Julia Graham of DLA Piper Elected President of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations

Julia Graham, director of risk management and insurance for the global law firm DLA Piper, is to be the next president of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (“FERMA”). She was elected by the board of FERMA at its meeting before the start of the FERMA Risk Management Forum, which took place in Maastricht. Ms. Graham succeeds former president Jorge Luzzi.

Ms. Graham said, “I am passionate about FERMA. My aim as president will be to take advantage of FERMA’s unique position at the center of risk management in Europe. We have some projects already under development, such as European certification for risk managers and our 2014 Benchmarking Survey. Others will be new. I believe our role is to inspire, educate, and influence, just as we have said for the forum, and that philosophy will inform my two years as president.”