Alyson Warhurst is CEO and founder of risk analysis and mapping company Maplecroft. Coming from an academic background, Warhurst now advises global companies and organizations at the board level on issues including global and political risks, human rights, ethical supply chains, corporate reputation and responsibility. She is a consultant to the World Economic Forum and has, for many years, been part of the faculty; she is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative and on the Board of Trustees at Transparency International UK. From 1999 to 2009 Warhurst was Chair of Strategy and International Development at Warwick Business School, where she won the inaugural global Faculty Pioneer “Beyond Grey Pinstripes Award” (called by the Financial Times the “Business School Oscars”) and regularly won the “Outstanding Teacher Award.” Following her early retirement to lead Maplecroft, she was made an Honorary Professor in 2010. She has written several books and more than 100 articles, including a regular column for Business Week. In 2010, Warhurst was a recipient of a Business Insurance Magazine “Women to Watch” award. Over the last 10 years, Warhurst has built Maplecroft into the leading source of extra-financial risk intelligence for the world’s largest multinational corporations, banks and asset managers, governments and NGOs. In a time of geo-political upheaval and an unprecedented rise in conflict, natural disasters and resource insecurity, Maplecroft’s products and services comprise a vital element in the risk management processes and resilience-building of international organizations – whether business, governmental or not-for-profit. This is exemplified by the company’s award-winning Global Risks Portfolio, which combines expert analysis of risks and resilience at local, country, issue, sector and company levels, with rigorously researched quantitative indices and state-of-the-art mapping technology. These online resources provide vital horizon scanning solutions that enable organizations to identify annual trends and monitor risks to operations, supply chains, investments and assets, such as oil reserves, pipelines, development projects, infrastructure and manufacturing zones.

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