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The Business Continuity Institute has published the shortlist of organizations and individuals that are in the running for its annual Global Awards. Taking place on 7th November during the BCI World conference and exhibition, the awards recognise excellence in the business continuity and resilience profession.

The short list is as follows:

Continuity and Resilience Consultant:

  • Asia: Noor Azlan Musa MBCI
  • Middle-East: Ahmed Riad Ali MBCI
  • Africa: Padma Naidoo MBCI
  • India: Sanjiv Agarwala MBCI
  • Europe: Petra Morrison MBCI
  • Australasia: Kenny Seow MBCI
  • Americas: Dustin Mackie MBCI

Continuity and Resilience Professional (Private Sector)

  • Asia: Yuichiro Matsui AMBCI
  • Middle-East: Abdus Salam CBCI
  • Africa: Jaun Harmse AMBCI
  • India: Dr KJ Devasia
  • Europe: Rob van den Eijnden AMBCI
  • Australasia: Phil Carter FBCI
  • Americas: Melanie Lucht MBCI

Continuity and Resilience Professional (Public Sector)

  • Middle-East: Jamila Suliman Khanji
  • Africa: Eric Theron AMBCI
  • Europe: Russ Parramore MBCI
  • Australasia: Esther Newman MBCI

Continuity and Resilience Newcomer

  • Asia: Lee Chai Erl AMBCI
  • Middle-East: Sultan Saeed Alzaidi
  • Africa: Semakaleng Mokonyane AMBCI
  • India: Tilak De Silva
  • Europe: Timothy Dalby-Welsh AMBCI
  • Australasia: Amy Dance CBCI
  • Americas: Adrian Fuentes Flores

Continuity and Resilience Team

  • Asia: Arvato Global BC Team
  • Middle-East: Amdocs Business Continuity Management Team
  • Africa: ContinuitySA's Global Centre of Excellence
  • India: Cognizant Corporate BCM Team
  • Europe: The Chief Fire Officers Association Business Continuity Management Team
  • Australasia: nbn Business Continuity & Resilience Team
  • Americas: Humana Enterprise Resiliency Office

Continuity and Resilience Provider (Service/Product)

  • Asia: ezBCM by BC Connex Pte Ltd
  • Middle-East: IBM Resiliency Services Framework 
  • India: Dynamic Workplace Recovery by Regus
  • Europe: ClearView Continuity
  • Australasia: Zettagrid for SecondSite
  • Americas: Fusion Framework® Continuity Risk Management System

Continuity and Resilience Innovation

  • Middle-East: Protiviti for Crisis Management Simulation
  • Africa: Barclays Africa Resilience Programme
  • India: Accenture India BC Team for BC Awareness and Training initiative
  • Europe: The Everbridge Platform
  • Australasia: Regus Dynamic Workplace Recovery
  • North America: OnSolve

Most Effective Recovery

  • Middle-East: Dubai Airports Corporation
  • Africa: Barclays Africa Retail and Business Bank
  • India: HSBC GSCs and HT Contingency Risk Team
  • Europe: BPER Banca
  • Australasia: Inland Revenue (NZ)
  • Americas: TELUS Communications Company

Industry Personality

  • Africa: Jeremy Capell MBCI
  • India: Vikrant Varshney MBCI CBCP
  • Europe: Gianna Detoni FBCI
  • Australasia: Tim Rippon MBCI
  • Americas: Tracey Forbes Rice

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