Risk Management Education

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Three representatives from different regions of the world -- Europe, North America and Australia -- held a session on the importance of risk management education. What Tony Bridger, president of RIMS, Francois Settembrino, president of AEAI and Kevin Knight, president of ARIMA, offered in their respective views is that risk managers can help their companies achieve corporate objectives by supporting risk management education. "To meet new corporate expectation levels, risk managers must constantly expand their knowledge base -- education is of paramount importance," said Mr. Bridger. We must expand our education efforts if we are to fulfill our professional obligations in the new and more demanding global marketplace."

In Europe, according to Mr. Settembrino, risk management education has not progressed as swiftly as in other …