What does real risk leadership look like when the pressure is on? In this debut episode of The Download — the short-form companion to RiskMasters — host Julien Haye dives deep into risk management and crisis leadership with Brenda Boultwood. Join us as we extract three transformative lessons from her vast experience in banking, energy, and governance.

Learn how to build an effective risk management framework that prioritises culture and clarity, shaping resilience long before a crisis hits. From navigating the 2008 financial crisis at Constellation Energy to redefining risk visibility in the C-suite, this episode reveals how strategic risk and governance can be leveraged as key strengths in leadership.

💡 In this episode:

• Understanding the moral and strategic dimensions of risk leadership in times of crisis
• Brenda’s “sombrero view” — why risk culture is a vital leadership platform for the future
• Insights from Jamie Dimon’s favourite meeting highlighting the essence of lived governance
• Lessons from Aevitium’s work on how risk management contributes to corporate resilience and fosters conversations in governance

🧭 Reflection prompt:

If your organisation faced a near-death experience tomorrow, would risk be viewed as the problem — or the solution to survive?

🎧 Listen to the full episode and more: https://www.aevitium.com/post/brenda-boultwood-on-riskmasters

🎙 On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/riskmasters/id1709495792?i=1000710473825

🎙 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/39kvq1RN8Am7NaPLw1Dbox?si=xj_ktMyGSdm8HYa6rLLzIg

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