Meet the Camms Team at CeFPro Operational Risk Management USA

By Andrew Mercker |

Join Camms at the CeFPro 7th annual Operational Risk Management USA congress. A leading regional event dedicated to the financial services industry discussing best-practise solutions to manage the increasingly complex operational risk environment. This year’s congress will revolve around key topics including Resilience, Third Party Risk, Data Privacy, the Social Aspect of ESG, Risk Quantification, … Continued

Meet the Camms Team Live at RIMS Canada!

By Andrew Mercker |

Camms is proud to be a sponsor at the RIMS Canada Conference 2022! Join Camms at the 48th Annual RIMS Canada Conference 2022 and participate in this industry focused event, well-known for providing keynote speakers, panel discussions and educational sessions with risk management experts. Location: Halifax Convention Centre Dates: September 11-14, 2022 Hosted by the … Continued

Effective Project Management in the Education Sector

By Andrew Mercker |

It’s not just students who must manage projects effectively in their pursuit of excellence. The educational institutions – schools, colleges, and universities – that are charged with imparting the knowledge and skills they need to flourish, must manage multiple projects & portfolios to enhance their facilities and the level of education provided – to stay … Continued

Effective Strategy Execution in the Education Sector

By Andrew Mercker |

Successful businesses don’t cross their fingers and hope they will achieve their goals; they anchor the programs that underpin them into strategic planning processes so they can act proactively – and the education sector should be no different. Yes, the end goals differ in the profit-centric world of business where success is gaged on winning … Continued

Managing Risk – Lessons for the Education Sector

By Andrew Mercker |

Between mitigating the risks of COVID-19 and the shift to distance learning, schools, colleges and universities have had a lot to deal with over the past two tumultuous years. And with new risks emerging at a regular pace, heads of educational institutions no doubt have a long list of scenarios that could potentially impact the … Continued

Managing Compliance & Audits in the Education Sector

By Andrew Mercker |

The education sector is having to swat up on something that, if left unaccounted for, can expose students and staff to risks and institutions to fines, sanctions, and other penalties: regulatory compliance. To say the sector has become highly regulated is an understatement, with countless standards and laws holding it to account. Education institutions the … Continued

From Paperwork to the Cloud: Digitization of the Care Industry in North America

By Andrew Mercker |

The care sector has been put under the microscope in recent years, and the findings point to the need to create robust processes to ensure the quality of care to all customers using any form of care services. One of the paths which many organizations are going down to provide quality care is through harnessing … Continued

Digital Transformation of Strategic Risk Management and Data-Driven Reporting

By Andrew Mercker |

Today businesses are adopting digital technology at a rapid pace. While this is creating major opportunities for firms, it’s also creating new risks. Recently Camms collaborated with PRIMIA New York, to bring together three elite risk management practitioners for an engaging panel discussion focused on managing risks across global organizations. I spoke with them about … Continued

Risk Management: Striking the Right Balance to Keep Regulators Satisfied & Add Strategic Value

By Andrew Mercker |

Too often, risk managers are so focused on compliance-based mitigation & regulatory requirements, that they fail to see the bigger picture. This preventive risk management approach doesn’t add strategic value and risks that are worth taking to grow the company, can often end up being overlooked.  Recently, I sat down, virtually with Norman Marks, renowned, … Continued

Same Risks, Different Year? New areas of focus for GRC in 2022

By Andrew Mercker |

Now that the new year is off and running, GRC professionals are busy looking ahead to the new challenges we’ll inevitably face and the opportunities we’ll hopefully find, while also feeling the need to reflect upon key learnings from the previous year. While some may see the new year as simply a continuation of the … Continued