MICHAEL YIP Vice president, risk management Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Grapevine, TX
BARRY SCOTT Risk manager and deputy director of finance City of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
The City of Brotherly Love certainly had an eventful 2016. One of the foundations of the American Revolution, Philadelphia returned to its political roots last year as the host city for the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Working to ensure the safety of the thousands of politicians, celebrities, visitors and more who flooded Philadelphia last July for the
CHRISTOPHER GALLAGHER Associate director, global risk management Procter & Gamble Cincinnati, OH
From Crest and Febreze to Olay and Bounty, Americans rely on many Procter & Gamble brands to perform everyday tasks. Christopher Gallagher is the associate director of global risk management for Procter & Gamble, which has operations in approximately 70 countries. Previously, Gallagher served as the group manager of risk management for the company.
DNC was the city’s risk manager, Barry Scott. Philadelphia’s risk management division covers approximately 30,000 full- and part-time employees across 43 city departments. Scott is responsible for analyzing the city’s insurance and risk exposure issues, including workers’ compensation and claims, while providing safety and loss prevention programs.
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With 1.6 million residents, Philadelphia is the fifth most populous city in the US
MICHAEL MCGARRY Senior director, enterprise risk management Walgreens Boots Alliance Chicago, IL
Created in December 2014 from the merger of Walgreens and Alliance Boots, Walgreens Boots Alliance is the first global pharmacy-led health and well-being enterprise, and the largest retail pharmacy destination across the US and Europe. After working for a variety of companies such as Protiviti and Grainger, Michael McGarry joined Walgreens Boots Alliance in 2015 as its senior director of enterprise risk management.
Larger than the island of Manhattan, Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport is one of the world’s busiest. Michael Yip has led the risk management initiatives for DFW since assuming the role of vice president of risk management in 2015. Previously, he originated the airport’s enterprise risk management framework and its supporting processes from a consulting capacity. “The focus toward using risk transfer such as insurance as a strategic risk management tool has always been a core foundation for me,” Yip says. “It has allowed me to truly leverage the power of ERM to elevate the risk management function to help drive achievement of strategic goals.” Today, in his role as a senior leader within DFW, Yip has embarked upon a comprehensive transformation of the risk management department at the airport. “As I have always been a proponent of aligning risk management to an organization’s strategy and long-term success, my overarching risk issues have evolved alongside the trends toward globalization, operational efficiencies and enhancing stakeholder value for all the organizations that I have consulted for and worked with,” Yip says. “In my effort to evolve ERM best practices to a new level of strategy integration, the principal risk issues for me in 2017 are directly correlated to elements of the airport’s strategic plan – namely, safety and security, organizational resiliency, and cyber/data privacy best practices.”
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