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Elliott Long
Director Analyst
Elliott Long is a Director in the Enterprise Risk Management practice supporting Chief Risk Officers and their teams across more than 50 countries. His areas of specialty include ERM maturity assessments, enterprise risk assessments, risk culture, risk appetite, AI risk management, ERM's use of AI, GRC technology, & integrating risk in strategy. Elliott co-authors Gartner ERM's annual signature research, faciltates virtual roundtables for clients, and has given 10 conference presentations at Gartner's Enterprise Risk, Audit and Compliance conference series.
Elliott is a graduate of the Chief Risk Officer program at George Mason University. He also holds the RIMS-CRMP and PMP certifications.
Previous experience
Elliott began his career as a Deloitte consultant, covering enterprise risk management, operational risk management, litigation and dispute consulting, forensic investigations, anti-money laundering consulting, and business valuation.
After that, Elliott was an ERM Manager at a Fortune 150 insurance company, where he helped create and implement the ERM program for non-financial risks. This included enterprise risk assessment facilitation, executive-level risk dashboard preparation and presentation, risk committee administration, M&A risk support, strategic initiative risk assessments, emerging risk working group leadership, ERM training formulation and delivery, GRC system implementation, risk liaison management, Risk and Control Self-Assessments ("RCSAs"), and more.
Professional background
Deloitte, Business Risk Consultant, 2 years
Aflac, Enterprise Risk Manager, 6 years
Areas of coverage
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Operational Risk
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Enterprise Risk Management
Education
BBA, Finance, University of Georgia
MS, Organizational Leadership, Columbus State University
Chief Risk Officer Executive Certificate, George Mason University
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Integrating Risk into Strategy Setting and Strategy Execution Decisions
ERM Framework, Policy & Governance Design
Risk Coordination and Aligned Assurance
ERM Functional Management
Risk Culture