Alison is an award-winning, proactive and pragmatic information governance and data privacy professional with 15 years' experience in a wide range of risk associated disciplines, including business continuity, cyber resilience awareness and education, information security and data protection compliance. She has a successful track record across multiple sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, oil and gas, legal and the Third Sector, where she has actively promoted awareness of the value of data and the need to ensure that it is managed in an effective and compliant manner.

Euan has worked in Resilience and Recovery since 2012, with a background in continuous improvement and technical fault analysis.

He has supported numerous global organisations across public and private sectors recover from, and prepare for, a wide variety of disaster scenarios all whilst meeting rigorous global regulatory needs.

Euan is currently the IT Resilience and Continuity Manager at abrdn holding a Diploma of the Business Continuity Institute alongside his degree in Business and IT.

Geraldine has 32 years of experience in the financial services sector, specialising in relationship management and resilience. As a trusted advisor, she has provided critical training and coaching to help colleagues understand the importance of risk management and develop effective resilience plans. During the 2020 pandemic, Geraldine was key in supporting banking customers through crisis response efforts.

In 2021, Geraldine joined Inverroy Crisis Management as Crisis and Continuity Consultant. She is a certified member of the Business Continuity Institute (CBCI) and has helped clients in the education, finance and oil & gas sectors. Geraldine supports senior consultants with reviewing, updating, and creating Business Impact Analyses as well as delivers training.

After over 25 years as a British Army Officer, Matthew transitioned to a second career in Business Resilience in 2011 and provided Emergency Response, Crisis Management and Business Continuity support to the energy sector based in Aberdeen, before founding Inverroy Crisis Management Ltd in 2015. Matthew has delivered resilience support to clients in over 20 countries and was shortlisted in the Consultant of the Year category for the BCI Region Awards in 2023.

Michelle has worked in Business Continuity since 1999 in preparation for Y2K. She is hugely experienced in all aspects of Resilience and has been working in the highly regulated Banking and Financial Services industry since 1997. Michelle is a Member of the Business Continuity Institute and a Lead Auditor for ISO 22301. A previous Business Resilience individual and multiple Team Award Winner at the BCI Global and European Award Ceremonies from 2012.

Julie brings 10 years of extensive experience in business continuity and resilience, including 3 years with Police Scotland and the last 7 years serving as Business Resilience Lead at Social Security Scotland , a Scottish Government agency.

As a dedicated Member of the Business Continuity Institute, Julie has developed expertise across all six business continuity professional practices. This includes establishing and managing a comprehensive Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), devising strategies, building effective response structures, and rigorously validating plans and arrangements to ensure organisational resilience.

Passionate about collaboration, Julie thrives on networking and values the opportunity to share insights and best practices across the broader Scottish and UK government networks.

James brings over 25 years of experience across the highly regulated Financial Services sector and Operational Risk & Resilience consultancy. His career spans first and second line leadership roles, multi‑jurisdictional advisory work, and deep expertise in strengthening risk management, security, and resilience capabilities.

As Managing Director of Mollitiam Consultancy Services Ltd, James supports organisations in elevating their risk maturity and resilience culture. His work includes independent assessments of Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks, Information and Cyber Security capability, Third Party Risk Management, and Operational Resilience, including Business Continuity and crisis response.

Resilience and Emergency Planning professional with over seven years' experience in local government, specialising in emergency response, business continuity, and community resilience. Currently a Resilience Officer with Falkirk Council, I work closely with multi-agency partners across a range of preparedness and response activities, including Safety Advisory Groups, COMAH, Care for People, and business continuity planning.

I am an active member of Scottish Resilience Partnership (SRP) working groups and the LARGS Management Group, contributing to the development of resilience practice across Scotland. Currently studying towards an APM Project Management qualification, I am passionate about building resilient organisations and communities through collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Euan brings 7 years' experience working across the highly regulated Financial Services sector and Operational Resilience discipline, having started his career in Business Resilience at KPMG in 2019, following his first exposure to Business Continuity during his studies at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Since then, Euan has gone on to work across HSBC, J.P. Morgan Chase and M&G plc, and currently leads multi-market operational resilience delivery at HSBC, driving alignment with local and HSBC resilience requirements across the group's international footprint.

Euan specialises in Operational Resilience, Business Continuity, Incident Management and Risk Management. He holds an MSc in Risk Management from Glasgow Caledonian University alongside CBCI and CMIRM qualifications. He continues to mentor students at Glasgow Caledonian University on the Business Management and Risk programmes.