NEW YORK   — RIMS, the risk management society®, has announced Steven Robles, Assistant Chief Executive Officer / County Risk Manager for the County of Los Angeles, as the 2024 RIMS Risk Manager of the Year. Mrunal S Pandit, Senior Manager – Insurance for Tata Consumer Products Limited was inducted in the Risk Management Honor Roll. Steven and Mrunal will be presented with the honors at RISKWORLD® in San Diego.

The Risk Manager of the Year program aims to raise the profile of the risk management profession and the outstanding programs the honorees have implemented within their organizations. The program was initiated in 1977 and the Risk Management Honor Roll was added in 1981.

“Despite coming from different parts of the world and from opposite business sectors, this year’s honorees have demonstrated the universal power of risk management and its ability to drive enterprise forward,” said RIMS CEO Gary A. LaBranche, FASAE, CAE. “Steven Robles and Mrunal Pandit have built robust risk programs that have empowered their organizations’ to keep people safe, support innovation, and strengthen resilience. On behalf of the global RIMS community, I congratulate them both and thank them for sharing their experiences.”

Any full-time professional who administers risk management programs for a corporation, nonprofit institution, or government entity is eligible for submission in the Risk Manager of the Year program. The nominations are judged by an independent panel comprising prior honorees and other risk management and insurance industry leaders.