wiley Finance Series in December 2018, and rapidly became the No.1 best seller in its field. It was translated into French by Pearson in 2020 and was named “Book of the Year 2020” for operational risk by risk.net.

Dr. Chapelle founded Chapelle Consulting, an advisory and training practice that serves financial organizations of all sizes, as well as top international financial institutions and central banks, now BDO Chapelle. The firm received the Risk.net award, “Outstanding Achievement in the Year in Operational Risk” in 2019 and the SME Finance award, “Best Risk Management Training and Consulting Company in Europe” in 2020.

VANESSA MATHEWS
VANESSA MATHEWS
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Vanessa Mathews is the founder and chief resilience officer of Asfalis Advisors. Vanessa and her team help companies uncover their blind spots and protect the legacy of leaders globally by living their core values – the only non-negotiables in business.

Asfalis Advisors partners with business leaders and organizations to prepare for, protect against, and mitigate crises across healthcare, government, transportation, retail, real estate, financial services, hospitality, and sports and entertainment industries.

Vanessa took a particular interest in crisis management when, as a young woman, she found herself caught up in a natural disaster for which her hometown of Atlanta wasn’t prepared. She is the first female in the state of Georgia to graduate with a degree in Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM). She has worked with a tier 1 intelligence agency, Fortune 500 companies, and has received local, national, and international recognition for her work to restore business and community resilience.

Vanessa is the host of Business Resilience DECODED podcast with 40k+ downloads and subscribers, an adjunct professor with Savannah State University’s HSEM, and an advisor to the board of advisors at Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont GISP. She was noted as a Mecklenburg Times 50 Most Influential Women Honoree.

She earned a master’s in business administration from the University of South Carolina and a bachelor’s in Homeland Security and Emergency Management from Savannah State University. Vanessa is also a certified business continuity planner.

MICHAEL RASMUSSEN
MICHAEL RASMUSSEN
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Michael Rasmussen is a globally recognized thought leader and pioneer in governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC), with over 30 years of experience in the field. As the “Father of GRC,” he was the first to define and model the GRC market in 2002, laying the foundation for the modern understanding of GRC. His expertise spans enterprise GRC strategy, processes, and information architecture, helping organizations align their GRC strategies with business objectives to promote effective, resilient, and agile operations.

Michael is a sought-after keynote speaker, author, and advisor who frequently contributes to U.S. Congressional reports and committees. He serves as an OCEG GRC Fellow and chairs the OCEG Technology Council. As an Honorary Life Member and Global Ambassador of Risk Management with The Institute of Risk Management, Michael is highly respected for his contributions to the GRC and risk management fields. He has also been named one of the 100 most influential people in finance by Treasury & Risk for his innovative work in governance and compliance.

Before founding GRC 20/20 Research, Michael held leadership roles, including vice president and top analyst at Forrester Research, and led the risk and compliance consulting practice at a professional services firm. His diverse background includes roles in managing risk and compliance in commercial organizations. Michael holds a Juris Doctorate, a Bachelor of Science in Business, and multiple advanced degrees in theology. He is certified as a GRCP, iPMP, CCEP, and CISSP.

ROB QUAIL
ROB QUAIL
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Rob Quail is a noted consultant, author, facilitator, and lecturer on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).

Rob established the Enterprise Risk Management processes, tools, and methodologies at Hydro One Networks Inc. that are widely regarded as best practice. These ERM practices and techniques, developed by Rob in collaboration with the management team at Hydro One, became the subject of a major leading practice case study by Harvard Business School.

Rob has successfully applied ERM methodologies to a broad range of business problems and challenges, including acquisitions, outsourcing, downsizing, large-scale IT projects, labor disruption, regulatory compliance management, major construction project management, strategic planning, and capital investment. Today, he provides independent consulting services in ERM, business process and technology outsourcing, and customer care to clients in a variety of industry sectors, including energy, healthcare, technology, agriculture, financial services, and government agencies.

Rob is a widely published author and is co-editor of the second edition of the textbook “Enterprise Risk Management: Today’s Leading Research and Best Practices for Tomorrow’s Executives,” published by Wiley in June 2021. Rob is a regular lecturer on ERM at York University’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto. He also has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, Ryerson University, and Carleton University.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto.

JOHN WHEELER
JOHN WHEELER
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John A. Wheeler is the founder and CEO of Wheelhouse Advisors, a global risk management strategy and technology advisory firm. With over three decades of experience, Mr. Wheeler is a leading voice in the field, specializing in integrated risk management (IRM) technology, enterprise and operational risk management, and corporate governance. A rich history of professional roles spanning over three decades in executive management, finance, risk management, audit, and IT backs his insights.

He formerly served as a global research leader for risk management technology markets at Gartner, senior vice president for enterprise risk management, audit, and compliance at a leading financial institution, and corporate controller at a top academic healthcare system.

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