Interim CRO & Risk Advisory

ERM redesigned to deliver value — now.

No more check-the-box programs that set eyes rolling. Enterprise risk management that works for boards and CEOs.

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Susan Ramonat

"Why do sophisticated senior risk professionals keep missing what's coming?"

They're trapped in left-brain frameworks — quantitative models, historical data, regulatory checklists — while the risks that matter most emerge in conditions of turbulence, uncertainty, novelty, and ambiguity. You can't model your way out of that. You have to see it.

How We Work

Three ways to engage

01

Foundational ERM Builds

Fix inadequate, poorly documented programs. Governance frameworks, risk registers, board reporting, regulatory documentation — the foundational infrastructure that earns credibility. Proven templates refined across engagements at SEI, WPS, Vanguard, and beyond.

Interim CRO or project basis

02

Team Coaching & Development

Build your team's capacity for right-brained risk — the broad, vigilant attention that sees emerging threats before they materialize. Cross-disciplinary thinking, scenario planning, and the courage to name uncomfortable truths.

Workshops and coaching engagements

03

Emerging Risk Engagements

Targeted analysis of specific emerging risks your current framework doesn't capture. AI and grid capacity. Digital supply chain exposure. Geopolitical scenario planning. The unseen risks that require outside perspective.

Focused advisory projects

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Susan Ramonat

Susan Ramonat

15 years building ERM programs across asset management, investment processing, fund administration, health insurance, and life insurance. The common thread: organizations where the basics weren't working and the emerging risks weren't visible.

Over nearly 20 years at SEI Investments, Susan served in a variety of roles including Head of Enterprise Risk Management. She has held senior risk positions at Vanguard and WPS Health Solutions, and served on the Investment Company Institute's CRO Committee.

Known for her foresight and pragmatism, Susan speaks frequently at industry conferences and universities about risk management, emerging technology, and the intersection of strategic and operational risk.

Background

  • Loyola University, Quinlan School of Business — Risk Management and Insurance Center Advisory Board
  • Delivered presentations to and worked with teams at Shared Assessments and Vanguard's Global Risk Strategy Division
  • ICI CRO Committee
  • MIT Sloan Executive Education
  • Princeton University

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Interim CRO engagements. ERM program redesign. Board risk advisory.