Kelowna, B.C.

Grand Okanagan Resort

Dr. David Hillson

Dr. David Hillson has an international reputation as a leading thinker and practitioner in strategic risk management—turning uncertainty into competitive advantage. Known worldwide as the Risk Doctor, David has an enviable track record in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of uncertainty, both its threats to business health and its opportunities for business growth.

• He has made several recognized and innovative contributions to improving risk management.
• David has also developed a practical, people-centred approach for applying the insights of emotional literacy to risk psychology—how to effectively manage the human aspects of risk management.

Dr. Hillson is Director of Risk Doctor & Partners, offering strategic and tactical risk management advice and support to major organisations in a wide array of industries around the world.

• He is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Risk Management (IRM) and a Fellow of the UK Association for Project Management (APM).
• He also is a founder member of the global Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Risk Management Specific Interest Group and received the PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award for his work in developing risk management over many years.

Contributions to risk Practice

• Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)—a framework for the risk process
• Risk metalanguage to ensure accurate risk identification
• The “mirror” Probability-Impact Matrix for assessing both threats and opportunities
• Defined response strategies for focusing action
• Maturity-model frameworks for benchmarking risk management capability
• Criteria for defining a professional approach to risk management (the Risk Management Professionalism Manifesto).