Karen Gooch

Risk & Insurance Manager, Essex County Council

Karen has been a risk and insurance professional for 20 years, working the majority of this time in the public sector. In her role as Risk & Insurance Manager she is responsible for ensuring the council has adequate insurance and claims handling arrangements in place. Karen also leads on strategic risk management for the Council.

Steve Mappley

Insurance and Risk Manager, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Steve is Risk and Insurance Manager for RB Windsor and Maidenhead where his role is to determine the Council’s risk management strategy including its risk appetite and key risks along with managing the internal claims handling function. 

Mark Scrivener

Head of Risk & Delivery Assurance, Kent County Council

Mark heads up the Integrated Risk & Delivery Assurance Team at Kent County Council that develops and implements the risk management framework across the Council. He has over ten years’ experience in strategic risk management and has previously held several business planning, business information and performance management related roles. He has been a member of ALARM for ten years and joined the ALARM South East Committee in September 2023. He is a certified member of the Institute of Risk Management, as well as a Management of Risk and Better Business Cases Practitioner. 

Corrina Young

Risk and Technical Officer, London Borough of Waltham Forest

An accomplished risk professional with 30 years’ experience spanning across a range of services within the public sector; and nine years focusing on risk management. 

Corrina has a proven track record of developing, implementing, and embedding an effective risk management framework across the Council that’s supports effective decision making and delivery of objectives.