Partner, Head of Risk Transformation
The global risk landscape has fundamentally changed. What were once isolated risks are now deeply interconnected, fast moving threats amplified by geopolitical instability, technological disruption and economic volatility. For business leaders, change and disruption are no longer the exception – they have become the baseline.
The Global Risk Landscape 2026 report explores how organisations can respond to this new reality by rethinking how risk is understood, owned and acted upon. Drawing on insights from 500 C-suite executives across major global markets, the report reveals where organisations are most exposed today – and where traditional approaches to risk management are holding them back.
The findings show a growing divide between organisations that treat risk management as a defensive, siloed function and those that embed risk thinking across the business – using it as a strategic enabler rather than a brake on growth. In an era where the cost of inaction can be existential, the ability to act with confidence, even with incomplete information, is becoming a competitive advantage.
This report sets out what businesses need to change, why it matters, and what leaders can do now to make the shift from reacting to risk to shaping outcomes.
Gain deeper insight into the risks shaping 2026 – and how leading organisations are responding.
Join our risk experts Alisa Voznaya, Head of Risk Consulting, Catherine Wilkes, Head of Data and AI, and Jason Gottschalk, Head of Cyber, as they explore the findings from the report and examine why responding effectively requires organisations to extend ownership of risk beyond specialist teams and embed it more widely across the enterprise.
You should read BDO’s Techtonic States: The New Business Edge - a forward-looking view of the forces shaping business with a simple framework for organisations navigating uncertainty: build, secure and grow. Risk management and the Global Risk Landscape 2026 report clearly sit under the “Secure” theme. This report shows businesses the way when it comes to building and growing.
