Resilience First hosts a bi-monthly meeting created for senior leaders from our diverse, cross-sector business membership. Held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 1pm to 1:30pm GMT. The Leaders’ Forum is an exclusive online session providing a unique platform for sharing insights, strategies, and experiences on critical issues impacting the resilience of organisations, in addition to discussing positive achievements and future opportunities.
Upcoming session:
21 January | James Wood, Regional Security Director, Northern Europe, International SoS, on the Risk Outlook 2026 report.
4 February | Elisa Seith, Senior Principal Solutions Consultant, Jupiter Intelligence, on turning risk intelligence into resilient decisions.
18 February | Alexander Lord, Europe & Eurasia Lead Analyst, Sibylline, on the growing threat to the UK posed by adverse foreign actors.
We have had some fantastic guest speakers in recent months, including:
- Carter Brandon, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute, on strengthening the investment case for climate adaptation
- Brendan Bromwich, Technical Director Systems Thinking at Mott MacDonald, on a systems approach to climate resilience
- Rod Cartwright, Independent Board Advisor and Visiting Fellow at Cardiff University, on the latest edition of his ‘Reputation, Risk and Resilience’ report.
- Adam DeLuca, Director Risk Intelligence, Everbridge, on the 2026 Global Threat Report
- Mary Dhonau OBE (Flood Mary) on how businesses can strengthen their resilience to flooding
- Rachael Elliott, Director of Global Strategy and Innovation, DRI International, on key resilience lessons from 2025 and priorities for 2026
- Caroline Field, Partner, National Resilience, PA Consulting, on resilient leadership.
- Bruno Livi, Multinational Client Engagement Lead, Marsh, on how AI is being used in supply chains and operations
- Christopher Medhurst-Cockswort, Head of Pool Re Solutions, on enhancing business resilience to the current and emerging threat from terrorism in the UK
- Massimo Pani MSc CPP AMBCI, Geopolitical Risk & Security Expert of the Italian Carabinieri Corps – the impact of fake news on organisational resilience
- Professor Jonatan Pinkse, King’s College London on how organisations can balance AI for sustainable solutions while avoiding social and environmental pitfalls.
- Brunello Rosa, Geopolitical MacroStrategist, on geopolitics of digital currencies.
For more information or if you would like to share your work during one of our Leaders’ Forum calls, get in touch with Laura Michelon contact@resiliencefirst.co.uk.
