Chris Duncan, CPCU, ARM

Chris Duncan contributes to the enterprise risk management column of IRMI.com.

As McCart's chief operating and financial officer, Mr. Duncan has a varied career in diverse companies (entrepreneurial and large public companies), with leadership positions in senior management, finance, operations, risk management and insurance, as well as on boards of for profit and not-for-profit entities. The McCart Insurance Group is a privately held property casualty, benefits, and HR outsourcing company serving medium to large companies across the United States, and via its position as Georgia's only Assurex Global Partner.

His background includes chief operating officer of a public company in the alternative energy arena, managing director of Marsh in Atlanta, Georgia, the airline industry's first chief risk officer at Delta Air Lines, and multiple positions within the PepsiCo companies of Frito-lay (Dallas) and KFC (Louisvillle, KY), including risk management/security executive leadership, and finance/strategic planning and new restaurant concept development. He started his career at Ford Motor Company in Detroit and also held early career positions in consulting with Coopers & Lybrand and Towers Perrin (a risk management consulting firm).

Active in the community, he also is the vice chairman of "Open Hand" (Atlanta based meal delivery nonprofit, delivering over 1 million meals annually in the Atlanta metro area to the disadvantaged, sick, and recovering needy of the area), and board member of The American Geographical Society, the nation's oldest professional geography organization, based in New York.

Mr. Duncan has a BA degree in business administration and an MBA in finance and risk management, both from the University of Georgia, and was named Alumnus of the Year (2003) for the Terry College of Business Risk Management and Insurance Program, the University of Georgia.

Articles on IRMI.com

Risk Management: Enterprise Risk Management

Where Was Enterprise Risk Management? (November 2008)