Natural catastrophes can be costly and deadly. But in seeking to become more resilient, businesses must consider not only today’s catastrophes but also the long-term effects of climate change.
This episode of Marsh’s Risk in Context podcast features Marsh’s Renata Elias, Bev Adams, and Rich Wall on how companies can become more resilient to the effects of natural catastrophes and climate change.
Senior Vice President, Marsh Advisory
United States
Renata Elias is a Senior Engagement Lead within Marsh Advisory’s Strategic Risk Consulting Practice. She provides counsel and support to clients across a range of industries on organisational resilience including crisis management, emergency response, workplace violence, crisis communications, business continuity, pandemic response planning, reputational risk, and disaster and crisis response.
Head of Client Engagement and Consulting Director, Strategic Risk Practice, Marsh Advisory
United Kingdom
Dr. Bev Adams leads the ESG and climate consulting services within Marsh’s Advisory practice. She is an internationally recognised specialist in property flood resilience (PFR) and adaptation, establishing Flood Re’s nationwide event response programme and driving change via the UK Government’s PFR Roundtable business adoption pathway. She worked for the World Bank before joining Marsh McLennan in 2012 and has a PhD in coastal risk management from University College London.
Head of Natural Hazards Consulting, Marsh Advisory
United States
Richmond Wall is the Head of Natural Hazards Consulting within Marsh Advisory. He leads Marsh’s CatDQ team, using his expertise in construction and engineering, to develop high-quality data for Marsh’s clients to use in modelling. He has 28 years of risk management engineering experience, specialising in catastrophic natural hazards consulting, business continuity planning, and property risk control.
