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 sessions:

  • 18 November: Andrea Kupfer Schneider, Professor of Law | Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Cardozo School of Law – Resilience and Conflict Management
  • 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:

  • Rachel Doern, Reader/Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths University of London,  on her book: The Resilient Entrepreneur: From Crisis to Enlightenment
  • Mireille Elhajj, Founder & CEO, Astraterra | Visiting Professor at Imperial College London | Fellow at The Royal Institute of Navigation in London, on why space is the next frontier for infrastructure and enterprise resilience
  • 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
  • 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
  • Massimo Pani MSc CPP AMBCI, Geopolitical Risk & Security Expert of the Italian Carabinieri Corps, on Digital twins and the difference between demonstrating and rehearsing a crisis
  • 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
  • William Sandover, Security Adviser on resilience in the airline industry
  • Tom Southall, Deputy Chief Executive, Cold Chain Federation on strengthening UK food resilience and managing systemic risk
  • 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.

Upcoming events

  • Resilience First Autumn Reception with Baroness Coussins

    Resilience First Autumn Reception with Baroness Coussins

    Thursday 26 November, 18:00-20:30 GMT, London

    Resilience First invites its members and partners to attend its Autumn Reception, kindly sponsored by PwC, and held in collaboration with BSI. The event will take place on Thursday 26 November, 18:00-20:30 GMT in central London.

    With the National Resilience Committee due to report its findings in November, this year’s reception will focus on the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations for national resilience and the collaboration needed to turn them into action.