Implementing a safe business travel policy at Aegis
Abstract
This paper describes the creation, implementation and evolution of a business travel policy in a London-based firm with 13,500 employees, a substantial number of which travel on short business trips. The group contains a wide variety of businesses of varying size, complexity and longevity, and local operations have considerable operational autonomy. The company has a duty of care to staff and needed to provide appropriate guidance and support to business travellers. With this background a business travel policy was developed and published as part of the global policy manual. A survey was also carried out to better understand the traveller profile, travel patterns and understanding of the travel policy, as well as use of emergency travel and medical insurance. The information from the survey was discussed and led to a revision of the policy.
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Author's Biography
Ian Beale is the Group Risk Manager at Aegis Group plc, a global communications planning, media buying and research company. His responsibilities include agreeing the key risks, mitigating action required by operational companies and key performance indicators; running the team that conducts financial audits at the higher-risk businesses; managing the peerreview programme; running the global biannual online risk self-assessment survey; reporting on the key risks and their management to the risk and audit committees; and training operational teams in fraud management and exercising business continuity plans. Previous roles include Head of Internal Audit and Fraud at a major UK financial institution, and Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, based in London and Frankfurt.
Citation
Beale, Ian (2007, October 1). Implementing a safe business travel policy at Aegis. In the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Volume 2, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.69554/GYYB1141.
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