Dr Ann Parchment
About
Biography
Ann Parchment is a Fellow of Higher Education and a Certified Management & Business Educator with an MA in Professional education and training from the UCL Institute of Education. Ann commenced her teaching career at UCL School of Management in 2013. Ann achieved Teacher of The Year 2020. She has research interests in the identification and mitigation of risks across disciplines. Ann is passionate about risk identification and has developed and delivered two new modules on Risk:- Strategic Risk Management a Level 7 module and Ethics,Governance and Risk a level 5 module. Ann has led modules at UCL School of Management on (1) Personal and Professional development and (2) Consulting and Research. She has been a visiting lecturer at Cranfield University on Risk Management for Carbon Capture and Storage since 2013.
Ann has developed a novel method for cross-disciplinary hazard identification as part of her PhD from Cranfield University. She brings a wealth of practical risk management experience gained from working for public and private sector clients over a period of 25 years in the insurance sector.
As Senior Vice President and UK Environmental Practice Leader at Marsh Ltd she developed a team and business model to provide financial solutions for insurable and uninsurable exposures which was applied to mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing operations, waste, energy and water infrastructure projects.
Ann has an MBA from City University Bayes Business School and a postgraduate diploma from University of Surrey in Environmental Management and Health. She has a BA (Hons) in Business Studies and is a member of the British Academy of Management and the Chartered Insurance Institute. As a member of the Society of Risk Analysts Ann has presented at iNTeg-Risk Stuttgart 2013, SRA-E Conferences Istanbul 2014, Bath 2016, Östersund 2018, Lund 2023 and Athens 2024.
Ann has participated in a keynote panel discussion: Driving Climate action through environmental and sustainability education and delivered a session on The relevance of teaching risk management in business schools.at the Chartered Association of Business Schools Learning and Teaching Student Experience conference 2022 Belfast. Most recently Ann presented a case study "Delivering responsible risk management education for tomorrows managers:Evidenced by authentic pedagogy" CABS LTSE 2023.
Areas of specialism
University roles and responsibilities
- Teaching Lead For Strategy and International Business
- UN PRME Champion for Surrey Business School
Previous roles
Affiliations and memberships
ResearchResearch interests
My research interests include the identification of risk in hypercomplexity, risks associated with SDGs and climate change. I am also interested in risk management as part of responsible management education.
Research interests
My research interests include the identification of risk in hypercomplexity, risks associated with SDGs and climate change. I am also interested in risk management as part of responsible management education.
Teaching
Ann is passionate about risk management and ensuring risk education is accessble to all. Most recently she has developed, delivered and is convenor for two new risk modules:
MANM489 Strategic Risk Management a level 7 module
MAN2195 Business Ethics, Governance and Risk a level 5 module
Ann Is currently also the module convenor for the Level 6 modules, MAN3090 and MAN3204 International Business Strategy.
She was the module convenor for the following modules from September 2016 to June2024:
MAN1091 Business Skills
MAN1089 Business Decision Making
She has delivered a seminar on Strategic Risk Management as part of the Contemporary Topics Doctoral Program.
Ann has been external examiner for modules on the BSc, Management, International Business, Accounting and MSB at South East Technological University In Ireland from 2020-2024.
As part of Anns role as PRME lead she has embeded responcible management in her modules.
Publications
The identification of risk is a fundamental skill required to manage a successful business. This data challenge is concerned with the identification, analysis, and reporting of risks for a project located in East Africa. It requires an interdisciplinary approach to the identification and management of risk. This data challenge is suitable for final-year undergraduate students and graduate students in International Business, Risk Management, Management, Environmental Management, Strategy, Applied Sustainability, and Project Management.
The pipeline known as the Uganda and Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline (UTCOP) commences in Uganda, and the pipeline travels across Tanzania to the port of Kambania located on the west of the India ocean. UTCOP is owned by a mixture of public and private corporations. Ownership has changed during the period 2015–2021. UTCOP will make a significant positive impact to the economies of Uganda and Tanzania increasing foreign direct investment for both countries. The pipeline has created tensions between activists and politicians, and highlights the possibility of developing countries monetising fossil fuels during a time when many support the goal of reducing reliance on fossil fuels. The pipeline travels close to a number of environmentally sensitive sites. The land required for the pipeline has disrupted the agricultural economy and displaced locals.
The data challenge highlights the pressure to pursue economic development and the tension that exists with achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), meeting environment, social, and governance (ESG) requirements, and pursuing responsible management. This challenge is seen through the lens of the insurance underwriter, Tobias, who needs to identify risks using the PEST and SWOT frameworks, and a novel application of PESTLE from a risk identification perspective.
Upon completion of this challenge, students will develop metacognitive knowledge on risk identification, apply key frameworks, evaluate the application of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and ESG requirements, and create a report providing tangible evidence to support the potential implementation of responsible risk management. Students will need a basic understanding of international business, SDGs, and risk exposure to complete the challenge.