Facilitators
This year's facilitators include:
Ian Clark FBCIIan is a highly motivated and experienced Business Continuity Management practitioner with extensive practical experience of the necessary disciplines and roles essential in developing and delivering holistic Business Continuity Management programmes across multiple industry sectors, in many countries and encompassing diverse cultures. Read more |
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Des O’Callaghan FBCIDes O’Callaghan FBCI is an independent Business Continuity Management consultant in the Toronto area who retired in 2010 after devoting the previous 21 years to building and leading several corporate BCM programs in the financial sector. Aside from occasional consulting, he is also an educator in business continuity. Read more |
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Ian Charters FBCIIan is a Director of Continuity Systems Ltd, established in 1995 to provide consultancy and training in business continuity management. Ian has provided advice to a wide variety of organisations on the implementation of business continuity management including government, logistics, insurance and property management sectors. Read more |
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Bill Crichton FBCIBill is a multiple BC award winner and highly experienced Continuity professional with over 20 years’ experience. This includes 10 years as a BC Consulting Practice Manager with international experience in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. He is a Fellow of the BCI and previously served 12 years as a Board Director, including 2 years as Vice-Chair. Read more |
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John Frost MBCIJohn Frost is responsible for Marks and Spencer Group Business Continuity across 22 operational countries which are inclusive of over 85,000 colleagues, 900+ Stores, 21 Head Offices and 9 Sourcing Offices. Read more |
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Lesley Grimes FBCILesley is a Business Continuity Professional with over 12 years’ experience in establishing, embedding and maintaining Business Continuity across Utilities, Logistics and Manufacturing sectors across the UK, Europe and the US. Read more |
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Gareth Jones MBCIGareth has over 30 years experience in risk management related roles. He specializes in corporate level crisis management and resilience. Over the past 12 years he has worked as a principal consultant in major international advisory roles for Marsh McLennan, Ernst and Young and KPMG. He now runs his own company as an independent consultant. Read more |
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Dr John McCarthyDr John McCarthy is a world renowned authority on CyberSecurity strategy, development and implementation. He holds a PhD in CyberSecurity and eBusiness Development and is an internationally recognized author of a number of academic papers discussing all aspects of CyberSecurity in the modern world. Read more |
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Ken Simpson FBCIKen Simpson has 30+ years experience as a manager and leader in a range of public and private sector organisations. During that time he has led internal Risk, DR and BCM teams and also played a senior role in recovery operations following a major incident (Jolimont Siege & Fire, Canberra, Australia). Read more |
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Mark TaylorMark is a Managing Consultant with NTT Com Security, he advises clients on all aspects of Governance; Business Continuity Management; IT service continuity; and Information security best practices. Read more |
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David Tickner FBCIDavid Tickner FBCI is a highly experienced BC Manager, Consultant and Strategist. He has effectively delivered business continuity consulting and management for nearly 20 years. Prior to that he had many years experience in Professional Services, Business Consulting, Practice and Project Management. Read more |
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David J. Window MBCIDavid originally started work in the public sector in 1973 two years later moving to a role in the private water utility sector which grew into a multi-national organisation which was also a Civil Contingencies UK custodian of “Critical National Infrastructure (CNI). Achieving the position of Corporate Business Continuity Manager within the largest water utilities provider in the UK and a FTSE 100 company. Read more |
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