Prof. Simon Grima

Professor Simon Grima is the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, a professor, and Head of the Department of Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Malta. He is also a professor in the University of Latvia’s Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, and a visiting professor at UNICATT Milan and Haxhi Zeka University in Kosovo.

Simon has served as President of the Malta Association of Risk Management (MARM) since 2023, and as President of the Malta Association of Compliance Officers (MACO) from 2013 to 2015 and from 2016 to 2018. He is also Co-Chair of the Scientific Education Committee of the Federation of European Risk Managers (FERMA) and a member of the Strategic Risk Leaders Association (SRLA).

Simon’s research focuses on governance, regulation and internal controls, and he has over 30 years of experience in financial services, academia and public entities. He serves as an editor and reviewer for multiple publications and journals, and has been awarded Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance in 2017 and 2022, and the Outstanding Author Contribution award for the book series Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis (Emerald Literati Awards) in 2024. Simon acts as an independent director for financial services firms, sits on risk, compliance, procurement, investment and audit committees, and carries out duties as a compliance officer, internal auditor and risk manager.

Click on the Listen button below to hear Simon and Dominic unpack what “good” risk management looks like in practice: defining risk appetite, separating risk from uncertainty, avoiding box-ticking frameworks, and building indicators and registers that stay alive as the world changes.