The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has announced that Crowe Horwath Global Risk Consulting Managing Director for the UK Richard Anderson has been elected chairman of its board of directors with immediate effect. He was previously the IRM deputy chairman.

Based in London (UK), the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) is the world's leading enterprise-wide risk education institute. IRM supports risk professionals by providing the skills and tools needed to put theory into practice in order to deal with the demands of a constantly changing, sophisticated and challenging business environment. They operate internationally, with members and students in over 90 countries, drawn from a variety of risk-related disciplines and a wide range of industries.

Richard is an experienced Risk Management and Corporate Governance consultant. He has worked with a full range of clients from global multi-national corporations to newly listed AIM companies and including a variety of third sector and government organizations. He is the managing director of Crowe Horwath Global Risk Consulting in the UK and coordinates risk advisory services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Crowe Horwath International.

For more information about the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), see www.theirm.org.