Consultants

MANAGING CONSULTANT

Jack Gordon

Jack Gordon has been consulting in corporate risk management for the past twenty-five years, with prior background in loss control engineering, university lecturing in finance and risk (Cal Berkeley, University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, and the University of Dar Es Salaam business schools), and in corporate insurance brokering and accounts management (with a large international brokerage). 

His areas of consulting expertise include enterprise risk management, engineering, and technical risk assessment, actuarial analysis and risk modeling, corporate insurance programs, insurance policy forms, and rating and documentation of insurance claims.

Jack is knowledgeable in all aspects of corporate risk management, notably ERM and insurance.

He also has considerable experience in project risk management (PRM) of large industrial and infrastructure projects. 

Education

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
Master's in Mechanical Engineering (Combustion and Heat Transfer)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
MBA in Finance and Accounting

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Post-Graduate Certificate in Decision Science and Risk Management

QUEEN MARY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Post-Graduate Certificate in Insurance Law

Professional Credentials

• Professional Engineer, APEGA
• Certified Management Consultant, Canadian Association of Management Consultants
• Fellow, Insurance Institute of Canada
• Certified Internal Auditor, Institute of Internal Auditors
• Canadian Risk Management Designation, CRIMS
• Certification in Risk Management Assurance, Institute of Internal Auditors
• Certified Risk Management Professional, Project Management Institute
• Certified Business Continuity Professional, Disaster Recovery Institute

Junior CONSULTANT and administrator

Sarah Eve White

Sarah Eve is a junior consultant at Sigma Risk and administrative manager of most of the firm's risk assessment, risk management, and insurance assignments. Her skill set includes risk modeling of catastrophic events (usually Monte Carlo using @Risk), OptionPower software, insurance audit, and tender processes and documents, and ERM frameworks and processes. Since joining Sigma Risk in 2018, Sarah Eve has worked for banks, energy companies, municipalities, governments, utilities, and P3's.

Education

QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
B.A.H. (Applied Economics)

Professional Credentials

• Canadian Risk Management Designation, RIMS

• OIL Technical Accreditation, OIL Insurance Limited

PROCESS SAFETY CONSULTANT

David Allen

Dr. David Allen has forty years of risk work experience in the petroleum, chemical, and nuclear industries. He has worked as a consultant in the area of risk and safety analysis, conducting a wide variety of process safety and cat risk studies and modeling for clients that include AltaGas, Canadian International Oil Corp, Entergy, Harvest Energy, the New York Power Authority, BP Ohio, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, National Gas Company of Trinidad, Foster Wheeler, EG&G Rocky Flats, Chevron, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy.

As a Sigma Risk Associate since 1998, Dr. Allen has been an active consulting team member on more than fifty Sigma Risk assignments for refinery, nuclear, utility, LNG, propane, chemical, industrial, port, and regulatory organizations. 

Education

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
Master's in Chemical Engineering
PhD in Chemical Engineering

Professional Credentials

• Professional Engineer, APEGA
• Senior Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Consultant

Emily Gruber

Emily has six years of risk engineering and risk management experience and is a consultant and engineer at Sigma Risk, working on risk engineering, asset valuation, risk assessment and enterprise risk assignments. She has specialised risk knowledge and experience in the financial and infrastructure sectors.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
Bachelor of Engineering (Nanotechnology)

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Master of Engineering (Computer Engineering) Master of Business Administration

Professional Credentials

• CRM, Canadian Risk and Insurance Society
• CIRSC, ISACA
• Engineer in Training, APEGA

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT: it and cyber risk

Ed Gilchrist

Ed Gilchrist has been involved in project management of IT systems for more than twenty-five years, including employment at City of Edmonton, Enbridge, Kenonic Controls, DMR, and for a variety of corporate clients, including Trans Canada Pipe Line, Agricore, and Utilicorp. As a Sigma Risk team member, he specializes in assignments involving ERM and cyber & IT risk assessment, mitigation, and business continuity. 

Education

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Bachelors in both Physics and in Mechanical Engineering
MBA in Management Science

Professional Credentials

• Professional Engineer, APEGA

• Certified Project Manager

• Certified in Risk & Information Systems Control (CRISC)

JUNIOR CONSULTANT

Xavier Beriault

Based in Montreal, Xavier is a junior consultant on Quebec and international enterprise risk assignments, as well as responsible for data gathering, analysis, and French translation on assignments for the Canadian Federal government or in French-speaking Africa or Caribbean countries.