Effective January 1, Rick Roberts, Ensign-Brickford Industries’director of risk management, took over the presidency of the RIMSBoard of Directors for 2015.

Roberts has been a member of RIMS for 25 years, and hasparticipated as part of its Board of Directors for seven years.Previously, Roberts served as vice president of the Society and asthe Board liason to the RIMS External Affairs Committee. He is alsoa member of RIMS Connecticut Valley Chapter, where he served aspresident from 1997 to 1998.

"No two days as a risk professional are ever the same," he saidin a statement Monday. "Current events, new technologies and globalinitiatives continue to keep risk professionals searching for thelatest industry information and best practices."

Roberts joints vice president Julie C. Pemberton, treasurerRobert Cartwright Jr., and corporate secretary Jennifer Santiago asthe officers on RIMS 2015 Board of Directors.

New board member Robert Zhang, China risk and compliance managerfor IKEA (China) Investment Co. Ltd., joins the incumbents on theRIMS Board.