Finance Monthly Global Awards 2016 Edition

59 FINANCE MONTHLY Finance Monthly Global Awards 2016 RISK MANAGEMENT FIRM OF THE YEAR Winner: red24 is a risk management company delivering a range of products and services to businesses, organisations and individuals around the world. We have an unparalleled reputation for assisting clients in minimising risks to their personnel, operations and profitability. We are very excited about being awarded the Risk Management Firm of the Year for the second year running, which affirms the commitment we make in providing top-tier products and services to our clients. red24 continues to expand and grow, developing our service offerings, and providing assistance to clients needing risk mitigation strategies and direct support. We aim to continue achieving excellence in our products and in how we supply these to clients, to ensure that their comprehensive risk management needs are met. Firm Profile red24 offers a full suite of travel safety and risk management services. These include a comprehensive website of country intelligence and security advice, alerts of breaking news incidents, customised travel risk reports and a 24/7 hotline. We also offer check-in, safety confirmation, meet-and-greet, security drivers and close protection services, and have extensive experience in evacuating clients from life-threatening situations. Indeed, through 2015 and into 2016 we have evacuated numerous clients from various countries. In one series of operations, we evacuated 54 people, in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake, utilising helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft and road vehicles. In addition, we have a highly experienced team dealing with kidnap for ransom and extortion (KRE), as well as piracy, resolution and mitigation. Their track record has again been proven over the last year with the resolution of a number of successful cases. red24 continues to develop and improve our technology-based services to offer more interactive and cutting-edge ways for clients to access our services. Our TravelTracker tool is a powerful online application allowing organisations to access their employees’ travel data through its user-friendly interface. Organisations are alerted to security issues as they occur, and are instantly able to view the whereabouts of their entire global employee base. red24 also continues to develop new mobile phone applications. Among other features, these new applications provide geo-located alerts of security and travel incidents, display key risk information about countries and offer an SOS notification in case of an emergency. Preparation is another key element of risk management and red24 offers a range of travel, security, crisis management and contingency planning training. This can be offered face-to-face by highly qualified and experienced personnel or via our e-learning platform, which provides interactive and scalable travel safety training. Our various business units also provide ad-hoc webinars to keep clients informed and engaged. red24 works extensively in the food and product safety sectors and our specialists are all leaders in their fields, offering unparalleled support in the food, pharmaceutical, restaurant and automotive industries, among others. Our product risk services include managing recalls, developing quality assurance systems, maintaining regulatory compliance, crisis media and public relations management, offering accredited training courses, crisis simulation exercises and auditing. red24 completed the acquisition of RISQ Worldwide on 1 July 2015, providing red24 with an established presence in the Asia market and allowing red24 to develop and expand RISQ Worldwide’s suite of corporate investigation, due diligence, employment background screening and High Net Worth (HNW) risk mitigation services to red24’s global client base. Likewise, our host of other services are now being rolled out to the Asia market from a solid and established footing. “With our comprehensive range of services, high-end technology and extensive level of experience and expertise, we can offer clients an end-to-end risk management solution on a global scale. We are very proud of what we have achieved over the last year and look forward to continually improving our platforms and service.” – Maldwyn Worsley-Tonks, red24 CEO. red24 is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market and has offices in London, New York, Cape Town, Munich, Singapore and Hong Kong. In addition, red24 has a global network of multi-disciplinary vetted consultants. red24 operates a 24/7 Crisis Response Management (CRM) Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, which coordinates our activities across the globe and is available at all times to assist clients. red24’s CRM Centre is compliant with the ISO27001 (Information Security Management System) and ISO9001 (Quality Management System) international standards. UNITED KINGDOM Contact Details Tel: +44 203 291 2424 Email: enquiries@red24.com Web: www.red24.com www.red24plc.com