Milpark offers more opportunities for risk and insurance enthusiast

Matthew Vagle has a keen interest in the world of risk and insurance, and how these fields can be applied across multiple organisations and sectors. His current interests offer him the chance to travel and meet with great people, whilst focusing fully on the goal of finishing his insurance degree.

When Matthew signed up with Milpark Education for their BCom degree, he found it opened other doors for him as well. In 2023, Matthew joined the Milpark Risk Avengers team to participate in the prestigious 2023/24 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. Along with teammates Nicole Stow, Prudence Motha and Nobuhle Moyo, he worked on a submission, and they were delighted to hear they had made the top 8 of the competition.

In May, the team of four will be heading over to the RISKWORLD Conference in San Diego, where they’ll present the risk case that they’ve been working on since the competition began. It’s there, in front of an audience of thousands, where they’ll find out if they reach the top spot.

“It would be exciting to win, of course,” says Matthew. “But what we’ve already gained is more than I could ask for. Winning would just be the cherry on top.”

Matthew is grateful to Milpark for opening all these doors for him professionally. He says he has learned so much, including new ways of working with others. Most importantly, he is super proud of his Risk Avengers team members who have all worked so hard and whose efforts have contributed immensely to the success of this initiative.