

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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Dec 13, 2021 • 37min
Episode 53: with host Dominic Bowen and Anja Shortland discussing the risk of hostage crises, piracy and stolen art
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. Anja Shortland is a Professor of Political Economy at King’s College, London. Her teaching is on the economics of crime and she researches the world’s trickiest trades: the resolution of hostage crises and piracy incidents, stolen and looted art, and ransomware. She is particularly interested in the role of insurers in helping crime victims to conduct business transactions across the ragged edge between the legal economy and the economic underworld. Her 2019 book "Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business" studies how the market for hostages functions, while her recent book "Lost Art" analyses how people resolve competing ownership claims over valuable artworks. You can read more about Anja Shortland at: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/anja-shortland-1Thank 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: LinkedInAnd at The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge website.Thank you for listening.Tell us what you liked!

Dec 6, 2021 • 30min
Episode 52: with host Dominic Bowen and Harriet Tyler discussing risk, climate change, diversity, and risk monitoring
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.Today is Harriet Tyler's second interview with Dominic Bowen, and they are discussing risk, climate change, diversity, and risk awareness. Dominic is an experienced leader and risk professional. With 20 years’ experience specialising in operational resilience and risk management, he leads and manages global risk-remediation across various industries and sectors. He has helped teams around the world plan for and respond to high-impact events, including cross-border crises, change management, natural disasters, and geopolitical turmoil. He has successfully supported countless organisations design and implement operational resilience programs and enterprise risk management frameworks.Dominic has extensive international experience establishing high quality operational systems and structures in Yemen, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, Philippines, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Haiti, Liberia, and Nepal. Dominic is extremely well-versed in risk controls, resilience, governance, and compliance requirements.Dominic has a Diploma in Public Safety, a Diploma in Security and Risk Management, a Diploma of Management, a Master's Degree in International Relations, and currently finalizing a Master of International Law. Connect with Dominic on LinkedIn.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!

Nov 29, 2021 • 36min
Episode 51: with host Dominic Bowen and Harriet Tyler discussing risk assessments, China, and the USA
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.Today Harriet Tyler is interviewing Dominic Bowen, and they are discussing risk assessments, China, the USA, and transparency in the workplace. Dominic is an experienced leader and risk professional. With 20 years’ experience specialising in operational resilience and risk management, he leads and manages global risk-remediation across various industries and sectors. He has helped teams around the world plan for and respond to high-impact events, including cross-border crises, change management, natural disasters, and geopolitical turmoil. He has successfully supported countless organisations design and implement operational resilience programs and enterprise risk management frameworks.Dominic has extensive international experience establishing high quality operational systems and structures in Yemen, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, Philippines, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Haiti, Liberia, and Nepal. Dominic is extremely well-versed in risk controls, resilience, governance, and compliance requirements.Dominic has a Diploma in Public Safety, a Diploma in Security and Risk Management, a Diploma of Management, a Master's Degree in International Relations, and currently finalizing a Master of International Law. Connect with Dominic on LinkedIn.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!

Nov 16, 2021 • 38min
Episode 50: with host Dominic Bowen and guests from the American Counter Terrorism Research Institute and Storyzy
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.Today we are joined by two guests. The first is Ramón Ruti from Storyzy. He has a computer engineering background and more than 15 years of experience in leading, directing, and managing international cyber risk management projects. He is one of the cofounders of Storyzy, where he leads and supervises the technical team. Storyzy is a French start-up founded in 2012 that developed an OSINT platform that enables analysts to detect and analyze hybrid threats such as disinformation operations and other risks to governments and businesses. www.storyzy.com Our second guest today is Ardian Shajkovci, who is a counter-terrorism researcher, lecturer and security analyst, with research in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Western Europe, the Balkans, Kenya, Somalia and Central Asia. Ardian is the co-founder and director of the American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute (ACTRI), a US-based research institute focused on studying translation left-wing, right-wing, and militant jihadi forms of political violence. He has a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration and is a lecturer at Nichols College Master of Science in Counterterrorism program and other universities. American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute (ACTRI)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!

Nov 9, 2021 • 44min
Episode 49: with host Dominic Bowen and guest Josephine Wolff discussing ransomware and cyber security
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.Josephine Wolff is an associate professor of cybersecurity policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Her book "You'll See This Message When It Is Too Late: The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches" was published by MIT Press in 2018. Her writing on cybersecurity has also appeared in Slate, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Wired.You can read more about Josephine Wolff at https://fletcher.tufts.edu/people/josephine-wolff 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!

Nov 1, 2021 • 39min
Episode 48: with host Dominic Bowen and guest Robert Kabera discussing the genocide in Rwanda, climate change risks, micro-financing opportunities, and chocolate
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.Robert Kabera is originally from Rwanda, where he and his family lived through the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. He and his family spent six years in refugee camps after the genocide, often without any electricity. Robert went on to study at Stanford University, and then he founded the credit rating agency Credimarks, with the objective of helping to extend credit into traditionally underserved markets. Robert has also helped over 50 energy companies in nine countries provide energy to people previously living without electricity. In 2018 Robert was added to the Forbes Under 30 List in the Energy Sector.You can read more about Robert here at robertkabera.comThank 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!

Oct 24, 2021 • 37min
Episode 47: with host Dominic Bowen and guest Paul Green discussing 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.Today we are joined by Paul Green who is a commercial airline pilot and founder of The Cockpit Method. Paul founded his own coaching and consultancy business during lockdown after being made redundant from his ‘dream job’, with one simple goal, to help others improve their resilience using the decade's of risk management experience he has built up in the cockpit of commercial airlines. Paul has been featured in national and international press, including BBC News, The Sunday Times and The Financial Times.Read more about Paul's work: www.thecockpitmethod.com 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!

Oct 10, 2021 • 38min
Episode 46: with host Dominic Bowen and guest Lisa Reilly from the Global Interagency Security Forum discussing international risk, diversity, and mentally healthy workplaces
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.Today we are joined by Lisa Reilly from the Global Interagency Security Forum. GISF is a member-led NGO forum that drives change through our global network of over 125 member organisations. Focused on positively influencing security risk management practice that improves employees internationally, and increases operational effectiveness.Read more about Global Interagency Security Forum 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!

Oct 4, 2021 • 28min
Episode 45: with host Dominic Bowen and guest Paul Katsoff dicussing data security
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.Today we are joined by Paul Katsoff. For over a decade Paul has worked with technology companies seeking manageable growth and brand loyalty. He has managed software development, support and sales. Paul's career has ranged from being an integral part of a new business start-up team, to becoming a key driver in the business enabling it to become both sustainable and profitable. Today, Paul is the CEO of White Canyon Software.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: LinkedInWe will see you again next week.Tell us what you liked!

Sep 26, 2021 • 42min
Episode 44: with host Dominic Bowen and guest Allan Wind discuss working for the US Government around the world and managing international risks
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.Today we are joined by Allan Wind. Allan is a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer from the US Agency for International Development, often referred to as USAID. Allan worked with USAID on assignments between 1990 to 2019 in Peru, Nicaragua, Angola, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan and South Africa. He provided oversight to US Government foreign aid development and humanitarian assistance, and supported US Ambassadors as part of the Embassy Country Teams. In South Africa Allan helped establish the Southern Africa Regional Leadership Center as part of President Obama’s Young African Leadership Initiative and contributed to other youth development efforts and business incubators.His recent book has been a best-seller on Amazon and is available in paperback and ebook. You can find the book Andean Adventures: An Unexpected Search for Meaning, Purpose and Discovery Across Three Countries online at Amazon.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: LinkedInWe will see you again next week.Tell us what you liked!