Speaker Bio
Jim Mello is a Senior Director concentrating on risk and resilience topics. With over 19 years of experience, Jim advises executives on issues such as functional management, coordination with other assurance functions, governance questions, and risk response. For example, Jim helps organizations monitor and respond to both enterprise risks and emerging risks in order to ensure a high-level of continuous operations.
Since Jim joined the firm in 2005, he has helped hundreds of organizations become more efficient, lower risk levels, and improve their processes. For example, Jim often helps organizations create a new ERM program or new resilience function. He advises organizations on Business Continuity Management topics such as Business Impact Analysis, recovery strategies, and tabletop exercises. Jim also facilitates a regular meeting of Business Continuity Management leaders and online peer discussion forum.
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Sessions
Monday, September 08, 2025
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
Roundtable: How Can ERM and Strategy Better Collaborate
Jim Mello,
Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
Enterprise risk management is often conducted in isolation, disconnected from the setting and execution of the firm’s strategy. ERM provides the most value when it assists leaders in pressure-testing and risk-proofing their strategies and strategic plans. Join this interactive session to learn from Gartner experts and your peers about different techniques for risk-proofing the most mission-critical decisions made by your organization's leaders.
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Monday, September 08, 2025
02:15 PM - 03:00 PM CDT
Ask the Expert: Driving BCM and Organizational Resilience Forward With Greater Confidence
Jim Mello,
Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
Enhancing resilience is an urgent priority for heads of ERM. In an era marked by increasingly prolonged disruptions, executives should find new ways to integrate and coordinate ERM, BCM and organizational resilience. This “Ask the Expert” session will explore tactics to unlock value between traditional ERM practices, BCM and the organizational resilience mandate.
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Monday, September 08, 2025
04:00 PM - 04:45 PM CDT
Roundtable: How Can ERM and Strategy Better Collaborate (Repeat)
Jim Mello,
Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
Enterprise risk management is often conducted in isolation, disconnected from the setting and execution of the firm’s strategy. ERM provides the most value when it assists leaders in pressure-testing and risk-proofing their strategies and strategic plans. Join this interactive session to learn from Gartner experts and your peers about different techniques for risk-proofing the most mission-critical decisions made by your organization's leaders.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2025
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM CDT
Roundtable: Getting to the Next Level: Benchmark Your ERM Program Maturity
Jim Mello,
Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
Join our session for heads of enterprise risk management (ERM) to explore where your peers have made advancements in ERM program maturity. Gain insights into program maturity benchmarks, understand key levers to improve program maturity, and discover actionable strategies to elevate your own program's maturity. This ensures robust risk management and strategic alignment for future success.
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