CEO on risk management now being part of everything

RiskNZ chief executive David Turner (pictured) is keen to work with more of New Zealand to get people on board the risk management train.

Turner, who no longer sits on the board and now has more time to focus on growing the non-profit association, told Insurance Business following his promotion from managing director to CEO: “Risk management is from the bottom of the South Island to the top of the North Island, and we haven’t really tapped into possibly 70% of the market.

“Some of that market, which we need to start tapping into – and we’re gradually doing this now – could include, for example, tourism, to real estate, to transport, to agriculture, to construction. Everywhere there’s risk, we can help with continuity and risk management, risk understanding, and risk maturity.”

The challenge, said Turner, is to get in front of those different industries to allow RiskNZ to help out as much as it can.

“Risk management is part of business practices, and people are starting to realise this – that if risk is done correctly, it can help promote the business, whatever it might be; it can help get better results, better consistency, and also better profits; it can help their customers and clients,” said the CEO. “So, it’s a very valuable source, if done correctly, and that’s where as an industry we are heading now.