The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) is offering insuranceNEWS.com.au readers a discount on their registration for this month’s Risk Forum in Sydney.

The $50 reduction is valid until August 29 by quoting the code RIMSRF14.

The forum will run from August 31-September 2 at the Westin Sydney. Topics include challenges for directors, enterprise risk management in the boardroom and continuity planning.

Marsh GM Risk Consulting Pacific Costa Zakis will speak on managing global supply chains, while FM Global Senior VP of Engineering and Research Brion Callori will explain how property loss prevention adds value to a business.

RIMS Director of Strategic and Enterprise Risk Carol Fox will discuss methods for assessing risk and exploring risk tolerance and appetite.

Keynote speakers include finance commentator Michael Pascoe and pilot David Evans, who was supervising check captain on a Qantas Airbus A380 which survived an uncontained engine explosion near Singapore in November 2010.

Meanwhile, the RIMS Australasia board today announced that Melbourne-based Brad Tymmons has replaced Colin Knox as president. Mr Tymmons is the Enterprise Risk and Insurance Manager at EnergyAustralia.

Mr Knox, the Risk and Assurance Director at Treasury Wines, has taken up a board advisory role. 

Catherine Flynn, Group Head of Risk at Woolworths Australia, has also joined the board.