George Simpson Honoured With Donald M. Stuart Award

The Ontario Chapter of RIMS named George Simpson, senior manager, risk management and insurance of EPCOR Utilities Inc., as the 2008 recipient of the Don Stuart Memorial Award.

Erin Magilton-Morneau, ORIMS immediate past president, presented the award to Simpson during the RIMS Canada Conference’s opening ceremony and awards breakfast.

The award was created to annually recognize a Canadian that has contributed and shown innovation, leadership and dedication to the RIMS community and the risk management profession at large.

Simpson has 37 years of risk management and insurance experience, Magilton-Morneau said. He established the risk management program at EPCOR. Prior to that, he spent five years as a risk management consultant with Aon Reed Stenhouse, where he designed risk management programs for urban and rural communities.

He is an active member of the Northern Alberta RIMS chapter and has participated in the organization at the national and international level. Simpson is also a director of the William H. McGannon Foundation board.

“When one reads through the letters of recommendation and support from colleagues and the risk management community, one is very much left with the vision of a man who exudes integrity and professionalism, and as one colleague wrote, a gentleman,” Magilton-Morneau said. “We read of a man who is very well respected by his RIMS peers across North America and within the risk management community at large. It is these qualities that define George as a leader.”

In his acceptance, Simpson said he was “honoured, thrilled and humbled to receive the award.” He thanked his boss for allowing him the opportunity to grow in the profession and for “looking the other way when I was doing RIMS stuff.” Lastly, Simpson thanked his wife Lily “for the love, support, advice and patience.”