Leaders’ Forum 2026

Resilience First hosts a bi-monthly meeting 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/BST. 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 sessions:

• 16 September:  Tom Southall, Deputy Chief Executive, Cold Chain Federation – The Critical Link: Strengthening UK food resilience and managing systemic risk
• 7 October: Massimo Pani MSc CPP AMBCI, Geopolitical Risk & Security Expert of the Italian Carabinieri Corps – Digital twins and the difference between demonstrating and rehearsing a crisis
• 21 October: William Sandover, Security Adviser – Resilience in the airline industry
• 4 November: Mireille Elhajj, Founder & CEO, Astraterra | Visiting Professor at Imperial College London | Fellow at The Royal Institute of Navigation in London – How resilient is the satellite system?
• 18 November: A representative from the National Physical Laboratory – The National Timing Centre and why time matters to organisations across the UK
• 2 December: Mark Rogers, Met Office Advisor (Civil Contingencies) – Using weather intelligence for organisational resilience, including space weather as an emerging risk
• 16 December: Dr Rebecca Harding, CEO, The Centre for Economic Security – From economic security to business resilience: Lessons from 2026 and priorities for 2027

We have had some fantastic guest speakers in recent months, including:

• Brendan Bromwich, Technical Director Systems Thinking at Mott MacDonald, on a systems approach to climate resilience
• Adam DeLuca, Director Risk Intelligence, Everbridge, on the 2026 Global Threat Report
• Rachel Doern, Reader/Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths University of London,  on her book: The Resilient Entrepreneur: From Crisis to Enlightenment
• David Honour, Founder and Editor, Resilience Forward, on governance for resilience
• Rachael Elliott, Director of Global Strategy and Innovation, DRI International, on key resilience lessons from 2025 and priorities for 2026
• Alexander Lord,  Europe & Eurasia Lead Analyst, Sibylline, on the growing threat to the UK posed by adverse foreign actors
• Bruno Livi, Multinational Client Engagement Lead, Marsh, on how AI is being used in supply chains and operations
• Lady Olga Maitland, a former MP and Founder of the Defence and Security Forum, on The Resilience Imperative campaign
• Gabriel Millien, Executive Advisor on AI and Emerging Technologies, on AI, resilience and the new speed of risk
• Christopher Medhurst-Cockswort, Head of Pool Re Solutions, on enhancing business resilience to the current and emerging threat from terrorism in the UK
• Bobbie Ramsden-Knowles, Partner, Crisis and Resilience, PwC on ‘Strengthening UK resilience: connecting for continuity’ report findings
• Brunello Rosa, Geopolitical MacroStrategist,  on the geopolitics of digital currencies
• Rob Walley, Founder and Managing Director, Controlled Events, on events, crisis and incident management

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.