Season 1, Episode 5 – Part 3:

Alexander Larsen Meets Aarn Wennekers in Qatar and like the others, this Episode of Risk Managers Getting Coffee was filmed in Qatar with Aarn Wennekers speaking about his views on the 5×5 Matrix, how Risk Management should be adding value and the Dark Art that is Risk Management.

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Episode Content

00:45 – Aarn is questioned by Alexander as to whether Risk Management is adding any value

01:40 – Alexander and Aarn discuss the uses of the Risk Matrix, whether it has any value and what needs to be done going forward

03:50 – Aarn brings in his experience of business continuity and crisis management and why its so important to ensure integration with risk management.

04:50 – Aarn and Alexander debate whether Risk Management is Art or Science… or a mixture of both perhaps…

06:45 – BLOOPERS REEL

In this episode, Alexander Larsen met Aarn Wennekers in Qatar. The backdrop is the City of Doha. Aarn support teams with a deep contextual understanding of leadership team and performance dynamics gained by coaching and advising 40 multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary Boards and Executive Leadership (C-suite) Teams since 1996 at tech start-ups to a multi-billion revenue fully integrated National Energy conglomerate since 2010.

He has worked for Ministries and government authorities in Governance roles, risk roles as well as audit roles both in Qatar as well as in Canada and has a wealth of experience. His advisory ability at board levels and senior executive levels have allowed him to excel in the companies he has worked in.