ALARM Wales seminar

James Arrowsmith

Partner, Browne Jacobson

James is passionate about social care and the contribution it makes to supporting people in our communities. James leads a team whose purpose is to support clients in the sector to keep delivering their best. He and his team work with private and public sector clients on social care provision, and safeguarding practice, including supporting them when things go wrong or disputes arise.

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Phil Farrar

National Development Director, Risk Management Partners

Phil began his career in 1986 with Municipal Mutual and worked at two of their branches where he stayed for 12 years, working as part of their National Public Sector Team. He joined RMP in 2004, where he was responsible for service delivery in the North of England and Scotland, as well as managing his own accounts.

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Chris Griffin

Director of Organisational Risk and Resilience, University of Southampton

Chris has worked in risk management roles for 18 years, predominantly within the criminal justice system, and the last four years within higher education. 

Chris Griffin is the Director of Organisational Risk and Resilience for the University of Southampton. Concurrently, he is also an Independent Domestic Abuse Related Death Review Chair and Author and a Specialist Forensic Risk Assessor for sexual harm, domestic abuse, and partner vulnerability.

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Russell Heppleston

Chief Auditor and Head of Business Assurance, Buckinghamshire County Council

Russell is a Risk Manager for the Financial and Risk Management Insights team at the NAO. He joined the NAO in 2021 as a risk manager and leads on the NAO’s insight work on risk and resilience. He has nearly 20 years’ experience working in Public Sector, specialising in internal assurance, risk management and governance. He is a Chartered Internal Audit Leader (QIAL) and Certified Risk Manager (CMIRM).

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Chris Walker

Head of Risk Management, Durham University

Chris has experience of working in housing, private sector insurance and is currently the Head of Risk Management at Durham University. With nine years under his belt as an ALARM Director, Chris currently serves as the organisation's Finance Director and has oversight of ALARM's finances. He also leads the ALARM Higher & Further Education Group and the Regions & Sectors portfolio.

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