"In emerging and fast-growing markets like Southeast Asia and the Philippines, banks operate in environments where risks are often interconnected, fast-moving, and influenced by human behavior. As dominant institutions expand regionally and re-tool their operating models and as digital-first financial players scale rapidly, the need for resilience beyond traditional predictive models has become increasingly evident. Dr. vander Straeten's work provides a clear and practical perspective on how resilience-based and high-reliability principles can strengthen preparedness for extreme and compound events. His insights offer useful guidance for leaders, risk practitioners, and regulators who are navigating more complex financial systems and seeking ways to build institutional robustness without relying solely on quantitative frameworks." (Rowel Del Fierro, Financial Services Executive, Banking and Fintech, Southeast Asia) "In the ever-evolving workplace, how do CHROs really build reliability and certainty into an organisation? Dr Vander Straaten offers clear insights in his work, through the application of High-Reliability Organisation (HRO) principles that help companies navigate disruption, evade significant failures through consistent operational reliability and prioritising adaptability, vigilance, resilience and safety. For HR, that means cultivating a culture of psychological safety, continuous learning, proactive risk identification and deference to expertise. That in turn, equips the workforce to operate reliably in complex and sometimes volatile situations, strategically enhancing the companies' stability, resilience and capacity to navigate extreme challenges.

" (Chris Pennicott, CHRO, Hong Kong) "I have been consistently impressed with Dr. vander Straeten's view on risk management and the governance framework required. His analysis of potential impacts of current events on financial resiliency is both insightful and understandable to risk management professionals." (Scott Fullerton, Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago, USA) "I am proud to see Dr. vander Straeten's research evolve into this important book. In a world of mounting financial uncertainty, HRO Strategies for Resilient Risk Management in Banking provides a compelling and innovative roadmap for building resilience in banking through the lens of high-reliability organization principles." (Polina Khrennikova, Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, Netherlands).