Airmic has selected Claire Combes to succeed Tracey Skinner as chair of Airmic, effective 1 September. As a board member of the risk management association since 2016, Combes currently chairs the risk committee to develop Airmic’s strategy for improving the support and technical content of risk managers. She is also a member of the audit committee, membership and marketing committee, and executive committee. In preparation for her role of chair, Combes will sit on the audit committee for the risk management and insurance association, which boasts over 350 corporate members and 1,500 individual members. Her experience in risk management spans several senior roles, including director of risk and assurance at easyJet, risk, audit and insurance professional at Heartwood Risk Services, and director of risk and assurance at Intu. Combes is the fifth appointment to Airmic’s board in 2021, following the appointment of Amanda Craib, head of group IT, cyber security and data risk at HSBC. Other board appointments made this year are Richard Hoult, head of risk, audit and assurance at Thames Water, and Alison Quinlivan, international risk and insurance leader at Google. Risk finance and insurance practitioner Glenn Ellis was also appointed to the newly-created role of ESG ambassador to lead Airmic’s ESG project group. Furthermore, Julia Graham was named CEO of Airmic last April. Graham comments: “I am delighted to welcome Claire Combes into the role of chair and I am looking forward to working with her during her term of office.” “Supported by Tracey Skinner as immediate past chairman, Tim Graham as first deputy chairman and Fiona Davidge as second deputy chairman, we have a marvellous and talented executive to help us navigate what remains some still quite choppy times ahead.” Combes adds: “As the risk management profession continues to increase in relevance, Airmic is positioned to support all risk or insurance managers, increasing their technical skills and personal development.”
