Risk Consultants

Chris is the Managing Director of Global Risk Consulting (GRC).

A descendant of the Whanganui Awa (River), Uri of Ngati Tuera, Ngati Hinearo, Ngati Poutama, Ngati Pamoana, Atihaunui-a-Paparangi te Iwi.

GRC is a specialised enterprise security risk management consultancy, Chris has worked globally for the Foreign State groups (British Foreign Office and US State Department), large Multi-nationals within the Oil and Gas sector, Ambassadors, celebrities, global tech-firms and a broad range of other local and international clients. More recently Chris provided risk management support for Covid-19, secondment to Operational Command Centre, under vulnerable community programme.

Chris wrote the National Iwi Chairs Forum (National Iwi collective valued at $40bn), Pandemic Response Plan Framework (including the technology systems design process) and associated documents in line with Covid-19 to help reduce pandemic risk to Maori and other communities.

GRC is committed to risk management technology develop and has launched; Security Threat and Risk Assessment Tool (STRAT), Crisis Management System (CMS), National Security Intelligence Platform and is undertaking other technology developments for market, ie a whole of security systems approach.

Memberships

• Life Member of Special Air Services (SAS) Association
• Member of IOD (NZ)
• Member of ASIS Int (NZ Chapter)
• Member of New Zealand Security Association (NZSA)
• Co-Founder of NZ Security Sector Network

Areas of Expertise:
Risk management processes that look to modify likelihood (detect, deter delay) and modify impact (response and recovery).

Service Description:
High level enterprise security risk management, also playing the natural disaster risk management space.

Chris’s Qualifications:
Post Grad in Risk Management

My interest in risk management and situational awareness was triggered at University, with my first trip into the depths of a working underground coal mine. In my experience, there is nothing like stepping into the lift cage of a deep mine to build awareness of risks and engineering standards.

I am a director of Extrinsic Services Ltd, which was incorporated in 1999. Extrinsic melds the craft of intelligence with risk management and project disciplines to help organisations explore and own their unique futures. We work with people, companies and organisations that want to do things outside of the ordinary and routine – through innovation, and by adopting novel and unusual ways of looking at the world. I am also a partner of Business Cycles, which has a track record in horticulture.

In summary, my work can be described as helping organisations to create certainty of outcome by identifying and managing uncertainties. Over the last 40 years I have worked with more than fifty organisations; this rich mosaic of practical experience provides me with insights into governance structures, organisational design, business transformation, and project disciplines.

I was honoured to be appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee of the Parliamentary Counsel Office in 2014, and to become the first non-lawyer to Chair that Committee.

Areas of Expertise:
I first became a company director in the UK during the 1980’s, and since then I have founded and directed specialist organisations in both the UK and NZ.

A checklist of experience includes:

• Governance (both as a company director and an independent advisor);
• Audit and Risk Committee (member and Chair);
• Intelligence analysis;
• Risk management;
• Complexity theory;
• Data analytics;
• Information technology (IT);
• Independent Quality Assurance (IQA); and
• Project management.

Qualifications and Training:

• BSc – Joint Honours in Exploration Science and Geology
• Governance and leadership. Alumnus of:
  – Farmlands and Silver Fern Farms, To The Core
  – NZ Treasury (COMU), Developing critically reflective Crown directors
  – Institute of Directors NZ, Company Directors’ Course

Geraint is director of Navigatus Consulting.

Navigatus is a specialist technical risk management consultancy, first established in 2008 to service the aviation and maritime sectors. The company expanded in 2011 to enable servicing all sectors and to offer advice at all levels. The company values are, integrity, customer service and sustainability.

Areas of Expertise
Strategic, organisational, operational, technical, safety and project risk management and foresight. Risk analysis.

Service Description
Framework and process advice and design, facilitation, assessment, analysis, foresight.

Geraint’s Qualifications

• BEng (Hons)
• Post Grad Dip (Nuc Tech)
• MIoD

The human factor is a contributor to the level of operational risk within your company. GES Consulting Ltd provides the approach to measure this contribution so practical steps can be taken to reduce operational risk.

Gillian is the director of GES Consulting Ltd and an experienced Human Factors Engineer with over 25 years international experience integrating the human factors discipline with complex engineering projects including underground and overground rail, utilities (water and electricity), aviation, and marine. Her integration process aligns with the engineering project lifecycle or could be a stand-alone exercise.

Areas of Expertise:

Integrating human factors to:

• Identify users, their tasks and workflow, and equipment
• Identify where there is the risk of human error
• Measure that level of risk and provide recommendations to reduce it

Service Description:

• Develop human factors integration strategies, frameworks, and plans. Facilitate workshops, Analyse outcomes of the integration process and workshops.

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Environmental Management, University of Auckland, NZ
• MSc Ergonomics, Loughborough University of Technology, UK
• BA Geography, University of Auckland, NZ

Areas of Expertise

• Strategic and compliance risk
• Security risk and intelligence management
• Resilience – business continuity, emergency management and disaster recovery
• Environmental, planning and heritage risk
• Hazard management

Service Description

• Strategy, compliance and policy advice
• Audit and assurance
• Specialist advice
• Management systems development, implementation and capability development
• Investigations, reviews, assessments, audits
• Project and incident management

Qualifications

• BSc. MSc(Hons)

Areas of expertise:

Strategic, enterprise and project risk management; quantitative cost and schedule risk assessments for technology, infrastructure, construction and utilities projects.

Service description:

Consultancy services in:

• Policy and framework development
• Training and mentoring
• Facilitation of risk management workshops
• Project risk management, including quantitative risk analysis

Areas of Expertise
Risk Governance, Risk Policy, Risk Frameworks, Risk Assessment, Facilitation, temporary support for busy risk managers

Service Description
Jim has over 20 years experience at Company Secretary / Chief Risk Officer / Board adviser level..

Jim works with chief executives, boards, committees and risk managers providing practical solutions:

• designing, refreshing and documenting risk frameworks and Board governance documents
• facilitating risk assessment workshops and refreshing risk registers
• reviewing insurance arrangements
• providing analysis and creating tools for crisis management and business continuity

Qualifications

• JP BA(Hons) DipM PGDipBusAdmin FCIS CA CIRM

Areas of expertise
Over 12 years experience in the risk sector providing risk expertise and advisory services for government agencies, corporates and businesses in strategic, operational and programme risk management.

Convenient and accessible online risk advice and support available: 1-1 consultations, video conferencing, group discussions, training webinars.

Service description
Specialist risk advisory services include:

• Risk workshop facilitation and risk register reviews
• Risk reporting and strategic planning for boards and senior management teams
• Risk policy, framework and process development
• Risk training and mentoring

Qualifications

• Graduate Diploma of Business Studies (Dispute Resolution) – Mediation
• Bachelor of Education