Future of the planet - developing big ideas for big risks

Graeme completed a successful career in the Royal Air Force which spanned more than 2 decades. This included roles commanding an operational flying unit, as well as several strategic planning appointments within the UK Ministry of Defence. His final post was as air domain subject matter expert for the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, working with various other Government departments in support of the Cabinet Office .
Taking a sabbatical from the Service in 2016-2017, Graeme spent 16 months in the Middle East working for a major US-based aerospace firm, Rockwell Collins. In this role he was employed to help set-up a new Government-facing Business Unit, with his position based in Dubai but holding responsibility for the entire Middle East & Africa region.

After completing a business transformation project for Airbus Defence and Space in 2018, Graeme joined Collins Aerospace in January 2019 in a Business Development role, with responsibility for UK, Ireland, and Israel within the Military Avionics and Helicopters team. He has since expanded this portfolio to include BENELUX, South Africa, and much of Eastern Europe.

Outside of his role with Collins Aerospace, Graeme runs a small sports management company looking after two professional golfers and is a qualified and practicing Non-Executive Director. He is also an RAF Reservist, working closely with the Defence Concepts and Doctrine Centre on their forthcoming Futures publication, Global Strategic Trends 7, primarily as an interface between the publication team and the business community.

Vicky Roberts-Mills is Global Head of Energy Transition at AXA XL, the property, casualty and specialty division of AXA.

She has more than 20 years’ experience in insurance and risk management in the energy and transition sector. As well as structuring large and complex insurance placements and programmes, she has managed the most effective allocation of risk across stakeholders and driven risk-based decision-making into risk retention and risk transfer decisions.

Vicky joined AXA XL from AON in November 2023, where she was Offshore Renewables Leader, overseeing the London renewables business line. At BP, she held various senior positions over 18 years, including leading the global insurance team and managing business-wide risk management and governance strategies.

Richard started his career in 1997 with Fujitsu in a management accounting role. He then held various finance, projects and risk roles at SITA.aero and then at British Gas (including their FCA regulated business, and being a member of their Captive Board). Richard joined Thames Water in 2014 and moved to a Divisional CFO position in 2016, then in March 2018, moved into the role of Director of Risk, Audit & Assurance. In September 2022, Richard joined Portakabin as Head of Risk & Internal Audit with a remit to build best in class risk management and internal audit functions for a high growth, high margin business. Richard is also a non-executive director of AIRMIC.