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Nick Alker

ASHBOURNE,Derbyshire

Summary

Highly motivated expert in compliance, risk, and governance, adept at crafting intricate, cost-effective solutions for multinational enterprises with extensive expertise in corporate and regulatory compliance, environmental management, H&S, commercial insurance, and quality management systems.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work history

Head of Quality & Risk

RSS Global Limited
London
2023.03 - 2025.11

Working within Group Legal reporting to global Head of Legal and Group Board and responsible for

Creating and delivering corporate governance programmes to ensure statutory compliance with regulatory and framework requirements e.g. ECCTA, bribery/corruption/money laundering and maintaining risk registers, business continuity programmes,producing briefings and reports to Board and producing online training modules to support learning.

  • Instituting policies. processes and leveraging technology solutions to support compliance activities across all business divisions and managing team of 3 internal auditors.
  • Responsible for all Environmental activities including calculating and creating carbon reduction plans and emission statements, statutory reporting and public procurement notices,
  • Global head of Health & Safety including writing all policy documentation, collation and reporting of data, conducting audits of systems and managing related activities across territories.
  • Creation and ongoing certification activities of ISO systems 9001/14001 and project management of 27001 ISMS.
  • Placing and managing complex commercial global insurance programme whilst continually achieving significant cost savings through continuous review.
  • Head of Safeguarding of large regulated workforce and lead whistle blowing investigator
  • Assisting bid teams across all divisions with bespoke submissions and supporting client reviews
  • Representing the business with Govt. departments (DBT/DSIT/HO/HMRC) at scheduled and ad-hoc sessions,

Head of Quality and Risk Assurance

Impellam Group Plc
Luton, Bedfordshire
2004.02 - 2023.03

RSS Global was formed by the partial sale of Impellam Group Plc and I was TUPE'd to the new business to replicate and recreate the activities described above. In my role with Impellam (annual revenues of £2.5M), I additionally

  • Drafted and managed the H&S and risk assessments during the Covid pandemic covering 228 locations across Europe, the US and APAC including signing off returns to work in all locations
  • Conducted extensive RFP and Tender process to introduce a global environmental reporting platform
  • Managed team of 7 compliance and contract audit specialists

Specialist Risk Manager

Marsh
London
2001.10 - 2003.11

Placing bespoke commercial insurance packages for the Motorsport industry as a Lloyds of London broker for teams, governing bodies and individuals and underwriting Bordeaux for clients worldwide.

Account Manager

TL Clowes & Co
London
1994.06 - 2001.10

Lloyds of London insurance broker specialising in placing high risk sports, war and aviation policies for clients worldwide

Skills

  • CertOSH Level 3 Occupational H&S
  • Certified Lead Auditor ISO 9001/14001 QMS
  • Environmental Management Lead
  • Team Management

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Head of Quality & Risk

RSS Global Limited
2023.03 - 2025.11

Head of Quality and Risk Assurance

Impellam Group Plc
2004.02 - 2023.03

Specialist Risk Manager

Marsh
2001.10 - 2003.11

Account Manager

TL Clowes & Co
1994.06 - 2001.10
Nick Alker