Business Continuity Institute CEO resigns

John Sharp, the chief executive officer of the Business Continuity Institute has resigned. He will remain in the role for the next few months while a successor is found. Julia Graham, chair of the BCI’s Communications Panel made the announcement in the following statement (published verbatim):

“I am writing to you as Chair of the Business Continuity Institute Communication Panel to inform you of John Sharp’s decision to step down from his position as chief executive of the Business Continuity Institute to pursue other interests.

John has a long association with the BCI and has been pivotal in helping the Institute and our membership to realise the vision of becoming a successful mutual organisation. John was recruited in 1997 to make this dream become a reality. No one can question that the Institute has arrived and, that this in large part is due to the commitment, dedication and enthusiasm of John supported by the Board, the committees, our sponsors and you, our members.

The Institute has come a long way in these past six years. Achievements include the development and delivery of an educational framework, an Industry Specification (PAS 56) and a raising of the importance and prominence of Business Continuity Management on the Boardroom, Government and Regulatory agendas, worldwide.

John has achieved a great deal in his time as chief executive of the BCI and we all owe him a debt of gratitude for his hard work and commitment over this period. We will all be very sorry to see him go. He leaves the Institute stronger than when he joined it and in good shape for the future. Ann, John’s wife and the anchor in the Institute office has decided to coincide her departure from the Institute with John’s. We wish them both every success in their future endeavours.

We know however that that the BCI still has challenges to deliver and your Board will work with John’s successor to build on the impressive foundations we now have. Our goals in 2004 remain to encourage greater and more wide-spread member involvement, the gathering of outside perspectives, coupled with increases in operational efficiency and effectiveness.

We will now begin our search for a worthy successor. Our aim is to achieve a seamless handover and we will be working with John to achieve a smooth transition to his successor by the end of May 2004.

In the meantime, John remains at the helm and it’s business as usual.”

•Date: 3rd February 2004 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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