26 September 2019

Processes and protocols, as well as regulation, can help in financial management but resilience is also about people and their preparedness and robustness to deal with serious challenges. As a top business leader, Ian will offer his thoughts on the leadership aspects of resilience in a major global financial institution and beyond.

Ian will speak to members at a private, dinner event.

Kindly hosted by HSBC UK.

Upcoming events

  • London Business Networks for Resilience Launch Event | Connected for Resilience

    Thursday 29 May, 8:30 for 9:00-10:30, London

    Resilience First is pleased to convene its members and the capital’s leading business networks for Connected for Resilience on Thursday 29 May.

    This is the launch event for the new initiative, London Business Networks for Resilience, supported by London Resilience and delivered by Resilience First, which aims to strengthen the resilience, emergency preparedness, and crisis response capacity of businesses across London.

  • In-Person Event: Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Upheaval

    Wednesday 4 June, 08:30-14:30, central London

    Join Resilience First for our in-person session on geostrategic resilience in practise: a half day event for resilience practitioners.

    To culminate the Geopolitical Resilience programme curated by Resilience First and PwC, we are delighted to invite you to an exclusive in-person event on Geopolitical Resilience, hosted at PwC’s Embankment Place offices.

  • Climate Resilience Foresight Series

    From March to November 2025

    Resilience First (RF) and Washington DC-based think-tank The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) have partnered to curate and deliver a corporate dialogue programme: Climate Resilience Foresight Series.

    By combining expertise and leveraging extensive global networks of businesses, RF and C2ES are convening leading companies to examine how climate change is a threat multiplier in a 2- and 3-degree world, and how businesses can strengthen their climate resilience across five organisational dimensions.