BRIAN ROYLETT IS the new president of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia (RMIA). Roylett, whose appointment was announced at the RMIA annual general meeting in Perth, WA, last month, is the principal of Perth- based Roylett Risk Management and for merly national risk manager at Insurance Australia Group.

The new vice president is Peter Napier, risk manager at Ipswich City Council, Queensland, and finance direc tor is Peter Brass, risk manager with South Australia’s Department of Primary Industries and Resources.

During the RIMA annual conference, the industry body also named Leighton Holdings executive general manager, risk management, David Hudson, its 2008 Risk Manager of the Year.

Since 2004, Leighton has built a well established project risk management pro cess throughout the group to actively implement initiatives to better identify, mitigate and respond to potential threats. The RMIA judging panel selected Hud son as the RMOY recipient in acknowl edgement of the leadership, technical and management expertise he and his team have demonstrated.

Among his achievements, Hudson has delivered more consistent project out comes, compared to budget, that have con tributed to improved group profitability, as well as reducing the Leighton’s risk profile by lowering its dependence on hard-dollar risk transfer projects.

“David Hudson is a very worthy recipient of the 2008 Risk Manager of the Year Award because of his consider able achievements in advancing risk management within his own company and more broadly to industry and busi ness,” said outgoing RMIA president Grant Whitehorn.