My guest for this episode is Craig Taylor who is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional ( CISSP ), and a 25-year veteran of Cybersecurity. Craig's distinguished career includes having worked in major organizations such as Web Hosting for CSC, Finance in JP Morgan Chase, and manufacturing with Vistaprint. In 2014 he co-founded a cybersecurity training company - CyberHoot - to help SMBs and MSPs learn cyber literacy. Craig talks to us about the cybersecurity consultancy he leads del...
Jul 25, 2025•35 min
What a fascinating discussion this episode is! I was lucky enough to interview Darryl Stickel PH.D founder of Trust Unlimited. Darryl has been recognised as one of the world's leading thinkers on trust by Trust Across America and Trust Around the World and includes such noted institutions as Harvard, NYU, Notre Dame and UC Irvine on the list of venues where he has been called upon to speak. Darryl's book Building Trust: Exceptional Leadership in an Uncertain World is a must read for those wishin...
Jul 11, 2025•35 min
My guest for this episode is Matthew Oleniuk, a public sector transformation and leadership advisor and former Chief Audit Executive that has worked globally in multiple roles. Matthew has a passion, and deep experience, in ensuring governments and organisations reliably deliver on their projects. He has provided oversight of billions of dollars in government transformation projects and through his practice The Risk Insider , he helps senior leaders protect ambitious project outcomes and navigat...
Jun 26, 2025•36 min
One of the biggest risks for all businesses, government departments or not-for-profits is the people within them. Our guest on the Mastering Risk Management podcast today can help! Tucker Miller is the founder and owner of Onward Leadership, and with decades of experience helping organisations elevate how they lead, communicate and collaborate, she has answers. In this episode, Tucker generously shares her experience with examples of how her lived experience and deep understanding of human behav...
Jun 05, 2025•38 min
In this podcast, I chat with Dominic Bowen, one of Europe's foremost experts in risk management, with over two decades of experience in mitigating risks and managing crises across various industries and geographies. Dominic has 'earned his stripes' working in various roles in high-risk environments such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Currently, he serves as a senior advisor at 2Secure, Europe's leading risk management consultancy, where he guides C-suite executives through complex risk landscap...
May 20, 2025•39 min
This is an interview I was looking forward to doing from the moment it was booked! My guest is Dan Donovan, founder and CEO of Stratoscope and Ingressotek and a leader in safety and security innovation for large scale events and conferences. And what sort of events? How about the F1 race in Las Vegas, 13 Super Bowls and 7 Olympic Games. Dan generously shares his vast experience in the sector providing insights into proactive safety & security, including an overview of the latest technology s...
May 06, 2025•40 min
My guest today is Rhiannon Albert, the founder of My Trusted HR, and a respected leader in the people and capability space. Rhiannon's mission is to change the view of the HR function as a processor of paperwork to a true strategic enabler in achieving organisational objectives. Rhiannon shares how she has been helping entrepreneurs tackle their various HR challenges - from avoiding a workplace disaster to expanding into new territories. And for established businesses, Rhiannon is the steady han...
Apr 22, 2025•35 min
In this chat, we catch up again with Aaron Painter, CEO of Nametag Inc. After appearing in episode 90, Aaron is back with updates and developments in the identity management arena that all risk professionals need to be aware of. We talk about why only using multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a strategy is no longer enough - and not just because of the friction created from an experience and cost perspective. Aaron also shares a worrying trend exploiting a gap in the employment process between ...
Apr 09, 2025•34 min
Simon and I catch up to talk about the upcoming Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA) Risk Conference coming up on the 6th - 8th May 2025 on Queensland's Gold Coast. A fantastic line up of keynote speakers, relevant and relatable workshops, and excellent networking opportunities - what else could the upcoming or experienced risk professional want? Have a listen to our discussion and don't forget to grab your tickets! Available from the link below: Risk Management Institute of Australas...
Mar 31, 2025•16 min
My guest for this episode is Donna Dupont, Founder and Chief Strategist for Purple Compass. She is an award-winning designer and futurist, and brings skills and insights developed over 25 years working with leaders in healthcare, public safety, defense and security. In our discussion, Donna explains the work she does helping organisations build their future literacy skills to navigate and lead change in today’s complex and uncertain world. By integrating theory and practice she assists organisat...
Mar 19, 2025•38 min
This podcast chat provides a great case study of risk management in action - and not just that but uses an upside risk (an opportunity) as the example. My guest is Jonathan Egan, CEO and Founder of FabCast Solutions, a vertically integrated contract manufacturing company that specializes in engineered metal and plastic components for small-to-midcap companies. Jonathan foresaw the increasing demand for nearshoring, and established FabCast Solutions SRL de CV in México to help them assist US busi...
Feb 26, 2025•25 min
In this episode, Anthony discusses 10 risks that every organisation will (or should!) have on their risk register for 2025 along with some thoughts on how to prevent or mitigate them. It won't come as any surprise to listeners that have worked in risk management for some time that the list looks somewhat familiar - perhaps just the priority changes periodically. As always, we welcome your feedback and thoughts on potential guests for the program or topics you'd like to hear discussed. We have a ...
Feb 11, 2025•23 min
How mature are your due diligence processes when making key business decisions? Due diligence (DD) is a critical control in ensuring that organisations are making the right decisions that create value for the organisation (and protect its existing people, assets and reputation). My guest on this episode of the Mastering Risk Management podcast is Lyndee Fletcher, President of Vcheck, a firm that supports clients by providing continuous intelligence through background checks and open-source resea...
Jan 21, 2025•36 min
It's here - episode 100 in the Mastering Risk Management Podcast! And for this milestone episode, I wanted to bring you a very special guest. His name is Gus Balbontin, and I think you'll find him a little different from most of the other guests I've had on the program. Gus is a keynote speaker, innovator and alternative futurist (listen to how Gus explains this) in his 'day job' and also pens a wonderful weekly newsletter, 'Rebellious Thoughts' designed to push us out of our comfort zone and to...
Dec 17, 2024•50 min
This episode is a must listen! If you were raised on a diet of TV medical dramas like House, The Good Doctor, ER, Grey's Anatomy or any of hundreds of others, today's guest will help set the record straight! Mainak Majumdar is the Director, Intensive Care Services, Mercy Hospital, in Werribee, Victoria and is my very special guest. In our discussion, we hear of how Mainak got into medicine (not his first choice!) and what led him to specialise in emergency / intensive care medicine. Of most rele...
Dec 10, 2024•53 min
Hard to believe in this day and age that there are still organisations that don't get the importance of safety - for their own teams but also for visitors to their sites such as customers, contractors, delivery drivers etc. Micheal Martin has 'been there and done that' in people safety and is a fantastic resource in this space. His consultancy, Proven Safety Solutions has provided advice across a number of industries. Leadership is key to getting the right safety outcomes and Micheal strongly ad...
Dec 01, 2024•48 min
Whilst the legislation is likely different in jurisdictions across the world, the requirements to prevent harm to employees is universal. And when things do go wrong and an employee is injured, there is an onus on the employer to help the person recover and get back to their previous lifestyle as soon as possible - including their job role. Sometimes it proves fairly challenging, and this is where my guest for this episode comes to the fore. Rocio Luna is a seasoned commercial insurance producer...
Nov 21, 2024•27 min
You've probably heard of the concept of 'the power of the crowd' - in this episode of the Mastering Risk Management podcast, we hear about it being put to good use to battle the scourge of our online world - cyber criminals & state-sponsored hackers. Our guest is Philippe Humeau, Founder and CEO of CrowdSec an open source, multiplayer firewall that analyses visitor behaviour and provides adapted responses to all kinds of attacks. With more than 250,000 installations across in excess of 180 c...
Nov 05, 2024•37 min
Are you game? Then you'll want to listen to this latest episode of the Mastering Risk Management podcast as I chat with Dorota Wróbel , Chief R&D Officer at G2A, the world's largest marketplace for digital entertainment. We talk about the threats and opportunities (i.e. risks) of running a global e-commerce platform - payments, 3rd party providers, innovative marketing, credibility & reliability of games providers and more. This is a fascinating insight into the world of gaming from a su...
Oct 21, 2024•33 min
My guest for this episode is someone you want to have talked to before a major crisis, and if you haven't, hope she is there with you as it unfolds! Stephanie Craig is the President of Kith.co, an organisation that provides strategic guidance and solutions for high-stakes issues and challenges faced by C-suite executives, high-profile organizations, and elected officials. Stephanie shares her 20+ years' experience in strategic communications, media relations, government relations, and political ...
Oct 08, 2024•37 min
Supply Chains are the lifeblood of modern organisations - and over time, we have increasingly come to rely on them to get the products (and services in this digital age) we need to continue doing business. Additionally, customer expectations have soared in respect of what 'timely delivery' means. In this discussion, Blake Tablak, CEO of Trax Technologies, shares his extensive experience of Supply Chains and how they can be optimised to be more effective, efficient and resilient. Blake and the Tr...
Sep 17, 2024•35 min
This episode of the Mastering Risk Management podcast features Terry Dussault, Founder of Yellowknife Consulting Services, based in the beautiful Huntington Beach area of Orange County, California. Terry has worked on some fascinating projects (take a look at his website here ) where he has guided project team members to safe outcomes using his decades of experience. Safety is a core risk for all organisations so this discussion is a great reminder of the things that leaders need to think about ...
Sep 03, 2024•40 min
In this episode, Anthony reflects on the CrowdStrike incident that impacted millions of businesses and users across the globe. He talks about what happened and what some of the key lessons that we can take away from the incident - including the importance of testing, ensuring backups are in place and working, clear, timely, and transparent communications and of course, the criticality of third-party risk management. And lastly, what should organisations be thinking about in future to avoid a sim...
Aug 20, 2024•16 min
Knowing who has access to your systems and that they have the right level of access is a key tenant of good cybersecurity hygiene. The challenge is that users forget their passwords or can't navigate the multifactor authentication (MFA) process - meaning a call to the Help Desk. CEO of Nametag Inc, Aaron Painter talks to us about how organisations can save time, improve customer & employee satisfaction and enable the Help Desk to focus on key systems issues. The secret - utilising the techno...
Aug 06, 2024•42 min
What are you and your organisation doing to save the Earth? It's a confronting question but one that my guest, John Pabon, has spent his life studying and then implementing change to make sustainability not only an ethical way forward for organisations, but also a commercially sensible one. This is a fascinating discussion - John has advised companies, governments, and even individuals on how to capitalise on the benefits sustainability offers. He not only worked with the United Nations but cont...
Jul 16, 2024•37 min
Today's Mastering Risk Management podcast features a special guest, Lisa Carlin, a director at Future Builders Group . Lisa is known for mentoring innovative leaders and turbocharging strategic initiatives . With a background at Accenture and McKinsey, she has pioneered a culture-friendly approach to deliver over 50 implementations. Those working with Lisa have the sounding board and expert guidance they need to navigate success with speed and precision, so they can deliver growth and business v...
Jul 01, 2024•37 min
What if your career trajectory could change with an unexpected gift? Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with John Charles, the Senior Vice President at ISSQUARED Inc, as he recounts his unique journey from receiving an IBM PC from his parents to shaping the field of IT security and identity management. From the discipline of the United States Marine Corps to impactful roles at AT&T and Microsoft, John shares how these experiences laid the foundation for his work at ISSQUARED, a com...
Jun 18, 2024•28 min
Have a listen to this fantastic chat with Brad Hibbert, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Strategy Officer of Prevalent, a leader in third party risk management. With all organisations looking for ways to streamline operations and focus on their core skillsets, there has been a massive uptake over recent years in outsourcing / co-sourcing or just plain contracting out elements of the business. Whilst this realises many efficiency / cost benefits, you can't outsource the organisations responsib...
Jun 04, 2024•27 min
In this podcast chat, Anthony shares key tips for successful project risk management, which, if done correctly, means more successful projects! The ABM Risk Partnership team - Brett Palmer, Tony Anderson and Anthony - recently presented a workshop titled 'Managing Uncertainty - Project Risk Management' at the RMIA 2024 Risk Conference in Sydney. The workshop was attended by a diverse range of people representing business and government from across Australia. The session was well received by atte...
May 20, 2024•19 min
Almost every organisation on the planet is reliant on a supply chain of some description - and in this episode we unpack the challenges and major developments that have affected supply chains. My guest is Pete Grett - Founder and CEO of the Blackrock Group. His career journey is an important part of his backstory, having started his working career as a temp employee in a warehouse. Something must have struck a chord with Pete as he quickly rose to a leadership career in supply chain operations i...
May 03, 2024•39 min
