DWBE - 012 - Olympics and Risk

Riding the Wave-Project Management for Emergency Managers

Sponsored by the MS in ERM Program at Yeshiva University's Katz School: www.yu.edu/katz/programs/graduate/ms-risk In this episode we spoke with Prakash Vanguri about risk and the Olympics. Prakash Vanguri is the Head of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function at Healthfirst and adjunct faculty member in the Master of Science in Enterprise Risk Management at Yeshiva University’s Katz School. He is a thought leader with over 15 years of ERM experience and served U.S. and emerging markets. In his role, he works closely with Healthfirst’s Board and Executive Leadership in identifying, assessing and quantifying key enterprise risks that could impede the achievement of Healthfirst’s strategic objectives. Prior to Healthfirst, Mr. Vanguri was the Director of ERM for Cambia Health Solutions (formerly Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield), a family of more than 25 health care companies dedicated to transforming health care. He also spent several years with Deloitte in their Governance Regulatory and Risk Services practice and had the unique opportunity to design and deliver customized ERM solutions for several Fortune 100 companies and quasi-governmental agencies. For more on this, see our article: https://blogs.yu.edu/news/olympics-games-post-unique-challenges-for-erm/