risten Carnevali is logging serious miles across the California desert in a black SUV She doesn t seem to mind driving much and she knows the territory She and her engineering team do this circuit a few times annually The travel lends itself to some funny moments including her internal dialogue about her driving Oh I better slow down These guys are going to get mad at me for driving too fast she says referring to the caravan she s lead ing I promised myself I wouldn t speed As my husband would say Just stay with the flow of traffic and you won t get in trouble Despite the brisk pace the scenery vast mounds of ecru sand and bulky moun tains dotted with scrub brush provides a good distraction Carnevali works for Esterline a spe cialized manufacturing company based in Washington state USA serving principally the defense and aerospace markets where she is director of treasury and risk Boast ing 13 000 employees Esterline is a leader in this sector and they own mainly through acquisition dozens of companies Managing risk in an organization like this is grueling The company has operations worldwide many of which have unique and varying approaches to health safety and property conservation Since assuming the responsibilities pre siding over the risk side Carnevali has seen Esterline actively acquire companies world wide and grow exponentially Being a global company is truly chal lenging we have large manufacturing sites in multiple countries all over the world says Carnevali Knowing that it s impor tant for us to have a strong insurance partner that is also a global company and has part ners positioned globally to work with the local entities in all of our countries It s a challenge but it becomes a little easier when I have a partner like FM Global Roughly half of Esterline s subsidiaries are located outside the United States includ ing Mexico France the United Kingdom Canada India China and Morocco In some of those locations Esterline works through FM Global s WorldReach network to get the job done The great thing about working with WorldReach partners is that we can be con Honestly my account engineer and FM Global field engineers are my principal resource Will Arnold is my first call when I need something or when we need to work through an issue Either he responds himself or he gets in touch with a local engineer with the right knowledge to take care of it KRISTEN CARNEVALI DIRECTOR OF TREASURY AND RISK ESTERLINE ISSUE 2 2015 REASON 53

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