ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr. David Hillson, PMI Fellow, Hon FAPM, FIRM, FRSA, FCMI, CMgr, is The Risk Doctor. He is an international risk management consultant and director of Risk Doctor & Partners (www.risk-doctor.com). He is recognized globally as a leading thinker and expert practitioner in risk management, and he has made several innovative contributions to the field. He consults, writes, and speaks widely on the topic and has received several awards for his work. David’s consulting, speaking, and writing is shaped by his motto, “Understand profoundly so you can explain simply,” which ensures that his work represents both sound thinking and practical application.

David has more than 25 years of experience in risk consulting, and he has worked in more than 40 countries, providing support to clients in every major industry sector. David’s input includes strategic direction to organizations facing major risk challenges, as well as tactical advice on achieving value and competitive advantage from effectively managing risk.

David is active in the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and received the PMI Project Management Excellence Award (2011), the PMI Fellow Award (2010), and the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award (2002) to recognize his work in developing project risk management. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the UK Association for Project Management (APM), where he has contributed to the risk discipline over many years.

David Hillson is an active Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) to contribute to its Risk Commission. He is also a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

David can be contacted at david@risk-doctor.com.

Peter Simon, BSc, PMP, FAPM, has more than 30 years of experience as a project management consultant and practitioner across all industries and business sectors.

In his early career he worked for a variety of organizations across the oil and gas, utilities, and transportation sectors as a project management and project services practitioner and was responsible for all aspects of project planning and control and risk management for projects based in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East.

In his later career he has achieved significant success in building the project management consultancy and training arms of the PM Professional group of companies, in addition to many years as a successful freelance project management consultant and a period as European Technical Director for ESI International. Peter is now a director of Lucidus Consulting Limited (www.lucidusconsulting.com).

Peter was chairman of the UK Association for Project Management’s (APM) Risk Management Specific Interest Group for four years and was project manager and managing editor of the APM PRAM Guide, published in October 1997. He is a Fellow of APM, a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), a Visiting Fellow of Cranfield University School of Management, and lecturer at ESCP Business School in London.

In addition to this book, Peter is coauthor of Starting Out in Project Management, a study guide for APM qualifications.

Peter can be contacted at peter@lucidusconsulting.com.