Celebrating International Women's Day & Women's History Month
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The resilience industry continues to be underrepresented by women (Source: Cheyene Marling & BC Management - Powered by Witt O'Brien's) and diversity in our industry is crucial to its success. There is good work being done already to increase diversity and representation in our industry, but how can we as resilience professionals support this movement?
Join us at our upcoming event to:
- Discover how we can encourage more diversity into the industry through hearing leaders’ stories about their careers to date;
- Celebrate those that have paved the way in the resilience industry and learn from inspirational industry leaders; and
- Hear from our male allies on how to champion women in the workplace and combat bias.
This event will feature guest speakers who are industry leaders, interactive panel discussions, and networking opportunities. The event is designed to inspire and motivate women and allies who are part of or have an interest in exploring the resilience industry. Join us as we delve into real, meaningful discussions on how we can make our industry more diverse.
Get ready to be inspired! Together, let's break barriers, challenge norms and #InspireInclusion in the resilience industry.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Agenda:
16:00 - Meet & greet
16:10 - Speed networking (In person)
16:30 - Welcome message | Event streaming online
16:40 - Keynote & speaker sessions
18:00 - Panel discussion + Q&A
18:30 - End of event streaming online | In Person networking + refreshments
19:00 - End
Speakers:
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Julie Stephens
Global Director of Wellbeing, Inclusion, Health & Safety, Bupa
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Julie joined global healthcare organisation Bupa in 2011, initially as Director of Learning and Development, moving on to lead the overall HR agenda for Bupa Care Homes in the UK focusing on employee engagement of 12,500 colleagues throughout. Julie then held the People Director post for the Bupa Dental Care business, consisting of 480 practices with 8,500 colleagues acquired by Bupa just over 4 years ago with an HR model transformation agenda.
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Moving for the last 2 years to specialise in Wellbeing, Inclusion, Health & Safety with a global remit for Bupa’s 84,000 employees worldwide, Julie launched a global wellbeing framework and brought holistic healthcare and wellbeing to frontline healthcare workers across multiple healthcare markets for the first time in Bupa’s history, spanning Bupa Global and UK, Europe and Latin America, Arabia and Asia Pacific.
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Passionate about employee experience leading to customer centricity, Julie has led significant transformation across both aspects for over 25 years.
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Specialties: Change, Employee Engagement & Wellbeing from Exec to frontline workers, Customer Experience, Leadership and High Performing Team Development, L & D in a Regulatory Environment, Resourcing at all Levels; Talent identification and management; Performance Management; Union & Supplier Negotiation; HR Business Partnering; EMCC Accredited Coaching.
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Hamide Tekin Karakaya
Operations Resiliency Director, CNA Hardy
- Hamide is an experienced business continuity and operational resilience professional, holding a certification as an Associate Member of the Business Continuity Institute (AMBCI). She gained expertise in business continuity planning, risk assessment, and crisis management through her work in various industries, including finance, fintech and insurance.
- Hamide has successfully developed and implemented business continuity strategies and crisis response plans, ensuring the resilience of organizations in the face of potential disruptions. She is also proficient in project management, stakeholder engagement, and training, enabling her to effectively coordinate and communicate during critical situations. In her personal life, she runs a podcast in which she shares her expat-life experience, learnings from the books or interviewing guests about different topics.
- Hamide loves travelling and getting to know about different cultures, so far she has travelled to more than 40 countries which has developed her enormously.
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Paul Goulding
Head of Operational Resilience, Bupa
- Paul is currently the Group Head of Operational Resilience at Bupa, where he has enjoyed several different roles and recently celebrated his 23rd year with the organisation.
- Having had a 10-year career in technology, Paul was looking for a different challenge and luckily was given the opportunity to take on a business continuity role in 2012 and hasn’t looked back. When asked, he will say “Working in resilience is the most rewarding career choice he has ever made and loves what he does!”
- Paul is all about the team and a true believer that if you get the people right, then everything else will follow and no challenge is too big.
- Paul is accredited with the DBCI qualification and currently working towards completing his Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.
- Paul is married, has two daughters and two dogs. He plays tennis, enjoys cycling and during the Formula One racing season, can often be found in the kitchen shouting at the Television. Paul’s favourite author is John Grisham, TV series is “Suits” and believes Simon Sinek is his ‘yet to meet’ mentor.
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Chris Glennie
Global Head of Business Continuity, Health and Safety & Physical Security, Arm
- Graduating in 2009 from Coventry University with a BA in Emergency and Disaster Management, Chris has over 13 years of resilience experience in both the public and private sectors. Chris is currently the head of Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Physical Security and Health & Safety for Arm Ltd, a global semi-conductor design company which listed on the NASDAQ in September 2023.
- Chris is a strong advocate for equality and is a lead member of the Arm Workplace DEI committee committed to create and maintain a safe and secure workplace for everyone at Arm. Chris is also an active member of the BCI and Na’amal a charity which supports refugees through skills training, mentorship, and remote work placements.
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Monica Sekhri
Global Vice President of Business Continuity and Resilience, The Coca Cola Company
- Monica is the Global Vice President of Business Continuity and Resilience for The Coca-Cola Company and leads the global development and implementation of the Business Continuity and Resilience strategy. Monica joined the Coca-Cola System in 2015 working within Risk, Control and Compliance. In 2020 Monica set up the Business Continuity and Resilience Programme for CocaCola Euro-Pacific Partners (CCEP) where she created the overall approach and implementation of CCEP’s Business Continuity and Incident Crisis Response Programmes. Monica has won multiple awards for the work she and her team have delivered, including the CIR Business Continuity Strategy of the Year, BCI European Team of the Year and more personally CIR Business Continuity Person of the Year. Monica has also presented at various global conference and featured in industry magazines.
- Prior to her current role, Monica previously worked with PwC, Barclays, and the Public Sector where her roles included Internal Controls, Compliance, Risk Management and Internal Audit. Monica holds a Master’s in Risk Management and Post Graduate qualification in Internal Audit.
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Baljeet Kaur
Business Continuity Analyst, Arm
- Baljeet Kaur, CBCI is a budding resilience professional currently working as a Business Continuity Analyst at Arm.
- Baljeet holds a double master’s in risk and disaster studies from TISS, Mumbai, and University College London (UCL). Prior to her masters at UCL, Baljeet worked in the development sector promoting disaster risk reduction measures among agricultural practices working with vulnerable communities in the remote parts of India.
- Through her work, Baljeet wishes to encourage organisations and institutions to bring resilience to the forefront of strategic decision making. It is her goal to bring a positive impact to the industry and promote a diverse, inclusive, and supporting environment for all.
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