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

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 session:

  • 6 May | Rob Walley, Founder and Managing Director, Controlled Events: The control room for big events

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
  • 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
  • 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, on the impact of fake news on organisational resilience
  • 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.

Upcoming events

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

    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.

  • Enabling Resilience of IT Services Conference

    Enabling Resilience of IT Services Conference

    Monday and Tuesday, 18 and 19 May, London
    Resilience First is delighted to partner with ISRM, National Preparedness Commission, BCS IT Leaders Forum and BCI for Enabling Resilience of IT Services, a two-day conference on 18-19 May in London. Organisations face a growing array of IT-related risks, including cyber-attacks, supply chain and third-party failures, infrastructure failures, coding errors and problematic software updates leading...