The ALARM South East committee welcome you to their autumn seminar in London. Check out the agenda below, be sure to book now to secure your place!
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Donal has more than 30 years' insurance industry experience, with 26 years in risk management having worked for insurance companies, brokers and been an in-house risk manager for a major international retailer. With experience of organisations from SME’s to FTSE 100 companies, Donal was also a local authority Councillor for eight years. His role involves undertaking risk management reviews and providing consultancy/reports. Donal's specialisms include risk management, public sector management, fire safety and protection, security, business interruption, employers' and public liability risks, and product safety.
Session 2b (insurance) - Property insurance - building materials Thursday @ 11:15 AM
Kate is a Partner in the specialist liability team at DAC Beachcroft. She has specialised in abuse, neglect, safeguarding and mental health claims for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience in advising local authorities, educational institutions, and sporting bodies. Kate is uniquely placed to support organisations in their safeguarding practices, having extensively trained with some of the UK's leading safeguarding organisations.
Session 2a (claims) - Contextual safeguarding and local authority liability: Emerging risks and legal duties Thursday @ 11:15 AM
Sophia has been the Mutual Manager of FRIC since September 2024, having managed another mutual since January 2018. She works closely with the Chair and the Board of Directors as well as the team who look after the members. She oversees the underwriting team for both new business and the renewal process; regularly visits members to discuss their requirements and issues affecting the sector; organises members events and networking opportunities for the members; and manages the Mutual’s relationship with the mutual’s supporting insurer, AXA XL.
A defendant insurance lawyer for 24 years prior to moving to Mutual Management, she brings a wealth of experience in terms of risk assessment and claims defensibility to the role and regularly meets with Members to advise on claims defensibility and risk management.
Session 3b (insurance) - FRIC - fire mutual Thursday @ 1:00 PM
Tilden has spent a career embedding practical risk, resilience and internal control solutions within organisations. As a qualified accountant (CIPFA), Internal Auditor (IIA), and member of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), Tilden has dedicated nearly two decades to the public sector, serving in senior roles in local and central government. His notable roles included audit management and whilst working in central government shaping government risk policy and embedding risk management into significant government initiatives including building schools for the future.
In his tenure with a major public sector insurer, Tilden successfully supported over a hundred public sector clients in integrating robust risk management strategies and developing comprehensive resilience plans. Whilst managing the UK strategic risk team for Zurich he regularly presented at conferences on a range of topical risk issues.
Before joining Gallagher, Tilden spent ten years in a senior leadership role for Zurich, where he demonstrated a track record for innovation, delivering results and enhancing risk and resilience frameworks.
Despite many years in the risk profession, he remains both a pragmatist and an optimist. His passion is to ensure risk management truly supports organisations in achieving their goals in challenging circumstances.
Session 4b (insurance) - Risk management as an enabler within LGR Thursday @ 2:15 PM
