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  • The ERM International leadership team are senior risk experts with decades of in-house experience. We are not career consultants.
  • We’ve worked in diverse organisations from large and complex global firms through to small start-ups.
  • We also have expertise in government, state-owned enterprises and not-for-profits.
  • We understand the challenges you face, because we’ve faced them before.
  • We offer practical solutions, supported by proven methodologies.
Meet our team

Anthony Reardon

Founder of ERM international

Specializes in risk transformation and empowering organizations through greater alignment of risk and strategy.

Anthony is the founder and managing director of ERM International. 

He has more than 20 years’ experience working in Australian and internationally. He was awarded Australasia’s Risk Manager of the Year in 2018 for excellence in risk management and contribution to the profession.

Highlights

  • Head of risk for BHP, leading a global transformation program in response to BHP’s 2015 Samarco disaster.
  • Led remediation of the risk team and risk practices for a multi-billion-dollar engineering project following significant failings while living in Canada/US.
  • Led design and implementation of a global enterprise risk solution while living in Singapore.
  • Led a catastrophic risk management program in response to multiple fatality events in 2008. The success of this program has resulted in the client remaining fatality free to this day.
  • Chief risk officer in insurance, under prudential regulatory standards.

Richard Stanwix

Head Of Critical Infrastructure and Resilience

Specialises in risk assessment, using diverse methodologies, as well as managing risks to critical infrastructure and national security.

Richard has been a risk and resilience practitioner for more than 30 years, and has worked with multiple Fortune 100 or major listed firms across eleven countries.

Highlights

  • Global ‘catastrophic risk’ lead for one the world’s largest diversified mining companies. Over a two-year global project, Richard re-set the organisation’s approach to the way it assessed and managed its largest and most complex risks, from operational to geopolitical.
  • Led delivery of all risk advisory services to the Commonwealth of Australia including specific projects with defence, health, environment, energy, maritime, aviation, health, infrastructure and more.
  • Held the most senior risk and emergency management role in the largest integrated energy network in Australia, leading teams in risk management, security and emergency services, business continuity and regulatory compliance.

Richard Stanwix

Head Of Critical Infrastructure and Resilience

Specialises in risk assessment, using diverse methodologies, as well as managing risks to critical infrastructure and national security.

Richard has been a risk and resilience practitioner for more than 30 years, and has worked with multiple Fortune 100 or major listed firms across eleven countries.

Highlights

  • Global ‘catastrophic risk’ lead for one the world’s largest diversified mining companies. Over a two-year global project, Richard re-set the organisation’s approach to the way it assessed and managed its largest and most complex risks, from operational to geopolitical.
  • Led delivery of all risk advisory services to the Commonwealth of Australia including specific projects with defence, health, environment, energy, maritime, aviation, health, infrastructure and more.
  • Held the most senior risk and emergency management role in the largest integrated energy network in Australia, leading teams in risk management, security and emergency services, business continuity and regulatory compliance.

Bronwyn Friday

Senior Risk Leader, Risk Culture, Strategic and Emerging Risk

Specializes in incorporating principles of psychology to inform strategic decision-making amidst volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. 

Bronwyn is a highly skilled and accredited risk management professional with over two decades of leadership experience in corporate risk and resilience teams; she has effectively partnered with executive leaders across diverse industries and global markets.

Highlights

  • Head of risk for Australia’s largest retailer, played a crucial role in supporting the organisation’s strategic planning, sustainability initiatives, and transformative change programs. Bronwyn successfully implemented a Board-approved risk appetite framework and streamlined governance protocols, contributing to enhanced decision-making processes and improved reporting mechanisms.
  • Head of risk and resilience for a critical infrastructure energy company, spearheading a comprehensive risk cultural uplift program designed to align with a significant strategic and operational change program within the organisation.
  • Led practices for enterprise and portfolio risk management within a Tier 1 construction company working across multiple mega-projects. This involved seamlessly aligning strategic and planning processes with portfolio risk management practices across a vast portfolio comprising hundreds of projects.

Jereme Evans

General Manager at ERM International Middle East office.

Specializes in managing risk to enable business growth for organisations and major projects across the UAE.

Jereme has more than 20 years’ experience working in high-risk industries within the Middle East, Australia and globally. He is General Manager of the ERM International Middle East office.

Highlights

  • Strategic risk services to Sovereign Wealth Fund in UAE.
  • Strategic risk executive, providing risk management services for diverse projects including a multibillion-dollar transport infrastructure acquisition.
  • Developed and delivered risk management strategies and frameworks for high-profile Middle East Programs, including the $50b+ rail program in Qatar and $35bn+ airport development in UAE.
  • Owner of risk policy and framework at Qantas Group. Responsible for providing risk reports and analysis to boards and executive committee, implementing an emerging risk framework and providing risk advice across the Group.
  • Provided risk management services for both brown and Greenfield mining operations, including development of Roy Hill and expansion of Tahmoor, Bengalla and Ulan.

Jereme Evans

General Manager at ERM International Middle East office.

Specializes in managing risk to enable business growth for organisations and major projects across the UAE.

Jereme has more than 20 years’ experience working in high-risk industries within the Middle East, Australia and globally. He is General Manager of the ERM International Middle East office.

Highlights

  • Strategic risk services to Sovereign Wealth Fund in UAE.
  • Strategic risk executive, providing risk management services for diverse projects including a multibillion-dollar transport infrastructure acquisition.
  • Developed and delivered risk management strategies and frameworks for high-profile Middle East Programs, including the $50b+ rail program in Qatar and $35bn+ airport development in UAE.
  • Owner of risk policy and framework at Qantas Group. Responsible for providing risk reports and analysis to boards and executive committee, implementing an emerging risk framework and providing risk advice across the Group.
  • Provided risk management services for both brown and Greenfield mining operations, including development of Roy Hill and expansion of Tahmoor, Bengalla and Ulan.

Rob Jack

Head of Risk Culture, Capability and Change

Specializes in behavioural change and building organisational risk management capability. 

Rob has more than 25 years of experiencing working at the intersection of people, culture, and risk management, supporting organisational transformation across industries including financial services, mining, pharmaceuticals, media and technology.

Highlights

  • Led design and deployment of organisation-wide risk culture assessment and monitoring, engaging executive leaders to deliver broad-based behavioural change at one of the world’s largest energy and resources companies.
  • Developed a global risk academy delivering capability uplift through diverse learning and change initiatives from foundational e-learning to advanced decision-making for business and risk leaders.
  • Asia-Pac Head of People and Culture for a major global bank. Working with regulatory oversight, led a multi-year initiative to clarify the accountability framework and transform the bank’s entire back-office operating model.
  • Supported an organisation’s approach to managing psychosocial risk including cultural and behavioural change initiatives.
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