FERMA secretary general dies at 59

Edwin V. Meyer.

Edwin V. Meyer, the Federation of European Risk Management Associations secretary general and board member, died Saturday at the age of 59.

Mr. Meyer died after a brief illness, according to the German risk management association DVS, where Mr. Meyer served as a board member.

Mr. Meyer was general manager risk and insurance management for Luxemburg-based steel and mining company ArcelorMittal. According to a statement released by FERMA on Monday, Mr. Meyer joined the FERMA board in 2013. In addition to belonging to DVS, Mr. Meyer was also a member of the Dutch risk management association NARIM and the Luxembourg risk management association ALRiM.

“Edwin will be a great loss to FERMA and to our profession. He had already made a great contribution to FERMA as a member of the board and had recently taken over the important role as secretary general,”— said FERMA President Julia Graham in the statement. “He was also chair of the program committee for the FERMA Forum 2015, as well as the leader of a number of other FERMA special projects.”