Risk Management Priorities: Joe Restoule, President of RIMS

Because of the economic conditions, risks to organizations - from the inside and out - are at a critical high. Risk managers at public and private organizations are forced to make careful decisions on how to invest scarce resources. In an exclusive interview, Joe Restoule, President of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), discusses: The top risk management issues of 2009; How risk managers should focus their available resources; Advice for professionals looking to start a career in risk management. Restoule currently serves as RIMS president. He has served on RIMS board since 2001 in various capacities, including vice president and secretary. RIMS is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management. Founded in 1950, RIMS represents more than 4,000 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable and governmental entities. The Society serves more than 10,500 risk management professionals around the world.