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BE COURAGEOUS IN THE FACE OF RISK. BRIAN HILBERS, BRUCE POWER AS LONG AS YOU HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS, IT BECOMES EASIER TO yours, Brian, in a sense of we are very good at managing the risk on the clinical side and we are now in the middle stages of rolling out an enterprise risk-man- agement framework to consolidate that across all of what we do. I am responsible for legal, risk, privacy, freedom of infor- mation, and the duties of the corporate secretary for the organization. function as well. My executive team col- leagues look to me as the moral compass of the organization at times, and that sort of embeds itself into discussions around risk management, and you are seen as a leader in that regard. We have a pretty good enterprise risk- management system that our executive MARK ADAMS: Risk management is clearly embedded in my role and I oversee the compliance team is deeply involved in, but beyond that, episodic risk is probably the first and foremost thing that I deal with on a day-to-day basis. As a legal person that is form and function of what we do, and it' decision we help make for our organiza- tions. INHOUSE: How is risk management formalized in your organization? Is there a special risk-manage- ment committee you are a part of? HILBERS: In the law division we have a risk log that we manage. That risk log feeds into a higher divisional risk log, which feeds into a corporate risk log. That risk log is reviewed on a monthly basis at the executive team level, and that risk log is then reviewed at a director level on a quarterly basis. We try to get ahead of s embedded in almost everything, every those risks and try to put in place pro- cesses and procedures and try to proac- tively ensure these risks do not manifest themselves into something major in the company. EVANS: Accreditation Canada now requires that hospitals have an enterprise risk-man- agement framework in place. So the hospi- tal started this journey a few years ago and we are at the stage where we have a very robust risk register and a framework for who owns the risks and how we report on the risks. We are looking now to take that next step forward to make it a process, to embed it in our operational and strategic planning, and in some of the other frame- works that we use across the organization. CLARK: Since 2008 and the global finan- cial crisis, all financial institutions When you need a law firm that's plugged into your business... Your lawyer. Your law firm. Your business advisor. BennettJones-1_IH_Aug_12.indd 1 INHOUSE WWW.CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2012 • 12-06-28 10:53 AM 21

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