Consultants


 

MANAGING CONSULTANT

Jack Gordon

Jack Gordon has been consulting in corporate risk management for the past twenty-five years. His prior background included loss control engineering, university lecturing on 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, corporate insurance programs and policy forms, risk engineering and technical risk assessment, actuarial analysis and risk modeling and insurance claims.

 

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 Chartered Insurance Professional, 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

 

 

CONSULTANT and PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR

Sarah Eve White

Sarah Eve is a 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, risk management software, insurance audit, insurance tender processes and documents, and ERM frameworks and processes. Since joining Sigma Risk in 2018, Sarah Eve has worked for clients that include banks, energy companies, municipalities, governments and government organizations, regulators, healthcare providers, utilities, and P3's.

 

Education

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

YORKVILLE UNIVERSITY
Masters Arts In Psychology (in progress)

Professional Credentials

• Canadian Risk Management Designation, RIMS
• Member, Society of Risk Management Consultants
• 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 public/worker safety analysis, conducting a wide variety of process safety and cat risk studies and modeling for clients.

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

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

 

 
 

CONSULTANT: CREDIT, CYBER and ERM

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 specialized risk knowledge and experience in the financial and infrastructure sectors, and leads many of the firms ERM projects.

 

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

 

 

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.

 

Education

UNIVERSITY OF MONCTON
Bachelor of Arts

UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
Master of Arts (Political Science)

UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE-LE MIRAIL
Master of Arts (Philosophy)

UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
Doctor of Philosophy (Organisational Networking Analysis and Political Risk)

McGILL UNIVERSITY
Post-Doctoral Fellowship

 

 

EARTHQUAKE RISK CONSULTANT

Tony Yang

Dr. Tony Yang is a professor at the University of British Columbia in the Civil Engineering department. He has twenty-five years of structural engineering research and analysis experience, specifically focusing research on structural and earthquake engineering. As a consultant, he has conducted numerous earthquake risk assessments on infrastructure from dams to bridges. He sits on three national code committees, including the Standing Committee for the Earthquake Design.

Dr. Yang is a preeminent leader in structural and earthquake engineering, acclaimed for his ground-breaking innovation in performance-based design, structural simulation and testing, robotic inspection and construction, and high performance, carbon-neutral and resilient infrastructure. He has led many large research projects, collaborated with many leading engineering firms worldwide and made significant impacts to the national and international codes. His exceptional leadership and mentorship have inspired and trained numerous highly qualified personnel. His outstanding achievements earned him numerous coveted national and international awards.

Professional Credentials and Committees

• Professional Engineer
• Voting Member of the Standing Committee for Earthquake Design
• Technical Committees in Structural and Earthquake Engineering
• Canadian Construction Material Centre (CCMC) – Structural Scheme Committee.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO
Bachelor of Science (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Masters of Science (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

 

 
 

GEOHAZARD RISK and GIS CAPABILITY

Brad Culver

Brad Culver has thirty-five years experience both as a geophysicist and in technical field operations. He has worked on geophysical and geohazard studies in Canada, the U.S., Argentina, Trinidad, Colombia and the Canadian Arctic.  His skill set includes geohazard risk assessment, GIS graphics, and hydrocarbon operational risk.

Professional Credentials and Committees

• Association of Professional Engineers and Geophysicist of Alberta (P. Geoph.)
• Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
• Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Education

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science (Geological Science and Geophysics)