

The International Risk Podcast
Dominic Bowen
Welcome to The International Risk Podcast — the premier destination for high-level insights into global risk dynamics. Hosted by Dominic Bowen, an accomplished senior advisor, each episode delivers expert analysis and actionable intelligence on today’s most pressing international risks. From geopolitical tensions and economic upheavals to cybersecurity threats and environmental challenges, we bring clarity to the complex risks shaping our world.Tailored for CEOs, Board Members, senior managers, and risk professionals, our weekly episodes are essential listening for those making strategic decisions in volatile environments. With distinguished guests from diverse sectors and geographies — including renowned industry experts, policymakers, and thought leaders — we provide a multidimensional perspective, equipping you with insights to stay ahead of emerging threats and capitalize on new opportunities.Our host, Dominic Bowen, is a senior business leader, and Partner at 2Secure where he is Head of Strategic Advisory and leads a team of senior management consultants and advisors.Join us for engaging, thought-provoking conversations that go beyond the headlines. Stay informed, stay ahead, and transform the way you perceive and manage international risks. The International Risk Podcast is not just a podcast; it’s is crucial listening for today's leaders.
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May 1, 2022 • 47min
Episode 73: with Jaroslava Barbieri on the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
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, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis. 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 knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.In this episode of The International Risk Podcast, we speak to Jaroslava Barbieri, a doctoral researcher looking at Russia’s involvement in post-Soviet de facto states and related challenges to conflict resolution. She is currently a researcher at the Arena Programme at John Hopkins University and her research interests include Russian foreign policy, post-Soviet conflicts and de facto states, Eurasian security, Ukrainian politics, democratisation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership countries, disinformation strategies and the political use of history.Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletter here. Thank you for listening. Tell us what you liked!

Apr 22, 2022 • 39min
Episode 72: with Sergio Caredda discussing the role of HR in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
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, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis. 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 knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Our guest this week is Sergio Caredda, an HR Professional that believes in the human side of HR. Sergio Caredda currently works for OVS SpA as Chief People Officer and has substantial experience in HR across multiple functions, both in business and in consulting. He recently launched a page to collaboratively collect resources that, from an HR perspective, can support the people of Ukraine.If you’d like to learn more about Sergio Caredda, you can do so hereThank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletter here. Thank you for listening. Tell us what you liked!

Apr 17, 2022 • 45min
Episode 71: with Antony Cousins discussing the risk of misinformation, AI, and avoiding cancel culture
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, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis. 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 knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Our guest this week is Antony Cousins. Antony is a CEO with broad corporate and government experience across communications, PR, AI, digital transformations, and information technology. Today Antony is the CEO of Factmata, a company that uses artificial intelligence to reach beyond sentiment analysis in order to pursue opportunities and minimize risk. If you'd like to learn more about Factmata, you can do so hereThank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletter here. Thank you for listening. Tell us what you liked!

Apr 10, 2022 • 32min
Episode 70: with Sarah Sinclair discussing ESG and placing people at the heart of risk management
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 and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. 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 knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Our guest this week is Sarah Sinclair. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Change Gap., Sarah joins us on the podcast today with over 20 years of diverse experience in the financial services sector with time at HSBC, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Nationwide Building Society Aldermore, HBOS) and investment management (ex Schroders and GAM) to insurance (Prudential UK, Legal & General and Beazley). With many years of helping individual firms, and observing ‘widening gaps’ between business need, regulation and technology, she felt compelled to convert this experience into a purpose-led business, with a mission set to achieve far greater impact. A natural drive to listen and understand, with a strong sense of empathy, she quietly turns stones to find better, fairer ways, refusing to settle for ‘half-baked’. If you want to learn more about how Change Gap could help your business or you want to know more about our industry collaborations, you can find out more hereThank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletter here. Thank you for listening. Tell us what you liked!

Apr 3, 2022 • 35min
Episode 69: with Tim Alper discussing the risk of crypto, the metaverse, and the future of decentralized finance
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 and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. 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 knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Our guest this week is Tim Alper. He is a British journalist and regular contributor to Cryptonews.com. He covers crypto and blockain-related news on a daily basis and also writes in-depth features about the latest trends in the crypto and block-chain sectors. He has over a decade and a half of media experience and has written for the BBC, the Guardian, the Times of Israel, and many other media outlets covering tech, business, industry and a range of other fields. He has also collaborated on major media projects with the likes of Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and Accenture. He has co-authored five books on tech and other subjects To read more about Tim's work please click here. Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletter here. Thank you for listening. Tell us what you liked!

Mar 27, 2022 • 43min
Episode 68: with Katy Giffin discussing the IDMC & internal displacement in Myanmar and Afghanistan
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 and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. 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 knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Our guest this week is Katy Giffin. Katy is a data-driven analyst and researcher currently working at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Katy is motivated by the belief that relevant reporting and information sharing is the key to improving humanitarian activities and minimising risks to displaced populations. She has expertise in southern and central Asia with a keen interest in the nexus between human rights and humanitarian needs.To read more about Katy's work please click here. Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletter here. Thank you for listening. Tell us what you liked!

Mar 21, 2022 • 31min
Episode 67: with Nikhil Nandagopal discussing how smart internal processes can help companies mitigate risk
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, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis. 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 knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Our guest this week is Nikhil Nandagopal. Nikhil's experience includes building out a logistics operation for India’s largest e-commerce company, helped a travel company grow to 5 million users, and worked to scale a food service’s daily deliveries from 50 to 50,000 deliveries per day within two years. Nikhil wanted to put his software development expertise to use, so he and two co-founders created Appsmith. Today, Appsmith is used by over 1,000 teams, employs people in eight countries, and has raised over $10 million in capital. Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletter here. Thank you for listening.Tell us what you liked!

Mar 14, 2022 • 41min
Episode 66: With Anders Bennstrom discussing crisis management and strengthening risk operations
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 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 knowledgeIt is inevitable. Crisis. Every organization is going to face a significant crisis and many more minor incidents in the near future. This is why having a crisis management plan, that is understood, tested, and rehearsed is crucial. Supply costs can skyrocket – your supplier in Turkey is raising costs beyond what you can afford because inflation in Turkey is at 38 percent, Your key supplier of cement in Russia refuses to cell to you because of your construction contracts, you suffer a major lawsuit, or a data breach. All of these problems can put your business plan at risk. If the issue or incident is beyond the scope and capacity of business continuity systems, then you have a crisis. Today we are joined by Anders Bennstrom, who is one of Sweden’s most well-known crisis management advisors. Anders is currently a senior consultant with 2Secure, one of Europe’s leading risk and crisis management companies in Europe. Before joining 2Secure, Anders worked with the Swedish foritifactions agency, and before that as a crisis management and emergency preparedness manager with a large multinational company. Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now. Don't forget to subscribe to the International Risk Podcast newsletter here Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Subscribe to our newsletter here: Subscribe – The International Risk Podcast Thank you for listening.Tell us what you liked!

Mar 7, 2022 • 36min
Episode 65: with Amanda Cohen discussing how companies can better mitigate and respond to risk
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.Our guest this week is Amanda Cohen. Amanda knows that you can’t succeed in life or business without taking risks. That’s why she’s devoted her life to understanding the international risks thataffect businesses every day. As the director of governance, risk and compliance productsat Resolver, the worldwide leader in risk and security managementsoftware, she’s reimagining the way over 5000 of the world’s largestorganizations think about their relationship with risk. Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInThank you for listening.Tell us what you liked!

Feb 28, 2022 • 31min
Episode 64: with Ryan Hass discussing Taiwan and China tensions, disruptions to supply chains, and risks to operations
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, people exposed to risk, and other exciting guests from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists, crisis managers, and public speakers. Dominic is supporting some of Europe's most successful companies to improve enterprise risk management, limit corporate risk exposure, understand geopolitical impact, and prepare for and respond to crisis. 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 knowledgeTensions between China and Taiwan, alongside the consequent risks, are nothing new. However, as war begins unfolding in Eastern Europe and Washington inevitably diverts its attentions from Southeast Asia, now more than ever it is crucial to understand how relations between Taiwan and China could affect global supply chains, proliferate risk in the region, and affect the cost-benefit calculations of companies operating in the areaTo help us detangle the situation, we are joined by Ryan Hass. Ryan is currently a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, in addition to a nonresident affiliated fellow at Yale Law School. Ryan has an impressive career in foreign policy, having previously served as Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the National Security Council, where he advised President Obama and senior White House officials on aspects of US foreign policy in the Taiwan Strait. With rising tensions between China and Taiwan, today’s conversation with Ryan is particularly timely. If you would like to learn more about Ryan and his work, you can read more about his work with Brookings here or access his most recent book 'Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence' here.Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast. Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode? Share it with them now. Don't forget to subscribe to the International Risk Podcast newsletter here Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Subscribe to our newsletter here: Subscribe – The International Risk Podcast Thank you for listening.Tell us what you liked!