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

  • AI for Organisational Resilience: A showcase and discussion

    Monday 28 April, 13:30-14:30 BST, Online

    Join us for the first of our resilience innovation showcases focused on uncovering AI for Organisational Resilience. Whether you are new to AI or already exploring its potential, we will give a demonstration of a recently developed AI-backed resilience tool, followed by a discussion on how AI can enhance resilience.

  • Whole-of-Society Approach to Urban Resilience

    Wednesday, 30 April, 13:00-14:30 BST, London

    Resilience First, in collaboration with the Centre for Whole of Society Resilience, warmly invites its members to a lunch briefing featuring a panel discussion on a Whole-of-Society Approach to Urban Resilience.

    As UK cities face increasing pressures from climate change, technological disruptions, security risks and global supply chain vulnerabilities, urban resilience has become a crucial priority for policymakers, businesses, and communities alike.

  • Trust and Turbulence: How to Strengthen Reputational Resilience Amid Global Uncertainty

    Thursday 8 May, 13:00-14:00 BST Online, Microsoft Teams

    As national interests redefine global partnerships and businesses find themselves caught at the intersection of diplomacy and commerce, reputation is no longer just a communications concern—it’s a strategic imperative.

    Join us for our member-only virtual discussion, part of our Geostrategic Resilience Programme in collaboration with PwC, on Thursday, 8 May from 13:00 – 14:00 BST.