Risk management: Opportunity or threat? Positive or Negative? Can project managers still see risks in projects as bad things that cause delays, budget overruns and failure or should the mindset change to ‘no risk, no reward’ and embrace risk as ‘Uncertainty that matters’?
We live in increasingly uncertain times. It is crucial for project, program and portfolio managers to foster a culture that not only mitigates threats but also seeks out beneficial risks if they want to deliver a wide variety of complex projects across multiple industries.
The time for effective and honest project risk management has never been more pressing. We, project professionals, we know the theory, we know how to implement the tools and techniques needed, and we have the required skills. We must now ensure that all projects consider the risks to which they might be exposed (both threats and opportunities) so that promised schedules, cost estimates and benefits reflect the risks. Concurrently, we should resist pushback from sponsoring entities to adjust, ignore or misrepresent any of these measures to satisfy ego.
In this lecture, our speaker will share his experience, and lessons learned while working on projects in the Sugar, Oil & Gas and Mining industries.
The aim of this lecture is to demystify any myths regarding risks and to encourage project management professionals to adopt a different mindset to manage risk effectively with the right risk management maturity.
Ashvind Kumar Choolhun has been involved in plant design, construction and commissioning for the past 17 years. 
He has held different positions including Design Engineer for multiple sugar factories expansion project, Project Engineer for aggregates plant expansion, site-based Quality Engineer for the construction of a Bio-Ethanol Plant in Sierra Leone and Commissioning Lead for a sugar factory expansion project in Zambia. He has also been involved in Oil & Gas depot upgrading works and Cogeneration Plant construction projects. Recently, has been working as a Project Engineer for the supply of equipment for a Gold Mining Project in Ivory Coast.
From September 2017 until March 2022, Ashvind was based in Thailand working on a Sugar Factory construction project as Project Mechanical Engineer.
He is a certified PMP since August 2021, member of PMI, PMI Thailand Chapter since October 2017, PMI Mauritius Chapter since October 2022 and also a member of the Association for Project Management, UK (MAPM) since October 2021.
Risk Management: Insights from Sugar, Oil & Gas, and Mining Projects
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Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Time: 18:15 – 20:30
Fees: 500 THB for members; 700 THB for non-members
Location: Novotel Bangkok Ploenchit Hotel
PDUs: 2 PDUs (1 Ways of Working; 1 Business Acumen)
Registration for this event is closed by 10 AM
This event qualifies for 2 PDUs (1 Business Acumen; 1 Ways of Working). If you are a PMI Thailand Chapter member, these PDUs will be registered for you by the Chapter. If you are not a member, you will have to submit these PDUs yourself. For more information on how to submit PDUs, follow this guideline.
EVENT INFO :
- Speaker:Ashvind Choolhun
- Start Date:September 18, 2024
- Start Time:6:30pm
- End Date:September 18, 2024
- End Time:8:30pm
- Location:Novotel Hotel Ploenchit 566 Ploenchit Road Lumpini, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Website:pmithai.org
- Organizer:PMI Thailand