The International Risk Podcast

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In this episode, Dominic meets Sabrina Segal, an international  development and humanitarian assistance professional. She focuses on supporting integrity, risk and compliance systems in third sector organisations. Together,  they discuss common risks found in the third sector,  compliance systems and the creation of a data trust.Tell us what you liked!

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.This week, Dominic talks with Diana Kelley.  Diana is the Co-Founder and CTO of SecurityCurve, as well as Chief Strategy Officer/Chief Security Officer (CSO2) and co-founder of Cybrize. Throughout Diana's career, she has held positions in the Cybersecurity Field for Microsoft, IBM Security, Symantec, Burton Group (now Gartner), KPMG, and altCybersecurity. Her most recent book with Ed Moyle is Practical Cybersecurity Architecture: A Guide to Creating and Implementing Robust Designs for Cybersecurity Architects (2022).  Tell us what you liked!

Roger Burrows, a Professor in Global Inequalities, shares insightful perspectives on neo-reactionalism and its critique of democracy, linking it to the rise of the alt-right and tech influence. He discusses accelerationism and AI's impact on labor and governance, warning of the elite's push for isolation from society. Burrows highlights wealth disparities driven by digital technologies like cryptocurrencies and calls for renewed democratic engagement to address these challenges, ultimately stressing the importance of individual agency in creating societal change.

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.This week, Dominic talks with Mohammed Al Samawi. Mohammed is an interfaith activist, a refugee from Yemen, and the author of the best-selling autobiography The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming To America. In the episode Mohammed and Dominic explore the meaning of being interfaith in a world that has increasing amounts of religious polarisation, as well as discussing Mohmammed's first-hand experience of the conflict in Yemen.Find out more about Mohammed and his organisation Abrahamic house here.Tell us what you liked!

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In this episode, Dominic Bowen speaks with Oksana Antonenko, independent expert and geopolitical risk analyst. Oksana Antonenko was a Director for Global Risk Analysis at Control Risks Group where she focused on analysing political, regularity and security risks for senior decision-makers in private and public sectors. Her work focused on Europe, including Russia, Turkey and Central Asia, as well as Africa and the Middle East. Based in London, Oksana was responsible for building strategic engagements with large corporate and investment clients as they evaluate and manage political risk and opportunity. She developed retainer-based client relationships at a senior level across Europe and Africa, drawing on many years of experience advising senior decision-makers – in public and private sectors – around the world.Tell us what you liked!

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international risk. Our host is Dominic Bowen is Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk management consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on LinkedIn for all our great updates.This week, Dominic talks with Jacqueline Brassey, Michiel Kruyt and Erik Salvador on Deliberate Calm. Authors Jacqueline Brassey, Michiel Kruyt and Aaron De Smet produced Deliberate Calm to be a guide which combines psychology, neuroscience and consciousness practices with the combined experience being in an international board room and working alongside leaders around the globe to help people thrive in periods of crisis and uncertainty, combatting the adaptability paradox. Erik Salvador has assisted on the construction of Deliberate Calm through his experience as the former head of the Institute of Military Psychiatry and Combat Stress in the Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Services and was the Chief Psychiatrist in the Norwegian Armed Forces, a Senior Advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as to the UN, NATO and Nordic defense cooperation boards on Military Psychiatry and Combat Stress. As such he has extensive firsthand experience in combatting stress and crisis management. Find out more about Erik, Michiel and Jaqueline, as well as discover the Deliberate Calm book here.Tell us what you liked!

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.This week, Dominic discusses the stigmatisation that face human trafficking survivors when they escape the grips of their traffickers with Norma Bastidas. Norma is a survivor of sexual violence and human trafficking, who in 2014 broke the Guinness World Record for Longest Triathlon after cycling, swimming and running 3,762 miles. Such an athletic feat, Norma views to be a metaphor for the incredible amounts of trials everyday human trafficking survivors face. Norma uses her platform to be an advocate for human trafficking victims and survivors in effort to make a space where human trafficking survivors are supported. See Norma Bastidas's Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.Tell us what you liked!

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.This week, Dominic talks with with Aela Callan about the training techniques for journalists who work in high risk areas and war zones . Together, they address training gaps for journalists, incuding freelancers and their support staff working in the field, and discuss innovative training approaches that place wellbeing at the centre of risk management. Aela Callan is co-Founder of Head Set: a company that uses immersive technologies to help people prepare physically and emotionally for working in hostile environments. Aela spent two decades as a journalist and documentary filmmaker working in south east Asia and Australia on issues around conflict, gender, environment and politics.If you’d like to learn more about Aela Callan you can do so here and here.Tell us what you liked!

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international risk. Our host is Dominic Bowen is Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk management consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss international risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on LinkedIn for all our great updates.This week, Dominic discusses the rise of spillovers of zoonotic diseases and the threat of future pandemics motivated by human interactions with animals with David Quammen. David is a well known science writer and traveller, author of thirteen books notably 'Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic' and his most recent book 'Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus.'Find out more about David Quammen on his website.Tell us what you liked!

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.This week, Dominic discusses the declining liberal international order with Dr Neil Melvin, Director of International Security Studies at  insecurities in the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).  Together, they explore the associated risks of the declining order, from states challenging international norms, to the risks for businesses and organisations. Find Dr Neil Melvin's profile on LinkedIn and the RUSI website.Tell us what you liked!