Passionately mitigating risks in the workplace
Mario English is the officer of risk management services at the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF).
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With the vision to be a leading and model pension fund, the GIPF has made it a priority to manage and mitigate risks in its business processes. For a fully funded pension fund with a mission to safeguard and grow the fund for the benefit of its members, risk management is pivotal in its business processes as it identifies, assesses, and controls threats to its capital and earnings.
“Being part of the GIPF has been magnificent,” says English. He attributes his statement to the Fund’s culture which allows him to perform his duties to the best of his ability which adds value to the GIPF’s internal and external processes.
English holds a degree in accounting from the University of Namibia and is working towards completing an honours degree in risk management. His daily duties include providing risk advice to all business divisions, enhancing and implementing enterprise risk management (ERM) monitoring and analysis, and creating awareness of ERM. He is also the support officer on risk to the board of trustees, the chief executive officer and the entire management team.
Growing and accomplishing
English says his motivation to study was to secure a great career, but not to specifically end up in it. “I never thought that I would find myself in this career. I initially wanted to become a chartered accountant and in 2015 decided to change focus in my career and went on to study risk management.” He added that his biggest accomplishment is being able to provide value and act as a risk advisor to other businesses GIPF engages in.
Venturing onto a path which he loves, English says the best thing about his daily duties is the constant lessons he learns when executing them. He believes growth comes with learning and experiencing many situations which offer different lessons and equip an individual to adapt to change. Learning to be a great team player allows one to effectively work and move along with the rest of the team. In addition to these qualities, “you need to have integrity, strive for service excellence, be empathetic, humble, courageous and stay focused.”
Free time is considered precious and a time to restructure and rejuvenate, hence when English gets time off work, he dedicates time to his loved ones, worship, reading and playing soccer.
He says risk management is an evolving career. “All businesses should have risk management embedded in their operations to be able to make better and informed decisions for future business sustainability. We can expect a high demand for risk professionals in 2022 and for years to come,” English says.
With the vision to be a leading and model pension fund, the GIPF has made it a priority to manage and mitigate risks in its business processes. For a fully funded pension fund with a mission to safeguard and grow the fund for the benefit of its members, risk management is pivotal in its business processes as it identifies, assesses, and controls threats to its capital and earnings.
“Being part of the GIPF has been magnificent,” says English. He attributes his statement to the Fund’s culture which allows him to perform his duties to the best of his ability which adds value to the GIPF’s internal and external processes.
English holds a degree in accounting from the University of Namibia and is working towards completing an honours degree in risk management. His daily duties include providing risk advice to all business divisions, enhancing and implementing enterprise risk management (ERM) monitoring and analysis, and creating awareness of ERM. He is also the support officer on risk to the board of trustees, the chief executive officer and the entire management team.
Growing and accomplishing
English says his motivation to study was to secure a great career, but not to specifically end up in it. “I never thought that I would find myself in this career. I initially wanted to become a chartered accountant and in 2015 decided to change focus in my career and went on to study risk management.” He added that his biggest accomplishment is being able to provide value and act as a risk advisor to other businesses GIPF engages in.
Venturing onto a path which he loves, English says the best thing about his daily duties is the constant lessons he learns when executing them. He believes growth comes with learning and experiencing many situations which offer different lessons and equip an individual to adapt to change. Learning to be a great team player allows one to effectively work and move along with the rest of the team. In addition to these qualities, “you need to have integrity, strive for service excellence, be empathetic, humble, courageous and stay focused.”
Free time is considered precious and a time to restructure and rejuvenate, hence when English gets time off work, he dedicates time to his loved ones, worship, reading and playing soccer.
He says risk management is an evolving career. “All businesses should have risk management embedded in their operations to be able to make better and informed decisions for future business sustainability. We can expect a high demand for risk professionals in 2022 and for years to come,” English says.
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