The International Risk Podcast

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors.  In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world.  Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, and now one of Europe's leading international risk specialists.  Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing successful operations in t...

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors.  In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world.  Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, and now one of Europe's leading international risk specialists.  Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing successful operations in t...

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors.  In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates. Keith is Chair of Samaritans in the UK & Ireland a...

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers.  Dominic is supporting some of...

Today we are joined by Susana Ferreira, PhD in International Relations and International Security.  She is a Lecturer in Risk Management in Conflicts and Co-Director of the Master in International Relations program.  She is a researcher at: the Security Research, Risk and Conflict Management Group;  the Portuguese Institute of International Relations; the Research Group on Public Policy, Internati...

Today we are joined by Maik Schwarz.  Maik grew up in Somalia at the end of the 1980s and has since worked in all kinds of complex and volatile environments. He served two tours of duty in Afghanistan with the Germany military and in 2007 he transitioned to the development sector and stayed in Afghanistan as a Risk Management Advisor for five more years. He played a key role in creating security a...

In today's podcast, Dominic is interviewed by Harriet Tyler.  She asks Dominic questions about how he has managed risks in Yemen, Iraq, and Haiti, and how risks differ between countries and the sort of risk considerations that all people and companies should be considering, even when travelling to relatively safe places like London or Frankfurt.  This is a really fun conversation and provides...

Today we are joined by Gail Rego Rego.  Gail is a human rights activist, intersectional feminist and ethical technologist with a decade of experience in communication and community building roles within the social impact sector in countries like the UAE, Colombia, Austria, Kenya, and Belgium. By day, she is a storyteller on the impact of technology on our lives. By night, she is a podcast narrator...

Today we are joined by Dr. Mira Suleimenova.  Mira is an international privacy and data protection consultant. Mira holds a doctoral degree in Law and worked in legal consulting focusing on international investment protection for more than a decade.  Blending her legal background with an affinity for technology, she became an expert in international privacy. Mira is now an independent privacy and...

Today, we're joined by Dana. Dana Motley is the founder of Motley Matrix Business Solutions, providing business intelligence, cyber investigations and social media analysis. She brings 12 years of experience in intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance technologies, social media intelligence, Open Source Intelligence, digital marketing, media relations, and partnered with a lifetime of vo...

Today, we're joined by Rafael Cabrera. Rafael is a senior strategic intelligence analyst for Latin America. He was a founding partner of the Risko consultancies. He was also in charge of the corporate intelligence unit of the Banco Sabadell in Mexico, and the deputy director of strategic liaison of human rights at Mexico City. He's graduated with honors from a master's degree in int...

Today we are joined by William Clapton is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at UNSW Sydney. He is the author of Risk and Hierarchy in International Society: Liberal Interventionism in the Post-Cold Era (Palgrave, 2014) and has published articles in International Relations; International Politics;  and the Australian Journal of International Affairs. His upcoming book, Risk, Security, an...

Today we are joined by Ken Duckworth.  Ken’s journey into psychiatry started when he was a boy growing up with a dad who experienced severe bipolar disorder. His father was loving, kind and periodically quite ill, hospitalized for months at a time. Ken became a psychiatrist in part to help his father. He is very fortunate to serve as the medical director for NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illn...

Today we are joined by Mary Ana McGlasson.  Mary Ana holds dual Masters degrees in public policy and nursing from Princeton University and the University of Washington. She is the Director of the Center for Humanitarian Leadership, and an Associate Professor, with almost 20 years of experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner and a decade of international-based roles designing, implementing and over...

Today we are joined by Steve Walter. Steve supervises the crime analysis and intelligence unit at the Oceanside police department in Oceanside, California. He manages the department's intelligence strategy and provides threat assessments during periods of civil unrest working closely with neighbouring police agencies, the FBI and the San Diego law enforcement Coordination Center. Steve also s...

Today we're joined by Stine Lyshaug Olsen. Stine is currently a senior intelligence and operations adviser with the Norwegian shipowners mutual war risk Insurance Association, where she focuses on maritime security in and around the Gulf countries, and specifically providing threat assessments for shipowners operating and trading in the Gulf. She holds a master's degree in security manag...

Today we're joined by Phil Gursky, the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk consulting. He's also a program director for the security economics and technology hub at the University of Ottawa's Professional Development Institute. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from 2001 to 2015, where he specialized in violent Islamic in...

Titta grew up in Finland, and from an early age, she was passionate about environmental issues. During and after finishing her master's degree in environmental biology she worked for different environmental organisations in Finland with themes varying from international environmental and development policy to tropical forest protection and sustainable rural development. During the years in co...

Welcome to The International Risk podcast.  Today, we're joined by Philippe Borremans. He's an independent public relations consultant specializing in emergency risk and crisis communication. Philippe is currently president of the International Public Relations Association. He works on strategic communication projects for epidemic and pandemic preparedness with organizations like the Wor...

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers.  Dominic is supporting some of...

Today we are joined by Jeff Gothelf.  Jeff helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. Through the use of concepts like Design Thinking, Lean UX and agile software development he brings a new approach to running organisations and the departments within them, most recently focusing on Human Resources and how they can be more agile as well...

Today we are joined by Colin McIlreavy.  Colin started his career in the oil sector but shifted towards the humanitarian sector soon. Colin has yet contributed as a Country Director to many of the most critical international conflicts such as Rwanda right after the genocide. He has also worked with the MSF and Doctors Without Borders. Colin is now working as HQ for security management roles and ha...

Today we are joined by Thomas Lahnthaler.  Starting his career volunteering in South Africa for a local NGO, Thomas has since worked in different roles for the UN, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, governmental organizations and the private sector. During the past 15 years, he has led crisis teams in complex contexts and volatile environments in 20+ countries on all continents including Afghani...

Today we are joined by Özge Togay.  Ozge is a humanitarian professional with a strong academic background in interdisciplinary social sciences and humanitarian action with six years of international management and risk experience. Ozge started her career in Turkey with the Danish Refugee Council. After working for several years in senior positions in Turkey, Libya and Tunisia. Ozge recently starte...

Today we are joined by Cheri Hotman , a Certified Public Accountant, Adjunct Professor of IT and cybersecurity, an Executive Coach, Leadership Development facilitator, and owner and principle of the Hotman Group . A previous VP in the Tech / IT space, with a career in banking, financial services, and consulting.  In addition to her CPA, and CISSP cybersecurity certification, she has an MBA from th...