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

  • Leaders’ Forum 2025

    Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 1pm, online

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

  • Practical steps for building resilience to geopolitics

    Monday 24 February, 13:00-14:00 GMT, Online

    As geopolitical risks and trade uncertainties continue to grow, organisations must adapt quickly to navigate these challenges effectively. But how do you build resilience in this evolving geopolitical environment?

    Join us for our member-only virtual discussion, part of our Geostrategic Resilience Programme in collaboration with PwC.

  • Third National Conference on Societal Resilience

    10 & 11 March 2025, Whitworth Hall, The University of Manchester

    We are excited to support our friends at the National Consortium for Societal Resilience (NCSR+) as they host the Third Conference on Societal Resilience.

    This in-person, two-day conference offers a unique networking opportunity for professionals and organisations across the public, voluntary, community, and business sectors to learn, share insights, and explore collaborative opportunities to strengthen societal resilience in the face of disruption.