About
James Pruitt is the Vice President of Risk Management for GFL Environmental and is responsible for the risk management strategy, insurance and captive programs, claims management, and Enterprise Risk Management across North America. He joined GFL in the Fall of 2021 and served as a consultant to the CFO in a risk management capacity from 2018 to 2021. Prior to joining GFL, James was the Vice President of Private Equity Strategy at Risk International, where he was responsible for new business creation within the Private Equity space and led all due diligence strategy and program optimization engagements across the portfolios. He specializes in insurance due diligence, carve-out program creation, and risk management department implementation. James holds an MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and a BBA in International Finance from the University of Akron.
Today on In The Know, Chris Hampshire and James discuss private equity risk management and due diligence as well as unique exposures in the environmental risk management space.