Julia Graham has been elected the new president of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). She will take over from the current president Jorge Luzzi at the end of the FERMA Risk Management Forum taking place in Maastricht. As president, Julia aims to inspire, educate and influence through projects such as European risk manager certification and FERMA's 2014 benchmarking survey. FERMA also elected a new vice president and re-elected another vice president.

1. Press release
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New president for Federation of European Risk
Management Associations
Maastricht, 29 September 2013
Julia Graham, Director of Risk Management and
Insurance for the global law firm, DLA Piper, is to be
the next President of the Federation of European Risk
Management Associations (FERMA). She was
elected by the board of FERMA at its meeting
before the start of the FERMA Risk Management
Forum, which is now taking place in Maastricht, and
will take over from the current President Jorge Luzzi
at the end of the Forum.
Julia said: “I am passionate about FERMA. My aim as
president will be to take advantage of FERMA’s
unique position at the centre of risk management in
Europe. We have some projects already under
development, such as European certification for risk
managers and our 2014 Benchmarking Survey.
Others will be new. I believe our role is to inspire,
educate and influence, just as we have said for the
Forum, and that philosophy will inform my two years
as president.”
Following her election, Julia thanked Jorge Luzzi for
his contribution to FERMA over the last two years.
“We have had a president who has brought his

2. great enthusiasm for risk management to all our
activities,” she said. “I am delighted he is remaining
on the board and will be able to share his
experience with me.”
The FERMA board also elected a new vice president,
Jo Willaert of the Belgian association BELRIM,and reelected Michel Dennery of the French association
AMRAE as vice president. They join Alessandro De
Felice of the Italian association ANRA as vice
presidents.
Julia joined the board of FERMA in 2010. She led the
programme committee for the Forum 2013 and
serves on the certification working committee.
She also served as chairman of the UK risk
management association Airmic of which she is still a
member. Julia is very active in the international work
on the ISO31000/31004 standards on risk
management, for which she is the FERMA liaison
member and the UK expert. She is a member of the
applicable ISO technical committee and associated
working groups.
Her professional life began in the insurance market
working for Zurich, Aviva and what is now RSA. At
RSA, she moved into the developing area of risk and
compliance. Nine years ago she joined what is now
the world’s largest law firm DLA Piper as its head of
risk management. She is a member of the firm's
board risk committee and a director of the firm's
captive.
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3. About FERMA
The Federation of European Risk Management
Associations (FERMA) brings together 22 national risk
management associations in 20 European countries.
FERMA has 4,200 individual members representing a
wide range of business sectors from major industrial
and commercial companies to financial institutions
and local government bodies. These members play
a crucial role for their organisations with respect to
the management and treatment of complex risks
and insurance issues.
Member associations are from the following
countries: Belgium (BELRIM), Czech Republic (ASPAR
CZ), Denmark (DARIM), Finland (FinnRiMa), France
(AMRAE), Germany (DVS/BfV), Italy (ANRA),
Luxembourg (ALRiM), Malta (MARM), Netherlands
(NARIM), Norway (NORIMA), Poland (POLRISK),
Portugal (APOGERIS), Russia (RusRisk), Slovenia
(Sl.RISK), Spain (AGERS and IGREA), Sweden
(SWERMA), Switzerland (SIRM), Turkey (ERMA) and
United Kingdom (Airmic).