Chris Chapman
- Emeritus Professor of Management Science, University of Southampton, UK.
- Senior Associate, The Nichols Group, London UK.
- Former Director, School of Management, University of Southampton.
- Past President, Operational Research Society
- Founding Chair, APM Project Risk Management Specific Interest Group.
Career profile
- Focus on risk and uncertainty management since the 1970s.
- Consultancy and consultancy based research has been a central concern.
- Consultancy involves assessing the quality of an organisation’s risk management processes and practice, and advising how to design, implement and develop processes and cultures which increase effectiveness and efficiency.
- Courses like this IPMA course build on these consultancy skills.
- Current and past clients include the UK Highways Agency, BP, Petro Canada, Consorzio Venezia Nuova, Gulf Canada, Sir William Halcrow and Partners, Fluor Engineers and Contractors Inc, Potomac Electric Power Company, UK Nirex, US Department of Energy, Alaska Power Authority, MoD, Alberta Utilities Consortium, Petroleum Directorate of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, The Channel Tunnel Group, British Aerospace, National Power, AEA Technology, Independent Power Producers Society of Ontario and Ontario Hydro, The Government Centre for Information Systems, John Mowlem and Railtrack.
- Published 50 papers and 6 books, including the book provided for the course, which has become an international standard with a third edition forthcoming.
Education
- BASc Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
- MSc Operational Research, University of Birmingham (Athlone Scholar)
- PhD Economics and Econometrics, University of Southampton (staff candidate)