Introduction to risk management

The short bio

I'm someone who has been a risk, security, and crisis manager for over 25 years. I've worked all over the world, with organizations that range from Fortune 5 oil and gas firms to NGOs and schools.

More recently, I've been taking all of these lessons and building tools that everyone can employ to help them understand their risks and to be more successful. I'm a firm believer that risk management is made too complicated sometimes so everything I build has to meet the KISS - keep it simple - standard I've for myself.

The challenges you have are complicated enough: you don't need a complicated system to solve them.

The long (corporate) bio

Andrew Sheves is a risk, crisis and security manager with over 25 years of experience in the commercial sector and in government.

Previously, Sheves was a Director at Regester Larkin (now Register Larkin by Deloitte), a specialist crisis management consultancy. There he provided risk and crisis management support worldwide to clients from multiple sectors including oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and engineering services firms.

Between 2002 – 2011, Sheves worked at Control Risks and Drum Cussac delivering security and risk management support to organizations at both corporate and site levels, focussing on the Middle East and Africa. He began his career in the British Army where he served from 1991 – 2002.

Sheves is a risk-management consultant and is the creator of DCDR, a risk management software platform.  He also publishes free tools, resources and training for those interested in risk management as he believes we all benefit from a better understanding of risk.