Dr David Hillson PMP FAPM FIRM MCMI


Dr David Hillson is an international risk management consultant and Director of Risk Doctor & Partners (www.risk-doctor.com), offering specialist risk management consultancy and training. He has wide personal experience in supporting major projects across a range of industries and different countries. He also provides specialist risk management training across the globe. His clients include major organisations in construction, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, transport, fast-moving consumer goods, energy, IT, defence and government.

With over fifteen years consulting experience, David has become recognised internationally as a leading thinker and practitioner in risk management, and he is a popular conference speaker and author on the subject. He has developed a number of innovative approaches to identifying, assessing and managing risk, which have been widely adopted. David is well-known for promoting inclusion of proactive opportunity management in the risk process.

Dr Hillson was elected a Fellow of the UK Association for Project Management (APM) in recognition of his contribution to developing the discipline of risk management. He is past Chairman of the APM Specific Interest Group (SIG) on Risk Management, and co-author of the updated Project Risk Analysis & Management (PRAM) Guide. He is also a Fellow of the UK Institute of Risk Management (IRM).

David Hillson has been active for many years in the global Project Management Institute (PMI®) and was a founder member of the PMI Risk SIG. He received the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award for his sustained contribution to advancing the field of risk management. David is part of the core team responsible for updating the risk management chapter of the PMI Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK®).

Prior to his consulting career, David Hillson was a project manager in a major UK engineering company, responsible for the successful delivery of a number of large projects. He has also been a member of the Chartered Management Institute for many years, reflecting his broad interest in management topics beyond his own specialisms of project and risk management.



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Dr David Hillson
     
Authors - David Hillson & Ruth Murray-Webster