Over the last few years, the Scottish Government has undertaken a programme of continuous improvement, much of which has focussed on process and guidance. While the SG is more mature than it ever has been before, that maturity is process-based and it needs to move towards cultural maturity, where the organisations lives out its risk management guidance rather than simply follow it.
In this session, Iain and Robyn will share their experience of developing risk maturity; where they’ve been, where they want to go and how they plan to go about it. But they also want to hear from ALARM members about what they’re doing to develop risk maturity. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear what other public sector bodies are doing to develop risk maturity, share good practice, top tips and take away some new ideas and actions to trial in their own organisations.
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Iain MacNab
Head of Risk Management Policy, Scottish Government
Iain is currently the Head of the Risk Team at the Scottish Government, responsible for the delivery and implementation of the organisation's risk management policy, working in the second-line to improve risk management practice. An IRM certified risk management professional, Iain has worked in risk and governance roles within the public and private sectors with stints at the Student Loans Company, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Scotland's largest independent accountancy firm, Johnston Carmichael.
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Robyn Whitelaw-Grant
Head of Risk Profession, Scottish Government
Robyn is Strategic Lead: Risk, Control and Assurance within the Scottish Government and Head of the SG's Risk Profession. Robyn leads the teams responsible for delivering on Governance & Accountability (including fraud reporting and the Scottish Government Finance Manual), Risk Management Policy, Grants Governance, working to champion goof governance across the SG and its public bodies. An IRM certified risk management professional and certified in Corporate Governance by CIPFA, Robyn has 20 years experience in risk, governance and finance roles across the Scottish Government and other public sector bodies.
