Enterprise Risk Management THOUGHT LEADERS

Sathyanarayanan Sethuraman
Sathyanarayanan Sethuraman is a seasoned executive focusing on customer experience management for Majesco. He is a trusted adviser in the insurance industry in defining a customer-centric target operating model for insurers across geographies.

Hunter Hoffman
Hunter Hoffmann is head of U.S. communications at Hiscox and is responsible for media relations, social media, internal communications and executive messaging. He joined Hiscox in August 2010 and has a B.A. from Trinity College (CT) and an M.B.A. from Cornell University.

Shaun Crawford
Shaun Crawford leads Ernst & Young's $1.4 billion global insurance business. He has been in the financial services industry for 27 years, having worked both in consulting or line management with the majority of European life assurers and U.K. retail banks at some point.

John Merkovsky
John Merkovsky is the global head of Willis Risk & Analytics. From 2001-2013, he served as CEO of Marsh Risk Consulting. He began his career working as a forensic accountant and fraud specialist serving the insurance and legal industry. He is a certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner.

Dave Walker
The Hon. David M. Walker is a former comptroller general of the U.S. and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). He is the honorary chairman of and senior adviser to Marketcore.com, Inc. Dave has more than 40 years of experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. He has led organizations in all three sectors of the economy and has a proven track record of achieving positive transformational change.

Mark Walls
Mark Walls is the vice president, communications and strategic analysis, at Safety National. Mark is also the founder of the Work Comp Analysis Group on LinkedIn, which is the largest discussion community dedicated to workers' compensation issues.

Roberta Anderson
Roberta Anderson is a director at Cohen & Grigsby. She was previously a partner in the Pittsburgh office of K&L Gates. She concentrates her practice in the areas of insurance coverage litigation and counseling and emerging cybersecurity and data privacy-related issues.

Jeff Pettegrew
As a renown workers’ compensation expert and industry thought leader for 40 years, Jeff Pettegrew seeks to promote and improve understanding of the advantages of the unique Texas alternative injury benefit plan through active engagement with industry and news media as well as social media.

Christopher Mandel
Christopher E. Mandel is senior vice president of strategic solutions for Sedgwick and director of the Sedgwick Institute. He pioneered the development of integrated risk management at USAA.

Grace Crickette
Grace Crickette is a leader in enterprise risk management, risk financing, information technology implementation and security, health benefits and compliance, having operated in a variety of industries, ranging from equipment rental to healthcare, not-for-profit to a Fortune 500 and domestic and foreign operations.