Events
Events Calendar
A Year in the Life: with Richard Ellis | RMIA Risk Award Winner | Public Sector Risk Leader of the Year
Event Details
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEDT
Date: 4 March 2026
Venue: Online (an invite will be sent close to the date)
Registration Fee: Free
Left to right: Jane Whiter, RMIA President; Richard Ellis, RMIA Risk Award Winner; Mark Caton, Riskonnect Representative; Simon Levy, RMIA CEO.
About the Event
Join RMIA CEO Simon Levy for a thoughtful conversation with Richard Ellis, as he shares reflections on his journey as an RMIA Risk Award winner. In this interactive webinar, Richard will discuss how the recognition has shaped his professional growth and supported his continued contribution to the risk management community.
Richard will share insights into the thinking behind his award-winning submission, reflect on key challenges encountered, and highlight key learnings from the experience. Attendees will gain practical guidance on what assessors look for in a compelling submission, along with Richard’s advice for future nominees seeking to demonstrate impact and leadership in risk management.
Whether you’re considering submitting for an RMIA Risk Award, interested in the career impact of industry recognition, or keen to learn from a respected risk professional, this session offers valuable perspective and inspiration.
Adaptive Cultures | Workshop | The Risk Culture Paradox: Making Progress on the Risk Agenda in Complex Environments
Event Details
Date: 5 & 12 March 2026 (Two Half Days)
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Delivery: Online
Registration fee:
Member $880 incl GST
Non-member $1100 incl GST
CPD Points: 8
About Event
CROs and their teams have invested heavily in building risk management capabilities and implementing frameworks such as 3LOD. Yet there remains a significant disconnect between the quality of risk capabilities and the quality of risk outcomes – well documented by the Hayne Royal Commission and underscored frequently by headlines in the financial and business press.
In an effort to address this disconnect, CROs and their teams are turning their attention to risk culture - how culture influences risk management and risk outcomes.
In these two interactive workshops for CROs and Senior Risk Leaders, Adaptive Cultures facilitates an exploration of the challenges to deepening risk ownership and embedding quality risk practices, and participants will develop strategies they can implement in their organisations to improve risk culture. Topics include:
the core qualities and capabilities that support influence on risk topics,
approaches to broaden and deepen risk ownership,
what’s working well and less well in the 3LOD framework and FAR implementation,
ways to complement structural risk tools with adaptive methods that can create a truly embedded risk framework, and
how to engage executive peers more fully in this work.
About the Trainers
DeAnna Burton
Adaptive Cultures - Risk Culture Practice Lead
DeAnna works with organisations and leaders to deepen the alignment of risk management, risk culture, and risk outcomes. She has over 20 years' financial services experience in Australia and the US in a variety of business arenas, including culture integration for a complex merger, designing a risk culture framework and initiatives to uplift risk culture maturity, survey design, senior leadership development programs and coaching.
Andrew Brown
Adaptive Cultures – Director and Co-Founder
Andrew is a director and co-founder of Adaptive Cultures. He has lectured, written, worked and consulted extensively in the field of risk management and risk culture. He believes that how we think about (and what we believe about) risk and consequences has a profound impact on ourselves, our organisations, our society and our planet. Andrew has held executive positions across the Asia Pacific region. These include Chief Actuary for AXA Life Singapore, Chief Financial Officer for Philippine AXA Life.
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
Risk Cuppa: Women in Risk | Hosted by RMIA NSW Chapter
Event Details
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm AEDT
Date: 11 March 2026
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: Free
CPD point(s): 1 point (for RMIA members)
About Event
In recognition of International Women’s Day 2026, the Women in Risk event brings together members of the risk community to hear from two experienced risk professionals as they reflect on their career journeys.
Our speakers will share practical insights into the challenges they’ve faced, the successes they’ve achieved, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. The discussion will explore how professionals can navigate the risk management field, build expertise, and develop as trusted subject matter specialists within their industries.
This session offers an opportunity to hear honest perspectives, gain practical takeaways, and connect with others working across the risk profession.
About the Guest Speakers
Jen Creaton
Executive Manager Risk, Commercial & Personal Injury Insurance | Suncorp Group
Jen Creaton is a senior risk professional with extensive experience in business roles across risk management, assurance, and compliance within large financial services organisations. She currently leads the Commercial and Personal Injury Insurance risk function, providing oversight and ensuring effective risk frameworks, governance, and regulatory compliance.
Jen has held senior leadership roles across Suncorp Group, spanning consumer, commercial, and statutory portfolios. She has partnered closely with executive and operational leaders to strengthen risk capability, enhance control environments, and manage emerging and strategic risks.
Recognised for her practical and commercial approach, Jen is adept at translating complex risk and compliance requirements into clear, value-driven outcomes. She also serves as a Director on the Board of the Brisbane Racing Club, contributing her expertise in risk, governance, and business leadership.
Kate Gannon
Director | August Advisory
Energetic and creative, with a focused and pragmatic approach to problem solving, Kate brings two decades of experience consulting to, and working for, global and regional financial services businesses in London and Australia. She is a strong change agent with an ability to think both ahead and on her feet whether she is designing frameworks or leading teams through ambiguity or crisis.
She founded her own consulting practice, August Advisory, in 2021 after identifying a gap in the market for risk advisory support for purpose-based organisations. These organisations needed ‘match-fit’ resources to help them drive maturity where capacity and capability issues left them short. And then in 2025, she founded ResilienceSOS®, a bold strategic operating system that turns resilience from a compliance chore into a team sport. Blending behavioural science, change strategy, and creative thinking, it helps leaders, teams & organisations by giving them the language, tools and training to embed resilience where it counts - in everyday action.
Kate has built expertise across the spectrum of risk disciplines. This includes the design and implementation of risk appetite statements, profiles, frameworks, and policies – coupled with supporting organisations to seed and grow a risk culture mindset & movement. She is known for her straight-talking approach and for her ability to distil complexity into simplicity.
Kate was also recognised as RMIA's 2025 Risk Consultant of the Year, has a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and Economics from the University of Queensland, is a chartered accountant, and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
When Kate is not doing risky things, she can be found learning some new skills (like AI or cycling) or at the beach or sport with her teenage sons
A Year in the Life: with Sandra Hinchcliffe | RMIA Risk Award Winner | Risk Student of the Year
Event Details
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEDT
Date: 12 March 2026
Venue: Online (an invite will be sent close to the date)
Registration Fee: Free
About the Event
Join RMIA CEO Simon Levy for a thoughtful conversation with RMIA Risk Award winner Sandra Hinchcliffe, as she reflects on her professional journey and the impact of receiving the award. In this interactive webinar, Sandra will share how the recognition has influenced her career growth and supported her ongoing contribution to the risk management community.
Sandra will also offer insights into the thinking behind her award-winning submission, reflect on key challenges encountered, and highlight important learnings from the experience. She will provide practical guidance on what assessors look for in a strong submission, along with her advice for future nominees seeking to demonstrate impact and leadership in risk management.
Whether you’re considering submitting for an RMIA Risk Award, curious about the career impact of industry recognition, or keen to learn from an experienced risk professional, this session offers valuable perspective and inspiration.
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Lauren Jones
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
09:00am - 1:00pm - Thursday 19 March 2026
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
09:00am - 1:00pm - Friday 20 March 2026
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Lauren Jones
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainer
Lauren Jones
Trainer, Bryan Whitefield Consulting
Lauren Jones is a facilitator, trainer and expert in helping leaders build sustainable businesses, with over 30 years of experience working with C level executives, business owners and leaders. Her experience specialising in strategic facilitation, skills development, systems implementation and continual improvement for organisations has increased clarity and focus on outcomes, built efficiency and increased profitability with her clients.
Over the past decade Lauren has facilitated numerous risk workshops and has designed and implemented risk management programs for a multitude of organisations across diverse industries such as construction, infrastructure and manufacturing.
Lauren has authored a recently released book: 10% BETTER: Taking Organisations from Ordinary to Excellent written for leaders who want to build resilience for their organisations to sustain change and challenge, and be a legacy into the future. For more information on Lauren you can email her on lauren@laurenjones.com.au or visit her website www.laurenjones.com.au
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Adaptive Cultures | Workshop | Storytelling for Impact in Risk Communication
Event Details
Date: 26 March 2026
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Delivery: Online
Registration fee:
Member $440 incl GST
Non-member $550 incl GST
CPD Points: 4
About Event
The stories we tell and the case studies we share about risk and risk events can make an enormous impact on what people remember and how they respond to risks. In this seminar, Adaptive Cultures (Andrew and Deanna) will share story and narrative methodologies that can help lift risk awareness in your organisation. Topics include:
The brain science behind storytelling
Connecting the head and the heart through storytelling
Structuring stories for impact
Ways to share stories and case studies to reinforce the cultural journey
About the Trainers
DeAnna Burton
Adaptive Cultures - Risk Culture Practice Lead
DeAnna works with organisations and leaders to deepen the alignment of risk management, risk culture, and risk outcomes. She has over 20 years' financial services experience in Australia and the US in a variety of business arenas, including culture integration for a complex merger, designing a risk culture framework and initiatives to uplift risk culture maturity, survey design, senior leadership development programs and coaching.
Andrew Brown
Adaptive Cultures – Director and Co-Founder
Andrew is a director and co-founder of Adaptive Cultures. He has lectured, written, worked and consulted extensively in the field of risk management and risk culture. He believes that how we think about (and what we believe about) risk and consequences has a profound impact on ourselves, our organisations, our society and our planet. Andrew has held executive positions across the Asia Pacific region. These include Chief Actuary for AXA Life Singapore, Chief Financial Officer for Philippine AXA Life.
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 2 schedule
Course Details
For more information on the course, please click here.
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2026 Dates:
Unit 1 - 27 Feb - 2 March 2026
Unit 2 - 10 - 13 April 2026
Unit 3 - 15 - 18 May 2026
Unit 4 - 26 - 29 June 2026
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Bryan Whitefield
Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Monday, 13 April 2026
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Tuesday, 14 April 2026
Venue:
Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Bryan Whitefield
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Battleground | Resilience Starts Here: BIA & BCP Essentials
Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+10:00)
2:00pm - 5:30pm - Thursday, 14 May 2026
Venue:
Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $495.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $715.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 4
About The Course
RMIA in partnership with our training partner Battleground are excited to present our newest course offering; Resilience Starts Here: BIA & BCP Essentials.
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP), essential practices for ensuring organisational resilience in the face of disruptions. Through four structured modules, attendees will explore the fundamentals and significance of BIA and BCP, gain practical skills in identifying critical business functions, and learn to assess risks and impacts from events such as cyberattacks or natural disasters. The course also covers the development of effective continuity strategies, assigning roles during crises, and implementing regular testing for ongoing improvement. By the end, participants will be equipped to build and sustain robust continuity frameworks.
Topics Covered
Module 1 – Introduction to Business Impact Analysis and Business Continuity Plan
What is BIA? What is BCP?
Identify the key components of both processes
Module 2 - Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Understanding how to conduct a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Identify critical business functions and determine their impact during disruption
Module 3 - Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
Learning the key components of BCP
Develop strategies and maintaining operation during disruption
Module 4 - Implementation and Continuous Improvement
Understanding how to test and improve BCP
Learn best practices for ensuring resilience
About the Trainers
Helen Lipscombe - Helen is an expert resilience consultant with over 20 years of international experience. She specialises in business resilience, including risk management, crisis management, and business continuity. She has worked with public and private organizations, offering consultancy and strategic guidance to strengthen their resilience frameworks.
As a qualified trainer, Helen has designed and delivered comprehensive training programmes both internally and externally, equipping teams with the skills needed for business continuity and organisational resilience.
Helen is also a dedicated mentor for the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), where she supports individuals at various stages of their careers in developing their expertise in business continuity and resilience.
A passionate advocate for embedding resilience into organisational culture, she has spoken at events like BCI World and BCI Education Week. Additionally, Helen contributed to the revision of the BCI Good Practice Guide version 7.0, focusing on the Embracing Business Continuity chapter.
Jack Salkild - Jack is a resilience and emergency management consultant with deep operational and strategic experience across government and healthcare sectors. He specialises in business resilience, including emergency response, crisis management, governance, and business continuity. He has worked with multiple New South Wales government agencies, including Transport for NSW and the NSW Reconstruction Authority, delivering expertise on complex disaster projects and resilience frameworks.
With a background as an Intensive Care Paramedic and Clinical Educator at NSW Ambulance, Jack has led major incident response training, developed high-fidelity simulations, and coordinated multi-agency operational readiness programs. His work in government has included delivering structured governance and capability uplift initiatives for disaster recovery at a state level.
As a consultant at Battleground, Jack works closely with organisations to enhance their resilience capabilities through tailored solutions. His focus includes business impact analyses, continuity planning, crisis governance, and embedding resilience into operational practice.
Jack brings a practical systems-based mindset, drawing on lived frontline experience and a strong understanding of organisational risk. He is passionate about supporting organisations to build resilience in the face of complex disruptions and cascading challenges.
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Battleground.
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 3 schedule
Course Details
For more information on the course, please click here.
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2026 Dates:
Unit 1 - 27 Feb - 2 March 2026
Unit 2 - 10 - 13 April 2026
Unit 3 - 15 - 18 May 2026
Unit 4 - 26 - 29 June 2026
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
BWC | Mastering Risk Workshop Facilitation
Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+10:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm Thursday, 21 May 2026
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm Friday, 22 May 2026
Delivery: Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,440.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $1,725.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Come experience this immersive workshop, presented by our Training Partner - Bryan Whitefield Consulting, that will provide you with the confidence to tackle the online environment while building your skill set for the future.
Modified for online facilitation using a range of collaboration tools that will make sure your workshops are engaging and effective.
About
This course is for risk professionals seeking mastery in risk workshop facilitation. To move beyond mechanical processes for collecting a list of risks. You will be given a process for preparing for engaging workshops, shown techniques for facilitating effective conversations and be introduced to a range of tools to provide insights to the business so they can make better sense of their world.. As a result, you will be more valued, more trusted, and will be invited to provide your advice before decisions are made.
Course Overview
Two half-day online interactive workshops with ample time to participate and practice your facilitation skills.
One: Preparation
Objectives – Context and scope
Team – Politics, culture and capability
Facility – Optimising and working with constraints
Analysis – Tools and techniques to provide insights
Two: Facilitation
Framing – Introducing, confirming and clarifying
Conversations – Initiating, guiding and ending
Tipping points – Navigating dominance, bias and silence
Collation – Priorities, breadth and depth
Three: Post-Mortem
Objectives check – Alignment with values and goals
Reality check – Fact check, resource check, pub-test check
Learning Objectives
How to prepare for a workshop to maximise the value delivered to participants.
Understand the key to an engaging workshop no matter the participants, the location or the time available.
Learn how to deliver strong insights to decision makers before, during and after the workshop.
Experience the value of key tools and techniques for managing politics, bias and difficult people.
Format of the Course
Online run over two half-days. An interactive workshop with ample time to participate, share and network.
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Lauren Jones
Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+10:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
09:00am - 1:00pm - Thursday 28 May 2026
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
09:00am - 1:00pm - Friday 29 May 2026
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Lauren Jones
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainer
Lauren Jones
Trainer, Bryan Whitefield Consulting
Lauren Jones is a facilitator, trainer and expert in helping leaders build sustainable businesses, with over 30 years of experience working with C level executives, business owners and leaders. Her experience specialising in strategic facilitation, skills development, systems implementation and continual improvement for organisations has increased clarity and focus on outcomes, built efficiency and increased profitability with her clients.
Over the past decade Lauren has facilitated numerous risk workshops and has designed and implemented risk management programs for a multitude of organisations across diverse industries such as construction, infrastructure and manufacturing.
Lauren has authored a recently released book: 10% BETTER: Taking Organisations from Ordinary to Excellent written for leaders who want to build resilience for their organisations to sustain change and challenge, and be a legacy into the future. For more information on Lauren you can email her on lauren@laurenjones.com.au or visit her website www.laurenjones.com.au
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 4 schedule
Course Details
For more information on the course, please click here.
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2026 Dates:
Unit 1 - 27 Feb - 2 March 2026
Unit 2 - 10 - 13 April 2026
Unit 3 - 15 - 18 May 2026
Unit 4 - 26 - 29 June 2026
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
Battleground | Embedding Resilience: Essentials of Training, Awareness & Exercising
Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+10:00)
2:00pm - 5:30pm - Thursday 16 July 2026
Venue:
Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $495.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $715.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 4
About The Course
Embedding Resilience: Essentials of Training, Awareness & Exercising is a practical, insight-rich program designed to help risk professionals embed continuity and resilience practices across all levels of their organisation. Drawing on global standards such as ISO 22301 and the BCI Good Practice Guidelines (GPG), this course explores how to design and deliver effective training, build awareness that resonates, and run exercises that prepare your teams for disruption.
Topics Covered
What ISO 22301 and BCI GPG say about training, awareness and exercising
How to tailor continuity learning for executives, team leaders, and frontline staff
How to make awareness campaigns memorable and relevant
Types of exercises — from quick wins to full simulations — and how to get started
How to track, evaluate, and improve your training and exercising efforts
About the Trainers
Helen Lipscombe - Helen is an expert resilience consultant with over 20 years of international experience. She specialises in business resilience, including risk management, crisis management, and business continuity. She has worked with public and private organizations, offering consultancy and strategic guidance to strengthen their resilience frameworks.
As a qualified trainer, Helen has designed and delivered comprehensive training programmes both internally and externally, equipping teams with the skills needed for business continuity and organisational resilience.
Helen is also a dedicated mentor for the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), where she supports individuals at various stages of their careers in developing their expertise in business continuity and resilience.
A passionate advocate for embedding resilience into organisational culture, she has spoken at events like BCI World and BCI Education Week. Additionally, Helen contributed to the revision of the BCI Good Practice Guide version 7.0, focusing on the Embracing Business Continuity chapter.
Jack Salkild - Jack is a resilience and emergency management consultant with deep operational and strategic experience across government and healthcare sectors. He specialises in business resilience, including emergency response, crisis management, governance, and business continuity. He has worked with multiple New South Wales government agencies, including Transport for NSW and the NSW Reconstruction Authority, delivering expertise on complex disaster projects and resilience frameworks.
With a background as an Intensive Care Paramedic and Clinical Educator at NSW Ambulance, Jack has led major incident response training, developed high-fidelity simulations, and coordinated multi-agency operational readiness programs. His work in government has included delivering structured governance and capability uplift initiatives for disaster recovery at a state level.
As a consultant at Battleground, Jack works closely with organisations to enhance their resilience capabilities through tailored solutions. His focus includes business impact analyses, continuity planning, crisis governance, and embedding resilience into operational practice.
Jack brings a practical systems-based mindset, drawing on lived frontline experience and a strong understanding of organisational risk. He is passionate about supporting organisations to build resilience in the face of complex disruptions and cascading challenges.
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Battleground.
Battleground | Crisis Ready: Building Confidence, Clarity & Control When It Matters Most
Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+10:00)
2:00pm - 5:30pm - Thursday 10 September
Venue:
Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $495.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $715.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 4
About The Course
RMIA, in partnership with our training provider Battleground, proudly presents Crisis Ready: Building Confidence, Clarity & Control When It Matters Most—an essential introductory course in crisis management. This course is designed to equip participants with the foundational skills to respond effectively when a crisis strikes.
Participants will engage with structured frameworks and practical tools to build crisis resilience and leadership readiness—ensuring teams can act with confidence, clarity, and control in high-pressure situations.
Topics Covered
Define a crisis, distinguishing it clearly from emergencies or incidents—and understand why that distinction is critical
Identify and assemble the key components of an effective crisis management framework
Use structured decision-making tools to deliver rapid, ethical responses under pressure
Communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders during a crisis
Structure, train, and activate a Crisis Management Team (CMT) with speed and efficiency
About the Trainers
Helen Lipscombe - Helen is an expert resilience consultant with over 20 years of international experience. She specialises in business resilience, including risk management, crisis management, and business continuity. She has worked with public and private organizations, offering consultancy and strategic guidance to strengthen their resilience frameworks.
As a qualified trainer, Helen has designed and delivered comprehensive training programmes both internally and externally, equipping teams with the skills needed for business continuity and organisational resilience.
Helen is also a dedicated mentor for the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), where she supports individuals at various stages of their careers in developing their expertise in business continuity and resilience.
A passionate advocate for embedding resilience into organisational culture, she has spoken at events like BCI World and BCI Education Week. Additionally, Helen contributed to the revision of the BCI Good Practice Guide version 7.0, focusing on the Embracing Business Continuity chapter.
Jack Salkild - Jack is a resilience and emergency management consultant with deep operational and strategic experience across government and healthcare sectors. He specialises in business resilience, including emergency response, crisis management, governance, and business continuity. He has worked with multiple New South Wales government agencies, including Transport for NSW and the NSW Reconstruction Authority, delivering expertise on complex disaster projects and resilience frameworks.
With a background as an Intensive Care Paramedic and Clinical Educator at NSW Ambulance, Jack has led major incident response training, developed high-fidelity simulations, and coordinated multi-agency operational readiness programs. His work in government has included delivering structured governance and capability uplift initiatives for disaster recovery at a state level.
As a consultant at Battleground, Jack works closely with organisations to enhance their resilience capabilities through tailored solutions. His focus includes business impact analyses, continuity planning, crisis governance, and embedding resilience into operational practice.
Jack brings a practical systems-based mindset, drawing on lived frontline experience and a strong understanding of organisational risk. He is passionate about supporting organisations to build resilience in the face of complex disruptions and cascading challenges.
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Battleground.
A Year in the Life: with Rodney Young | RMIA Risk Award Winner | Risk Leader of the Year - APAC Region
Event Details
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEDT
Date: 27 February 2026
Venue: Online (an invite will be sent close to the date)
Registration Fee: Free
Jane Whiter, RMIA President (Left) | Rodney Young, RMIA Risk Award Winner (Center), Simon Levy, RMIA CEO (Right)
About the Event
Join RMIA CEO Simon Levy for an engaging conversation with Rodney Young, as he reflects on his journey following recognition as an RMIA Risk Award winner. This interactive webinar will explore how the award has elevated Rodney’s professional profile and influenced his ongoing contributions to the risk management profession.
Rodney will share the story behind his award-winning submission, the challenges he navigated along the way, and the key lessons learned throughout the process. Participants will gain practical insights into what makes a strong submission, along with Rodney’s advice for future nominees looking to showcase excellence and impact in risk management.
Whether you’re aspiring to be an RMIA Risk Award winner, curious about the professional impact of this prestigious recognition, or simply seeking inspiration from an experienced risk leader, this is a conversation not to be missed.
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 1 schedule
Course Details
For more information on the course, please click here.
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2026 Dates:
Unit 1 - 27 Feb - 2 March 2026
Unit 2 - 10 - 13 April 2026
Unit 3 - 15 - 18 May 2026
Unit 4 - 26 - 29 June 2026
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
SAI360 Webinar | Bridging the Gap: Aligning Enterprise Risk and Compliance in Highly Regulated Industries
Event Details
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm AEDT
Date: 25 February 2026
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: Free
CPD point(s): 1 point (For RMIA members)
About Event
The cost of non-compliance is rising. The real business impact extends beyond financial penalties, including business disruption, lost revenue, reputational fallout, and ongoing regulatory scrutiny. Preparation carries a price, but it’s dwarfed by the cost of failure.
Australia's regulators have high expectations for firms’ non-financial risk management practices and risk culture, aligning on one key expectation: integration. Siloed risk functions create blind spots, reduce efficiency, and expose firms. What’s emerging is a regional consensus that risk must be embedded across all levels of decision-making.
With APRA’s CPS 230 coming into force, financial institutions must integrate operational risk, business continuity, and third-party risk management into a unified framework. CPS 230 calls for cultural change, demanding risk be proactively identified, assessed, and managed across the enterprise.
In this webinar, we’ll explore:
The real cost of non-compliance — how regulatory failures impact revenue, operations, and reputation.
Why do siloed functions fail?
How can firms close the gap between risk and compliance to improve efficiency, resilience, and oversight?
What integrated risk and compliance looks like in practice — from board-level accountability to operational execution.
How technology can enable a connected GRC strategy — using modern platforms to embed risk-aware decision-making and prepare for crisis scenarios.
About the Speakers
Sean Faherty
GRC Technology Specialist and BDM
Sean has spent 14 years in Corporate and Investment Banking with one of the world’s largest financial institutions, developing deep expertise in complex financial solutions, client management, and global banking operations. For the past nine years, he has supported major APAC companies in strengthening their global Risk and Compliance programs, enhancing governance frameworks, improving risk visibility, and helping them manage regulatory obligations effectively.
Ben Burnet
Global Ethics, Governance, Risk & Compliance Technology Strategist | SAI360
Ben Burnet is an EGRC Strategist with a global focus on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). He works closely with organizations worldwide to strengthen their understanding of modern risk landscapes, navigate evolving regulatory requirements, and adopt responsible approaches to AI. Ben’s work is centered on helping enterprises modernize and future proof their risk and compliance programs as they prepare for the challenges of 2026 and beyond.
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
RMIA QLD Chapter | 2026 Kick Start Event
Event Details
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm AEST
Date: 24 February 2026
Venue: Port Office Hotel | 40 Edward St, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australia
Registration Fee: Free
An RMIA networking event bringing together Queensland risk professionals to reconnect, share perspectives, and collectively set the tone for the year ahead within the RMIA community.
Hosted by: Michelle Holland
President Qld Chapter
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
Event Sponsor
RMIA SA/NT Chapter Risk Cuppa | Advice from the regulator: Psychosocial Risk
Event Details
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ACDT
Date: 24 February 2026
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: Free
About the Event
SA/NT chapter Risk Cuppas are back for 2026, and our first event was the most requested topic last year – Psychosocial Risk. Join Safework SA’s Workplace Advisory Team, to learn what organisations are doing well, and not so well, in their efforts to create psychologically safe workplaces. The team will share information about their services and resources, and bring practical insight into your most burning psychosocial risk questions. Make a cuppa and join this virtual session to sharpen your knowledge on this complex and emerging area of risk.
About the Speaker
Katie Geszner
Education and Engagement Advisor, SafeWork SA
Katie is a professional educator with first class development and communication experience. Adept at creating engaging, accessible learning experiences across diverse platforms and audiences. Works productively and effectively in a structured and deadline focused workplace where upgrading of skills is mandatory. Personable, efficient and multi-skilled with exacting attention to detail. Positive and results orientated.
Moderator
Joel Sibbin
SA/NT Chapter Committee Executive
Joel is a Risk Management Speciality at ASC Pty Ltd and has previously held role in Risk and Business Continuity roles within Federal Government. His previous experience in the education, financial services and government sectors, has enabled a people-centric focus and collaborative approach to the design and implementation of projects, frameworks and education programs. He won RMIA’s Student of the year for 2022, and has been an SA/NT RMIA SA/NT chapter committee member since 2022.
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Lauren Jones
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
09:00am - 1:00pm - Thursday 5 February 2026
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
09:00am - 1:00pm - Friday 6 February 2026
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Lauren Jones
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainer
Lauren Jones
Trainer, Bryan Whitefield Consulting
Lauren Jones is a facilitator, trainer and expert in helping leaders build sustainable businesses, with over 30 years of experience working with C level executives, business owners and leaders. Her experience specialising in strategic facilitation, skills development, systems implementation and continual improvement for organisations has increased clarity and focus on outcomes, built efficiency and increased profitability with her clients.
Over the past decade Lauren has facilitated numerous risk workshops and has designed and implemented risk management programs for a multitude of organisations across diverse industries such as construction, infrastructure and manufacturing.
Lauren has authored a recently released book: 10% BETTER: Taking Organisations from Ordinary to Excellent written for leaders who want to build resilience for their organisations to sustain change and challenge, and be a legacy into the future. For more information on Lauren you can email her on lauren@laurenjones.com.au or visit her website www.laurenjones.com.au
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
RMIA SA/NT Chapter | Risk Social | End of Year Drinks and Celebration of 2025 Mentoring Program
Event Details
Time: 5:30 pm - onwards
Date: 4 December 2025
Venue: Riskonnect, Inc. | 391 King William Street, Adelaide, SA
Registration Fee: Free
Sponsored by:
About Event
Join us for a celebratory evening to wrap up the year with fellow risk professionals from across South Australia and the Northern Territory. Hosted by the RMIA SA/NT Chapter and proudly sponsored by Riskonnect, this is a chance to reflect on the year, reconnect with peers, and toast to the future of risk management.
Whether you’re winding down or gearing up for 2026, we’d love to see you there. Let’s raise a glass to the achievements, challenges, and connections that shaped our year.
We will also take the opportunity to celebrate our latest round of mentors and mentees!
Moderated by
Zoe Joyce
SA/NT President
RMIA NSW Chapter | End-of-Year Celebration
Event Details
Time: 5:30pm AEDT - onwards
Date: 3 December 2025
Venue: The Sussex Hotel, Rooftop
Registration Fee: $25 Members | $35 Non-members (incl GST)
About the Event
Come together with the NSW Chapter Committee for a relaxed and festive evening to celebrate a great year and all things Christmas.
The Learning Pyramid | Workshop | Influencing Foundations for Risk Professionals
Event Details
Date: 3 December 2025
Time: 9:00am - 12:30pm AEDT
Delivery: Online
Registration fee:
Member $495 incl GST
Non-member $715 incl GST
CPD Points: 4
About Event
After receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from the delivery of Influencing Essentials at the 2025 RMIA Conference, we are thrilled to launch our brand-new professional development offering, Influencing Foundations for Risk Professionals. This course is for risk managers looking to enhance their communication skills and become more effective influencers. The ability to influence individuals, teams, customers, and stakeholders is a critical aspect of a risk manager's role, fostering agreement and alignment with key perspectives and proposals. By mastering the art of influencing outcomes while preserving strong relationships, participants will be better equipped to effectively drive successful strategic decision making and action.
Topics Covered
Establishing trust and rapport
Finding the starting point
Principles of influence.
Planning the interaction
Structuring influencing conversations
Learning Outcomes
Apply influencing with an ethical approach
Communicate through verbal and non-verbal channels
Use key skills including active listening and perspective taking
Establish trust, rapport and credibility to negotiate win-win outcomes
Apply principles of influence to expand their sphere of influence.
Structure conversations for optimal influencing and persuasion
Use information effectively for influencing
Facilitator
Lisa Harrison - Lisa is a talented, highly experienced and versatile Learning and Development Consultant. She specialises in creating measurable and sustainable behaviour change through learning solutions in the areas of communication, management and leadership, and facilitation. For over 19 years in L&D she has shown has a remarkable ability to partner with clients both internal and external: to analyse needs, create and deliver solutions, and engage learners from a wide variety of backgrounds to achieve ‘life-long’ and ‘life-wide’ learning.
As a learning and organisational development professional with extensive experience in staff engagement and development, Lisa combines extensive learning expertise with leadership and management experience to create an approach to learning that is highly energising and effective across all aspects of business.
Lisa’s expertise in training delivery and design has been developed over many years through a variety of learning and development projects, including organisational consulting, end-to-end learning solutions, corporate and vocational learning, and a range of delivery methods including blended, face-to-face and technology platforms.
Her approach to learning is client-focussed, experiential and active participation in learning, and facilitation based, underpinned with a deep understanding of adult learning and the psychology of motivation and engagement.
As well as holding Certificate IV qualifications, Lisa has also designed, trained and assessed others in Cert IV Training and Assessment, Frontline Management, and Business.
RMIA x ORCS | The Organisational Risk Culture Standard (ORCS): Redefining How We Understand and Measure Risk Culture
Event Details
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT
Date: 2 December 2025
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: Free
About the Event
Organisational culture shapes how risk is perceived, communicated, and managed – yet until now, few tools have effectively measured it. The Organisational Risk Culture Standard (ORCS) is a world-first framework designed to help organisations understand, assess, and strengthen their risk culture in a structured and evidence-based way. Developed by leading experts in risk and behavioural science, the ORCS bridges the gap between governance, leadership, and human behaviour, offering practical guidance for boards, executives, and risk professionals.
In this session, Jack Jones and Dr Paul Johnston – two of the ORCS authors – will share insights on the development and real-world application of the standard. Hosted by Simon Levy, CEO of RMIA, the discussion will explore how the ORCS empowers organisations to turn risk culture into a strategic advantage and create more resilient, high-performing teams. Learn more about the ORCS at www.riskculture.org.
About the Speakers
Jack Jones
Risk Management Executive, Co-Author of the ORCS
Jack has over thirty-seven years of experience in cybersecurity, ten years of which as a CISO. He created the “Factor Analysis of Information Risk” (FAIR) and FAIR-CAM models which have been adopted as international standards for risk measurement. Jack’s also won several industry awards, including a Lifetime Achievement award. In 2016, Jack co-founded the FAIR Institute, which is an award winning, global non-profit dedicated to advancing the field of risk management.
Currently, Jack teaches in Carnegie Mellon University’s CISO executive program and provides strategic guidance to companies. https://riskculture.org/authors/jack-jones/
Paul Johnston
Behavioural Scientist and Risk Management Specialist, Co-Author of the ORCS
National Practice Lead (Risk Management Capability & Culture) for the Risk 2 Solution Group, Dr Paul Johnston FARPI FISRM ChFInstP ChOHSP CMAS RPP MATMA is a Behavioural Scientist with over 30 years of HSES (Health, Safety, Environment & Security) risk management experience in both the public and private sectors. Holding a PhD in Public Safety Risk Management, a Graduate Certificate in Occupational Hygiene Engineering, and a Bachelor of Behavioural Science, Paul has provided operational, management system consulting, research & analysis, and training/facilitation services to a wide range of industry groups throughout Australia and internationally.
A self-confessed “pracademic”, Paul is also the Academic Lead for the Institute of Presilience, as well as being a senior researcher with the ASRC (Australian Security Research Centre), and is the Editor of the ISRM (Institute of Strategic Risk Management) Journal. https://riskculture.org/authors/dr-paul-johnston/
Simon Levy
Chief Executive Officer, RMIA
Simon has 20 years of experience as a risk professional and has collaborated closely with senior executives for globally recognised brands and organisations contributing to strategic intent by ensuring accountability for effective risk mitigation.
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Bryan Whitefield
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Monday, 1 December 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Venue:
Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Bryan Whitefield
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 4 schedule
Course Details
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2025 Dates:
Unit 1 – 18-21 July 2025
Unit 2 – 5-8 September 2025
Unit 3 – 17-20 October 2025
Unit 4 – 28 November-1 December 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
Register Here
Please click here to register.
RMIA VIC Chapter | End-of-Year Celebration
Event Details
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm AEDT
Date: 27 November 2025
Venue: Taxi Kitchen, Transport Hotel, Level 1
Registration Fee: $25 Members | $35 Non-members (incl GST)
About the Event
Join fellow risk professionals from across Victoria for a well-earned celebration as we close out 2025.
After another year of navigating uncertainties, managing emerging threats, and strengthening organisational resilience, it’s time to unwind and reconnect with peers who truly understand the challenges and triumphs of our profession.
No presentations or formalities, just good company, great conversation, and the chance to reflect on the year gone by while looking ahead to 2026.
A welcome drink and light refreshments will be provided.
All risk professionals are welcome, members and non-members alike.
Moderator
Rachelle Tippett
RMIA VIC Chapter President
Riskonnect Webinar | What APAC Leaders Told Us About GRC and Data Challenges
Event Details
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am AEDT
Date: 27 November 2025
Venue: Demio
Registration Fee: FREE
About the Event
Across the Asia-Pacific region, organisations continue to face growing complexity in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). From regulatory pressures to fragmented data systems, many are still struggling to achieve full visibility, accountability, and alignment.
Based on a 2025 survey of 100 risk and resilience professionals across the APAC region, this webinar explores where organisations are falling behind and how to strengthen GRC foundations for the decade ahead.
Join us to learn:
Why over 50% of organisations say their risk management is not aligned with organisational goals and strategic objectives
How 35% still take a reactive approach to GRC, leaving critical gaps in visibility and response
The impact of poor data governance and siloed systems, with 48% citing unreliable reporting
Practical ways to build data integrity, enable real-time insight, and foster accountability across teams
How to build a unified, data-driven GRC ecosystem that supports agility, compliance, and resilience
This session is ideal for GRC, resilience, and compliance professionals who want to see how their organisation compares with others across APAC and learn practical ways to close common gaps in GRC and data management.
About the Speakers
Matthew Meldrum
Senior Sales Engineer, Riskonnect
With over a decade in implementing and selling risk software, Matthew brings a wealth of experience from having worked with some of the largest companies in the world to provide realistic, achievable roadmaps to drive organisational change and process improvement through technology. He specialises in helping organisations understand and prioritise their needs and next steps so that they can begin their journey with the end in mind.
Simon Levy
Chief Executive Officer, RMIA
Simon has 20 years of experience as a risk professional and has collaborated closely with senior executives for globally recognised brands and organisations contributing to strategic intent by ensuring accountability for effective risk mitigation.
BWC | Mastering Risk Workshop Facilitation
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm Thursday, 27 November 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm Friday, 28 November 2025
Delivery: Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,440.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $1,725.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Come experience this immersive workshop, presented by our Training Partner - Bryan Whitefield Consulting, that will provide you with the confidence to tackle the online environment while building your skill set for the future.
Modified for online facilitation using a range of collaboration tools that will make sure your workshops are engaging and effective.
About
This course is for risk professionals seeking mastery in risk workshop facilitation. To move beyond mechanical processes for collecting a list of risks. You will be given a process for preparing for engaging workshops, shown techniques for facilitating effective conversations and be introduced to a range of tools to provide insights to the business so they can make better sense of their world.. As a result, you will be more valued, more trusted, and will be invited to provide your advice before decisions are made.
Course Overview
Two half-day online interactive workshops with ample time to participate and practice your facilitation skills.
One: Preparation
Objectives – Context and scope
Team – Politics, culture and capability
Facility – Optimising and working with constraints
Analysis – Tools and techniques to provide insights
Two: Facilitation
Framing – Introducing, confirming and clarifying
Conversations – Initiating, guiding and ending
Tipping points – Navigating dominance, bias and silence
Collation – Priorities, breadth and depth
Three: Post-Mortem
Objectives check – Alignment with values and goals
Reality check – Fact check, resource check, pub-test check
Learning Objectives
How to prepare for a workshop to maximise the value delivered to participants.
Understand the key to an engaging workshop no matter the participants, the location or the time available.
Learn how to deliver strong insights to decision makers before, during and after the workshop.
Experience the value of key tools and techniques for managing politics, bias and difficult people.
Format of the Course
Online run over two half-days. An interactive workshop with ample time to participate, share and network.
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
BWC | Building Risk Teams that Drive Results: Insights from Bryan Whitefield Webinar
Webinar Details
Time: 10:00 - 10:30am AEDT
Date: 26 November 2025
Venue: Online (Microsoft Teams Webinar)
Registration Fee: Free
About the Webinar
Many risk teams work incredibly hard—but still struggle to gain traction, influence decision-making, or build trust across the business. So what separates the teams that thrive from the ones that feel stuck?
Join us for a free, interactive Q&A with Bryan Whitefield, lead facilitator of RMIA’s Enterprise Risk Management Course, as he breaks down the real-world challenges risk teams face and the steps that make the biggest difference.
In this session, Bryan will dive into:
The most common issues holding risk teams back
How these challenges shape the way the business sees the risk function
The practical strategies that help teams lift capability and increase their impact
What changes organisations can expect as their ERM maturity grows
Your questions—answered live
If you want clearer direction on how to strengthen your organisation’s risk capability—or you’re considering ERM training for your team—this webinar will provide valuable insights you can put into action.
ABM Risk Partnership | Mastering Project Risk
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm Monday, 24 November 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $990.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $1,320.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 8
For many organisations, project management fails to effectively align to their risk management framework. The statistics speak for themselves with >15% of large-scale IT projects failing, and approximately 50% of others facing significant challenges that compromise objectives, clearly highlighting the substantial risks associated with inadequate project risk management practices.
These two half day workshops will:
Guide you through the fundamental concepts of project risk management, how it supports all stages of the project from concept through to delivery and Business as Usual
Help develop your understanding of the importance of alignment of project methodology with risk management strategies
Demonstrate how aligning project management and risk practices through actionable strategies that mitigate risks can enhance project outcomes
These workshops have broad application to multiple types of projects and is designed to bring a foundational understanding of project risk to non-risk professionals, and project management to risk professionals. The course will appeal to those involved in project development and delivery, as a project manager, a risk professional, or for those with the need to have a greater understanding of how to align both to increase the likelihood of project success - on time, on budget, in accordance with scope and design.
Format of the Course
Online run over two half-days. An interactive workshop with ample time to participate, share and network.
About the Trainer
Brett Palmer
Founding Partner, ABM Risk Partnership
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, ABM Risk Partnership.
Adaptive Cultures | Workshop | Storytelling for Impact in Risk Communication
Event Details
Date: 20 November 2025
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Delivery: Online
Registration fee:
Member $440 incl GST
Non-member $550 incl GST
CPD Points: 4
About Event
The stories we tell and the case studies we share about risk and risk events can make an enormous impact on what people remember and how they respond to risks. In this seminar, Adaptive Cultures (Andrew and Deanna) will share story and narrative methodologies that can help lift risk awareness in your organisation. Topics include:
The brain science behind storytelling
Connecting the head and the heart through storytelling
Structuring stories for impact
Ways to share stories and case studies to reinforce the cultural journey
About the Trainers
DeAnna Burton
Adaptive Cultures - Risk Culture Practice Lead
DeAnna works with organisations and leaders to deepen the alignment of risk management, risk culture, and risk outcomes. She has over 20 years' financial services experience in Australia and the US in a variety of business arenas, including culture integration for a complex merger, designing a risk culture framework and initiatives to uplift risk culture maturity, survey design, senior leadership development programs and coaching.
Andrew Brown
Adaptive Cultures – Director and Co-Founder
Andrew is a director and co-founder of Adaptive Cultures. He has lectured, written, worked and consulted extensively in the field of risk management and risk culture. He believes that how we think about (and what we believe about) risk and consequences has a profound impact on ourselves, our organisations, our society and our planet. Andrew has held executive positions across the Asia Pacific region. These include Chief Actuary for AXA Life Singapore, Chief Financial Officer for Philippine AXA Life.
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
RMIA QLD Chapter | Risk Cuppa
Event Details
Time: 9:00am - 10:00pm AEST
Date: 18 November 2025
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: Free
Join the RMIA Qld Chapter Committee for an interactive roundtable where risk professionals come together to share success stories, lessons learned, and fresh ideas. Whether you’re ready to share your own experiences or simply want to listen, connect, and be inspired — this is your chance to be part of an energising and supportive conversation.
Hosted by: Gabriella Soares - RMIA QLD Chapter Committee Member
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Bryan Whitefield
Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+10:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Monday, 10 November 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Tuesday 11 November 2025
Venue:
Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Bryan Whitefield
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.