Background
Christopher E. Mandel, RIMS-CRMP, RIMS Fellow, CPCU, CCSA, ARM-E,
AIC, writes on
claims management topics for IRMI.com.
Mr. Mandel is senior vice president of strategic solutions for Sedgwick,
Inc., and the director of the Sedgwick Institute, where he is responsible for
helping the company reach its strategic vision of serving the evolving needs of
its current and future customers, as well as helping lead the industry to the
next level and beyond.
He also is founder, president, and managing consultant of Excellence in Risk
Management, LLC, and is an adjunct professor at Florida State and George Mason
Universities (GMU). He is also on the CRO Executive Development Program
Advisory Council at GMU. Mr. Mandel has more than 30 years leadership positions
and accomplishments in large corporate global risk management.
He currently holds various board or advisory appointments to various
industry related organizations. He was a key leader in the Risk Management
Society including president, elected a founding member of Risk Who’s Who in
2008, named Risk Manager of the Year, and received the Goodell Award for
lifetime achievement (2016), RIMS's highest honor. He is recognized by his
peers as a thought leader in enterprise risk management and related disciplines
and has had continuously running columns in the trade press since 1996.
Mr. Mandel received his bachelor of science in business management from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a master of business
administration in finance from GMU. Between these university programs, he has
been conferred numerous designations, including RIMS-CRMP, CPCU, ARME, and
Certified Trainer in ISO31000. He is a frequent industry speaker and author,
and he contributes to the "Risk Insider" column for Risk and
Insurance magazine. He resides with his wife, Mary Anne, in greater
Nashville, Tennessee.