• ​Globally recognized expert in risk management and decision making under uncertainty with over 20 years consulting experience independently and as Senior Expert at McKinsey & Company. A leader of McKinsey’s global risk management practice for 10 years. 
• Led projects or provided expert advice to 250+ clients in 30+ countries on mandates related to risk and uncertainty – including supporting 25 companies through ongoing, multi-year risk transformation journeys.
• Extensive experience in the energy/natural resources, industrials, and travel/logistics sectors, as well as multi-sector conglomerates, institutional investors, and other financial institutions. Focus on both quantitative (modeling) and qualitative (decision processes, governance, culture) elements.
• Capability builder (developed global risk analytics centre of excellence at McKinsey) and teacher (award-winning lecturer at the University of Chicago; regular instructor at McKinsey's consultant and client trainings; executive education adjunct at DukeCE—the executive education arm of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University—and the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario).
• Member of Umbrex​, an invitation-only global network of independent consultants who are alumni of top-tier management consulting firms.
• Over 35 published articles and presentations​ on risk-related issues at major conferences, including the Globe and Mail, forbes.com, China Business News, GARP and AFP as well as academic conferences, and McKinsey on Finance.
• Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago.
• Software developer (1980s) who started on 8" floppy disks and a gigantic 64kB of memory, and survived revolutions such as the transition to GUI and object-oriented programming languages.
• Musician (clarinetist and singer).

Martin is based in Ottawa, Canada and can be reached directly at pergler@balrisk.com or phone