{"id":28,"date":"2014-11-02T08:05:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T08:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riskops.co.za\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:34:28","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founder &amp; Company<a href=\"http:\/\/riskops.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tank-farm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-302\" src=\"http:\/\/riskops.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tank-farm-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tank-farm-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tank-farm-2x1.png 2w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDirector<br \/>\nMr. Gordon Howes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accomplished Risk Manager for 15+ years<\/li>\n<li>Expert in the field of project risk management, and corporate risk management<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated over 15000 hours of risk workshops<\/li>\n<li>Developed Project Risk Management Standards, Guidelines, Templates &amp; Tools, Risk Policies, Risk Appetite and Tolerance Statements, Risk Frameworks, Risk reporting, and quantitative cost and schedule Monte Carlo modelling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Role:<\/strong> Senior Specialist ERM\/Project Risk: ADNOC UAE (2019 &#8211; 2025)<\/li>\n<li>Lead the Project Risk Management discipline, providing direction and advice to all Group Companies on all Risk Management discipline integration related issues.<\/li>\n<li>Development of all Project Risk Management related standards, guidelines, and procedures.<\/li>\n<li>Provide technical advice, supporting Group Companies manage their portfolio of projects, developing and delivering them in terms of scope, cost, time, operability, quality and safety in line with the agreed project objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Assess top risk associated with ADNOC Capital Program and report them to internal and external stakeholders as required i.e., GPE SVP, VPs, and ERM function.<\/li>\n<li>Technically proficient in all projects and ERM related risk management software: @RISK, Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis, SAFRAN, Acumen Fuse, CURA, ARM, Archer.<\/li>\n<li>Develop ad hoc and proprietary risk models for risk analysis in project costs and\/or schedules.<\/li>\n<li>Oversee all project risk management deliverables from contractors, EPCMs, and EPCs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Previous Roles:<\/strong> 2007 to 2025 major project&#8217;s completed in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oil &amp; Gas Up\/Downstream\/Petrochemical<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear &amp; Thermal Power<\/li>\n<li>Mining<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He is a Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP).<\/p>\n<p>In 2012 Mr. Howes won the SA Risk Manager of the year award sanctioned by the South African Institute of Risk Management (IRMSA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expert level knowledge:<\/strong><br \/>\nAdvanced Excel, Archer, CURA, ARM, Monte Carlo<br \/>\nSimulation (@RISK, ModelRisk), SAFRAN, Oracle PRA<br \/>\nPrimavera Risk Analysis (PRA), Deltek Acumen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong> Electronic Engineering,B.Sc. Operational Research \/<br \/>\nIT\/Maths\/Stats<\/p>\n<p>MBA (Thesis Cum: Business Simulation)<\/p>\n<p><strong>RiskOps Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Risk Manager of the Year 2012:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IRMSA-Risk-Manager-of-Year-2012-Business-Day.pdf\">IRMSA Risk Manager of Year 2012 Business Day<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RISKSA-Article-Jan-2012-Issue-G-Howes.pdf\">RISKSA Article Jan 2012 Issue G Howes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Transnet Quarterly Magazine: SA Governmental Parastatal responsible for Freight Rail\/Engineering, Ports\/Port Ops, and Pipelines<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/TCP-Risk-Skills-Transfer-Project.pdf\">TCP Risk Skills Transfer Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. MBA Thesis Publication<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sajie.journals.ac.za\/pub\/article\/view\/125\">http:\/\/sajie.journals.ac.za\/pub\/article\/view\/125<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder &amp; Company Director Mr. Gordon Howes Accomplished Risk Manager for 15+ years Expert in the field of project risk management, and corporate risk management Facilitated over 15000 hours of risk workshops Developed Project Risk Management Standards, Guidelines, Templates &amp; Tools, Risk Policies, Risk Appetite and Tolerance Statements, Risk Frameworks, Risk reporting, and quantitative cost&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskops.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}