It is truly an honor to serve as your Society’s 63rd President. Throughout 20 plus years of involvement with RIMS, including nine on the board of directors, I continue to be amazed by the passion and dedication of risk management practitioners for advancing the profession.
The value of RIMS is undeniable. RIMS connects the world’s risk community, and allows practitioners to share experiences, support their colleagues, sharpen their skills and advance their organizations’ risk programs.
Today, risk management is becoming integral to setting strategy and value creation and, in most organizations, risk professionals are working closely with business functions such as legal, finance, human resources, information technology, compliance and others.
And the best is yet to come. My presidency will focus on moving Forward Together. United, risk professionals can influence change and continue the momentum that has seen a deeper reliance and appreciation for strong risk management capabilities around the globe.
Forward Together reflects my personal desire that RIMS will make big strides to execute its strategic plan and 2017 goals with excellence, and with all stakeholders – members, staff and industry partners – engaged, supportive and excited about the future of our profession.
For the Society to move forward together, we will continue to:
• Strengthen our skills and capabilities through leading content, resources and education.
• Gain inspiration and knowledge by collaborating and learning with our global community of peers and thought-leaders.
• Expand our risk perspective through worldwide events and conferences.
• Set the standard for the profession through RIMS-CRMP certification.
• Ensure that our voice is heard through our advocacy initiatives.
• And, develop greater opportunities for more professionals to move forward together with RIMS.
At our recent 2017 RIMS Leadership Forum, the chairs and vice chairs of our committees and councils, chapter leaders from around the world, the Board Directors and RIMS staff, met to discuss the future of the Society, its strategic direction and objectives for the year ahead. With input from this important group of stakeholders, we gained greater insight to refine our plans and develop resources to help our members reach and exceed their goals.
I am looking forward to an exciting year, building on RIMS’ successes to further support the advancement of risk management.
Sincerely,
Nowell Seaman
RIMS 2017 President