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Business Continuity Awards 2011, who is shortlisted?

31 March 2011

The Business Continuity Awards recognise excellence within the field of business continuity and operational risk management. The Awards present a unique opportunity for organisations and individuals to gain the prestige of public acknowledgement as being the leader in their field.

This year's finalists are:

Business Continuity Manager of the Year
John Gray, business continuity consultant, Hewlett-Packard
Melanie Hewitson, risk and insurance executive, Camelot UK Lotteries
Prashant Mehta, head of business continuity & information security, State Street Syntel Services
Peter Morris, business continuity coordinator, Debenhams
Fred Mundt, vice-president of quality, environmental health and safety, AZ Electronics
Mark Newsome, regional business continuity and disaster recovery manager, EMEA, Northern Trust
Lynsey Pickering, business continuity manager, Steria UK
John Zeppos, group BCM and ERM deputy director, COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications

Newcomer of the Year
Khalid Bahabri, head of business continuity management, NCB Capital
Elise Collis, business continuity consultant, RSA
Elizabeth Essex, head of operations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
John Frost, head of business continuity and security, Marks & Spencer
Kim Maclean-Bristol, director, PlanB Consulting

Personality of the Year
Richard Bingley, chief executive officer, CSARN
Mark Newsome, regional business continuity and disaster recovery manager, EMEA, Northern Trust
Stephen Nuttall, head of service continuity, EMEA, Hewlett-Packard

Lifetime Achievement
We do not publish the shortlist for this category. The winner will be announced at the Gala Dinner.

Business Continuity Consultant of the Year
Tim Armit, managing consultant, Clifton Risk Management
Filip De Wolf, CEO, Ascure
Robin Gaddum, business continuity consultant, IBM BC&RS
Richard Jones, principal BCM consultant, SunGard Availability Services (UK) Limited
Charlie Maclean-Bristol, director, PlanB Consulting
Andy Osborne, consultancy director, Acumen Business Services
Werner Verlinden, principal consultant, Ascure
Faye Whitmarsh, managing consultant, PwC

Business Continuity Initiative of the Year
Bang
Barclays Global Retail Bank
Business Risk & Resilience XGen
CSARN
Civil Contingencies Unit, Cumbria Constabulary
COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications
Hewlett-Packard
Vodafone UK

Business Continuity Team of the Year
Barclays Group BCM
Co-operative Group
COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Hewlett-Packard
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Marks & Spencer
Northern Rock
Santander UK

Crisis Strategy of the Year
KPMG Europe
Lloyds Banking Group
Marks & Spencer
SunGard Availability Services

Business Continuity Strategy of the Year
Arsenal Football Club
Co-operative Financial Services
Deutsche Bank
Financial Times
JP Morgan Chase & Co
RSA
Severn Trent Water
Swift
TSL Education
Vodafone Group Technology

Business Continuity Recovery of the Year
Barclays Bank of Egypt
Business Continuity & Home Retail Group
Business Continuity Transport (BCT) & Tui
BELFOR & Royal Mint
Geminare & Lang Michener
JLT Group

Business Continuity Specialist of the Year
Business Continuity
Business Continuity Transport (BCT)
Harwell Restoration
Maxava
Onyx Group
PlanB Disaster Recovery
Proteus On-Demand Facilities
Steelhenge Consulting
Vocal

Excellence in Business Continuity in the Insurance Industry
Aon
Cooperative Financial Services
Standard Life

Business Continuity Planning Software of the Year
ClearView BCM Software, ClearView Continuity
Dracos, Atos Consulting
Linus Revive, Linus Information Security Solutions
myCOOP Software, COOP Systems
RecoveryPlanner RPX, RecoveryPlanner
PINpoint for BlackBerry, Tenet Computer Group
PlanManagement, Vocal
SunGard CMS, SunGard Availability Services
Shadow-Planner, ICM Continuity Services

Business Continuity Student of the Year
Laurence Clarkin, Coventry University Prior St Coventry
Richard Mapes, Coventry University Prior St Coventry
Peter Wilkinson, Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Construction Engineering

Excellence in Infrastructure Management
Hewlett-Packard
NonVerba
SunGard Availability Services
Swift
TelecityGroup

Business Continuity Service Provider of the Year
Hewlett-Packard
IBM BC&RS
ICM Continuity Services
SunGard Availability Services

Public Sector Continuity Manager of the Year
Thomas Croall, corporate business continuity manager, Manchester City Council
Mike Harris, head of business continuity management team, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Steve Lambert, emergency planning business continuity lead officer, Liverpool City Council
James McAlister, business continuity manager, Merseyside Police
Dan Occhini, business continuity coordinator, Kent Police

Most Innovative Product of the Year
Double-Take Availability, Vision Solutions
Emergency Office, ICM Continuity Services
HP Wynyard Data Centre, Hewlett-Packard
Recover Anywhere, SunGard Availability Services
Testing & Exercising Service, Clifton Risk Management
VirBizCo Office, Techgate
Browse-IT, ChangeBASE
Cloud Recovery, Geminare
maxView, Maxava

Most Innovative Solution of the Year
Bamboo, Deloitte
CloudCover from virtualDCS
DataSafe, Core Consultancy
onQ Business Continuity Appliance, QuorumLabs
Power Monitoring, Spook
PINpoint for BlackBerry, Tenet Computer Group

The awards will be presented at the Gala Dinner, which will be held at the Park Lane Hilton on Wednesday 25 May 2011. The Gala Dinner is always hosted by a world-class entertainer, most recently including Rob Brydon, Dara O'Briein, Jimmy Carr and Stephen K Amos. The 2010 event was hosted by Ruby Wax and attended by some 600 representatives from the business continuity and risk management profession.