Description
Book SynopsisDuncan Martin was educated at Cambridge, UK, and at the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked in over a dozen countries and speaks five languages. He was a consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton and Oliver Wyman & Company, and Director of Strategic Risk at DrKW. He presently works in risk management at RBS Wholesale.
Trade Review"i rarely read books twice but this one i will. all risk professionals, whatever their field, would benefit from reading this book." dr chris marrison, founder and ceo, risk integrated llc "extreme risk scenarios to practical risk management - thought-provoking and original. recommended for all cros." raj singh, cro, allianz ag "the core concepts of risk are invariable: frequency, severity, correlation and uncertainty, to counter which a responsible risk-management regime employs a three-step process: think, plan, do." engineering management, dec-jan '07 - '08 'this book should be a must for operational risk professionals' securities & investment review, jan 2008 "the author has interviewed specialists in all the fields covered who talk about their risk management plan practices - and their experiences in extreme circumstances, when the bets are off." e.manager, june 2008 "martin outlines risk management strategies for extreme environments [...] to explain how it works and how the lessons can be applied in corporate organizations and financial institutions." book news, library publication - usa, spring 2008
Table of Contents
- Chapter - 00: Introduction;
- Section - ONE: Case Studies;
- Chapter - 01: Epidemic;
- Chapter - 02: Wildfire;
- Chapter - 03: Terrorism;
- Chapter - 04: Extreme humanitarian aid;
- Chapter - 05: Mountain;
- Chapter - 06: Meltdown;
- Chapter - 07: Extraction;
- Chapter - 08: Flood;
- Chapter - 09: Earthquake;
- Section - TWO: Themes;
- Chapter - 10: Managing risk in extreme environments;
- Chapter - 11: So what?;
- Chapter - 12: The seven laws of extreme risk management
