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United Grain Grower Ltd
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ST UA RT GI L SON ST UA RT GI L FILS
United Grain Growers Limited (A) United Grain Growers Limited (A)
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” "Tout le monde parle du temps, mais personne ne fait quoi que ce soit."
In late 1998, Brian Hayward, Peter Cox, George Prosk and Mike McAndless pored over a colorful À la fin de 1998, Brian Hayward, Peter Cox, George et Mike Prosk McAndless pores sur une couleur
PowerPoint presentation that outlined the risks faced by their firm, United Grain Growers Limited Présentation PowerPoint qui décrit les risques encourus par leur entreprise, United Grain Growers Limited
(UGG). (UGG). The graphs and numbers in the consulting report quantified a point they knew well: that the Les graphiques et des numéros dans le rapport de consultation quantifié un point qu'ils connaissaient bien: que l' agriculture business was risky. entreprise agricole était risqué. The four men were the CEO, CFO, Treasurer and Risk Manager, Les quatre hommes ont été les CEO, CFO, trésorier et directeur des risques, respectively, of Winnipeg-based UGG, one of the oldest grain distributors in Canada. respectivement, de Winnipeg, UGG, l'un des plus anciens distributeurs de céréales au Canada. A grain Un grain distributor helped farmers sell their grain by providing storage and sorting facilities, and distributeur aidé les agriculteurs à vendre leur grain en fournissant des installations de stockage et de tri, et transportation services. des services de transport.
UGG management had commissioned a study of the firm's risks because, as Hayward put it, his UGG direction avait commandé une étude sur les risques de l'entreprise parce que, comme Hayward a dit, son first responsibility was to “Make sure we're in business tomorrow.” The small Canadian firm had La première responsabilité était de «Assurez-vous que nous sommes en affaires demain." La petite entreprise canadienne a eu embarked on a

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