Preface ix
Chapter 1: Introduction to Empowered Enterprise Risk Management 1
Chapter 2: Risk Defined 12
Chapter 3: Risk Theory 29
Chapter 4: Risk Culture 46
Chapter 5: Risk Governance 60
Chapter 6: Risk Register 78
Chapter 7: Risk Response 95
Chapter 8: Risk Appetite 116
Chapter 9: Risk Budgeting 132
Chapter 10: Risk Strategy 148
Chapter 11: Risk in Practice: The Case of Equinor 166
Chapter 12: Concluding Remarks 191
Bibliography 199
Acknowledgements 203
Index 205
Håkan Jankensgård is Associate Professor in Corporate Finance at Lund University where he teaches two courses (Corporate Valuation and Corporate Risk Management) on the master's program in Finance. Prior to entering academia, Håkan was corporate risk manager at Norsk Hydro with responsibility for developing their risk management program and risk model. He has published research on risk management in distinguished journals such as the Journal of Banking & Finance and Financial Management.
Petter Kapstad was responsible for building up Equinor's Enterprise Risk Management, which he headed for 14 years. At that time, Equinor's ERM included insurance, credit, operational risk, strategic risks and market risks. He had 18 years' experience from the trading environment in commercial banks prior to joining Equinor and has been an advisor to several international companies, boards and board members in building their ERM.