Tuesday 25 April 2023, 6pm to 8pm, kindly hosted by Control Risks

Covid brought into sharp focus the need for resilience to be a permanent priority for businesses. However, the required investment and resources to achieve this are often overlooked, so how can your organisation be incentivised to embrace true resilience?

We are delighted to invite Resilience First members to our spring reception with newly appointed Chair, Rick Cudworth, on Tuesday 25 April 2023, 6pm to 8pm, for an evening of insight and networking, kindly hosted by Jean Devlin, Partner at Control Risks, in central London.

Through a fireside chat with Rick, moderated by our Executive Director Martyn Link, we will explore ways in which resilience can be driven in organisations across all sectors, such as:

  • How to understand, communicate and measure the value of resilience
  • How to motivate your organisation to invest in resilience holistically
  • What barriers may be encountered when attempting to incentivise resilience, and how these can be overcome

The event will also offer our members the opportunity to find out more about our priorities for 2023 as well as the chance to network with industry peers.


For more information or to register, please contact Beena Chester on contact@resiliencefirst.org.


About Rick Cudworth

Rick succeeds Simon Collins who held the post since Resilience First’s foundation in 2018. Rick is a senior advisor in organisational resilience and strategic risk mitigation and is a founding partner of resilience and crisis specialists ResilienC. With over 20 years’ experience as a Partner at Deloitte and KPMG, he was also Chair of the British Standards Institution Technical Committee for Continuity and Resilience, where he has been influential in the development of British and International Standards in the field.  He is a member of the Cabinet Office Behavioural Science Expert Group as part of the National Security Risk Assessment process for the UK, and a visiting professor at King’s College London and visiting fellow at Cranfield University School of Management. He was a contributor and co-editor of the National Preparedness Commission’s report: Resilience Reimagined: A Practical Guide for Organisations.

Upcoming events

  • The world as it is: Resilience in 2026 | Spring Reception

    Thursday 30 April, 18:00-20:30 BST, Central London

    What does resilience look like in 2026 for your organisation, and what can the UK learn from global approaches to strengthen it?

    Join our Spring Reception networking event, kindly supported by Everbridge.

    The evening will open with a keynote from Elisabeth Braw, followed by a panel discussion with Roger Hargreaves, Director of the COBR Unit.

  • Leaders’ Forum 2026

    Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 13:00-13:30, online

    Resilience First hosts an online Leader’s Forum, a bi-monthly meeting created for senior leaders from our diverse, cross-sector business membership.

  • Enabling Resilience of IT Services Conference

    Monday and Tuesday, 18 and 19 May, London
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