Fire risk is evolving – faster, more complex, and increasingly interconnected with broader organisational and environmental challenges.
From industrial incidents to escalating wildfire seasons, organisations today face a new reality where fire risk can no longer be treated as a standalone compliance issue. Instead, it must be understood as a strategic risk with direct implications for business continuity, human safety, and long-term resilience.
Recent events in Greece and across the Mediterranean have highlighted the devastating consequences of gaps in preparedness, accountability, and response. At the same time, climate-driven risks are intensifying the scale and frequency of fire-related threats, placing additional pressure on organisations to adapt.
This webinar will bring together expert perspectives to explore:
- The changing nature of fire risk in industrial and operational environments
- Key lessons from recent incidents and emerging risk patterns
- The growing impact of wildfires and climate-related threats on organisations
- Practical approaches to strengthening organisational resilience and crisis response
- The shift from compliance-based models to integrated risk management frameworks
Designed for risk, safety, security, and business leaders, this session will provide actionable insights and real-world perspectives to help organisations better anticipate, prepare for, and respond to fire-related risks in an increasingly uncertain environment.
- 6th May 2026
- 8:00 AM BST / 10:00 AM Greece
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Speakers:
Christina Alexander Alexandropoulou
Board Member, IFMA | Private Sector Chair, OSAC | Chapter Co Chair, Institute of Strategic Risk Management, Mediterranean Chapter
Christina Alexandropoulou is a senior professional in security, safety, risk management, and sustainability, with extensive international experience across complex operational environments.
She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Mediterranean Chapter of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management.
Christina has held leadership roles with global organisations including Philip Morris International, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, AT&T/Avaya and Adidas, where she led regional initiatives across facilities management, risk, and operational resilience.
She is also a lecturer at the Democritus University of Thrace, contributing to the next generation of professionals in security, risk and resilience.In addition, she is actively involved in advancing professional networks in Greece as Board Member at IFMA International Facility Management Association and serves on the Athens Country Council of the Overseas Security Advisory Council as Country Private Sector Chair.
Her work focuses on bridging strategy and operations—helping organizations move from compliance-driven approaches to integrated, resilience-led risk management.
George Boustras
Director at Centre of Risk and Decision Sciences (CERIDES – Excellence in Innovation and Technology), Professor Risk Assessment at European University Cyprus. UNESCO Chair in DRR and Societal Safety in SE Med
George Boustras was born in Athens in May 1973. George is a Professor in Risk Assessment at European University Cyprus, Director of the Centre of Risk and Decision Sciences (CERIDES – Excellence in Innovation and Technology) and Visiting Researcher at the National Observatory of Athens. He is a Member of the EU Mission: Adaptation to Climate Change. He is a Special Advisor in Civil Protection and Crisis Management to HE the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides. He is Scientific Director of Civil Protection Programs, reporting to the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
George is a PhD in Probabilistic Fire Risk Assessment from CFES at Kingston University London (2003), he was Honorary Research Fellow at CPSE at Imperial College London (2003 – 2005) and KTP Research Fellow at FSEG at the University of Greenwich (2009).
He sat at the Management Committee of Secure Societies – Protecting Freedom and Security of Europe and its citizens of “HORIZON 2020” for 7 years. George was a Member of the Socio Economic Assessment Committee (SEAC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) for 6 years. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Haifa.
Among other public duties, he was appointed by the Ministerial Council of the Republic of Cyprus to Head the Special Task Force that overlooked the modernisation of the Fire Services. He was hired by World Bank to contribute to the modernisation of licensing services provided by the Fire Service of the Hellenic Republic. He consulted the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus in the Risk Assessment of Unexploded Ordnance as part of Gas Exploration.
George is Editor-in-Chief of Safety Science (Elsevier, IF 6.392) and Member of the Editorial Board of Fire Technology (Springer Nature) and the International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection (Inderscience). He (co-)supervises 5 PhD students; 10 of his students are now PhD’s. In May 2024 he received the “Distinguished Researcher Award” at the Annual Awards for Excellence in Research 2024 of European University Cyprus.
