Risk Matters
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Hosted by Jeanne Johns, this series will dive deep into operational risk management, sharing strategies, stories, and solutions that help organisations stay ahead of the curve.
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The series covers crucial topics such as operational risk management strategies, process safety, and industry transformation after significant events, with episodes like the Texas City Explosion: the Aftermath featuring lessons learned and continuous improvements in safety protocols.

Hosted by Jeanne Johns, this series will dive deep into operational risk management, sharing strategies, stories, and solutions that help organisations stay ahead of the curve.
In this episode of Risk Matters, host Jeanne Johns talks with Pilko AI Advisors Ron Dowdell, former CIO, Navy OPNAV N1 Staff and current Managing Director, Pilko & Associates and Mike McFarlane, former Director, Regional Lead for Production Digitalization, BASF and current Advisor, Pilko & Associates about how artificial intelligence is transforming safety, risk management, and operational excellence – and how leaders can strategically embrace this fast-evolving technology to build safer, smarter operations.
About Pilko & Associates: Pilko & Associates marks its 45th year as the trusted advisor to deal leaders and senior executives on operational EHS and ESG risks and liabilities in the global chemical and energy industries. Since 1980, the firm has provided guidance on transactions totaling more than $600 billion, encompassing facilities across 80 nations, including some of the most prominent deals spanning the last five decades.
Pilko’s advisors have an average of 38 years of relevant professional experience in operational and executive roles with major energy and chemical companies.

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