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The Business Continuity Institute’s 2016 European business continuity and resilience awards will take place on 2nd June at a venue in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

The shortlist of organizations and individuals in the running for an award had now been published and is as follows:

Continuity and Resilience Consultant 2016

  • Charlie Maclean-Bristol FBCI, Director, Business Continuity Training
  • Gianna Detoni AFBCI, President, PANTA RAY
  • Werner Verlinden FBCI, CEO, Musena Consulting

Continuity and Resilience Professional Private Sector 2016

  • Desmond Butler CBCI, Compliance Manager, Equinix
  • Gianluca Poluzzi CBCI, Group Head of Organizational Department & Business Continuity Manager, Gruppo BPER
  • Neal Mullen MBCI, Global Business Continuity Manager, Arvato Financial Solutions

Continuity and Resilience Professional Public Sector 2016

  • John Ball AFBCI, Business Continuity Coordinator, Surrey and Sussex Police
  • Russ Parramore MBCI, Emergency Planning Officer, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

Continuity and Resilience Newcomer 2016

  • Anne-Marie Hobley CBCI, Insurance, Risk and Business Continuity Adviser, University of Exeter
  • Beata Majewska AMBCI, Business Continuity Manager, Tesco Stores Ltd
  • Claire Platts, Policy and Technical Support Advisor, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
  • Georgina Collett, Resilience Consultant, Atkins
  • Ricardo Scotti CBCI, Business Continuity Management Coordinator, Volkswagen Financial Services Italia
  • Tamara Boon AMBCI, Business Continuity Manager, Adidas Group
  • Tim Kilroy, Business Continuity Leader, Pharmaceutical Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • William Heiss AMBCI, Crisis and Business Continuity Manager, BP

Continuity and Resilience Team 2016

  • Aon, Business Continuity and Technology Resilience Team
  • Belfius Bank Belgium, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Team
  • NHS Blood and Transplant, Business Continuity Team
  • Swiss Government, Projectteam for Security Network Exercise 2014 SNX 14
  • Swift, Business Continuity Management Team
  • Worldpay, Business Continuity and Resilience Team

Continuity and Resilience Provider (Service/Product) 2016

  • Business Continuity Training Limited
  • Databarracks, Cloud to Cloud Business Continuity
  • First Derivatives Plc, Kx
  • PlanB Consulting
  • Sungard Availability Services, Education, Good Practice and Events Publications

Continuity and Resilience Innovation 2016

  • BC Target Security Model
  • Everbridge The Everbridge Platform
  • Regus, Dynamic Workplace Recovery
  • Sungard Availability Services – Recovery as a Service

Most Effective Recovery 2016

  • PwC UK,
  • Sungard Availability Services
  • VTB Capital Plc

Industry Personality 2016

  • David Window MBCI, Director, Continuity Shop
  • Ian Houghton MBCI, Managing Director, Esy BCM Ltd
  • Bill Crichton FBCI, Director, Crichton Continuity Consulting

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