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Business Continuity Awards 2009

01 June 2009

The Business Continuity Awards recognize excellence within the field of business continuity and operational risk management. The 2009 Awards were presented at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on 27 May. The annual event was organized by CIR (Continuity, Insurance and Risk) Magazine.

The 2009 Business Continuity Award winners are:

• Business Continuity Manager of the Year
  Simon Dunn, Rolls-Royce
  Highly commended: Niall Kinloch, National Australia Group Europe
• Public Sector Continuity Manager of the Year
  James McAlister, Merseyside Police
• Student of the Year
  Sponsored by the British Standards Institution
  Joseph M. Gana, Central Bank of Nigeria
• Crisis Strategy of the Year
  Royal Mail Group
• Business Continuity Management Planning Software of the Year
  eSecurus, NonVerba
• Most Innovative Solution of the Year
  Crisis Commander, Safeguard Communications
• Datacentre Strategy of the Year
  National Australia Bank Group
• Lifetime Achievement
  Julia Graham, chief risk officer, DLA Piper
• Business Continuity Strategy of the Year
  Vodafone
  Highly commended: London Metal Exchange and IBM
• Business Continuity Team of the Year
  Citi EMEA Institutional Clients Group
• Most Effective Recovery of the Year
  Deutsche Bank
• Business Continuity Initiative of the Year
  UK Young Enterprise Business Continuity Scheme
• Business Continuity Service Provider of the Year
  SunGard Availability Services
• Industry Newcomer of the Year
  Dan Castle, RWE Npower
  Highly commended: Olga Kovaleva, Sentronex & Jack Armstrong, Marsh
• Excellence in Business Continuity in the Insurance Industry
  Lloyd's of London
• Business Continuity Consultant of the Year
  Hugh Morris, Marsh
• Industry Personality of the Year
  Rick Cudworth, Deloitte
• Specialist Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Company of the Year
  Harwell Document Restoration Services
• Most Innovative Product of the Year
  Business Continuity Exercising Toolkits, Ear Productions Ltd

"The Business Continuity Awards are the pinnacle of achievement for a business in our field and to be recognised by our peers and clients in this way is an excellent commendation of a year of hard work by everyone." Mike Osborne, managing director, ICM Continuity Services.

2009 Judging panel

Malcolm Brooke - Head of Business Continuity, Credit Suisse
Stephen Collins - Head of Business Continuity, The Bank of England
John Corless -European Head of Business Continuity, Zurich
James Crask - Resilience Policy Manager, Civil Contingencies Scretariat, Cabinet Office
James Dynan -Group Business Risk manager, Vodafone
Michael Faber - Vice-Chairman, Institute of Operational Risk (IOR)
Linda Hall - Head of Business Continuity Management, Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Banking
Barrie Millett - Head of Business Resilience, E.ON
John Milne - Sector Manager, Financial Stability, Financial Services Authority
Charles Lindsley - Head of International Business Continuity & Security, Standard Bank

Details of the award categories

For more information see http://www.businesscontinuityawards.com/