The Summer Chat - Navigating Disruption: Lessons from 2026 for Building Organisational Resilience
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Theme: Reflect, Learn and Prepare: Strengthening Resilience in an Era of Disruption
Join us for an insightful and interactive panel discussion webinar reflecting on the key events, incidents, and disruptions that shaped 2026, and the critical lessons they offer for organisations, communities, and resilience practitioners.
The session will explore the growing impact of geopolitical uncertainty, disasters, infrastructure disruptions, climate-related events, cyber and technology risks, and other operational challenges that continue to test the ability of organisations to respond, recover, adapt, and sustain essential services. Through expert perspectives, facilitated dialogue, audience participation, and practical reflections, participants will examine how lessons learnt from recent disruptions can shape future continuity, resilience, emergency preparedness, and risk management conversations.
The webinar will provide a valuable platform to reflect on what worked, what needs to improve, and how organisations and communities can strengthen preparedness, enhance adaptive capacity, and build more resilient systems for the future.
Webinar Objectives:
- Reflect on significant events, incidents, and disruptions experienced during 2026.
- Identify key lessons learnt and their implications for organisational resilience and continuity of operations.
- Explore the influence of geopolitical, disaster, infrastructure, climate, cyber, and operational risks on preparedness and response.
- Encourage interactive knowledge sharing among practitioners, leaders, and stakeholders.
- Highlight practical actions that can strengthen resilience planning, collaboration, and adaptive capacity.
Speakers:
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Michael Davies Hon. FBCI
Managing Director, PAX Resilience
Michael is passionate about providing effective risk, resilience and recovery solutions for organisations and has been involved in the resilience & business continuity industry for 20 years after having spent several years in the IT Industry. Michael has assisted clients across various industries not only during disruptions caused by extreme weather conditions, political protest, social unrest and cyber ransomware and breaches, but also has been integral to bolstering their resilience capabilities. Furthermore, Michael has had the privilege to speak about resilience and business continuity management (BCM) at various conferences in Africa and been the author of many articles on leading edge concepts in risk, resilience and recovery.
Michael was CEO of ContinuitySA, the leading BCM service provider in Africa, and left the company in March 2021, having spent 18 years with the company. Whilst at the helm of the company it won numerous prestigious awards including being inducted into the Business Continuity Institute Hall of Fame. This was after winning the Continuity and Resilience Provider award for Africa for 3 consecutive years. Michael’s current focus is to help organisations integrate strategy, risk and resilience for them to remain effective and sustainable in times of great uncertainty and accelerating change.
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Chené Maartens
IT Service Continuity Management, BMW Group South Africa
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Cordellia Neonyana Mosek MBCI
Business Continuity Manager
Ms Cordellia N. Moseki is a Business Continuity Manager at the Bank of Botswana, involved in implementing and maintaining the Bank’s Business Continuity Management System. Ms Moseki holds a post-graduate Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management from the Botswana Accountancy College, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Public Administration, both obtained from the University of Botswana. Professionally, Ms Moseki is a Certified Lead Implementer, ISO 22301 BCMS Standard, and a Certified Lead Auditor, ISO 22301 BCMS Standard. Ms Moseki is a Member of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and the International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA). Her extensive certifications demonstrate her commitment to excellence in her field. Ms Moseki is part of the BCI Southern Africa Leadership Committee and a member of the Operational Resilience Special Interest Group (SIG). Public profile & URL: Cordellia N Moseki Linkedin Profile
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Loganathan Ramalu
Senior Manager, Operational Resilience, Group Technology & Transformation, Old Mutual
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Thembumenzi Kunene MBCI
Enterprise Risk Management Specialist
Thembumenzi Kunene (MBCI), is an Enterprise Risk Management Specialist with a focus on Business Continuity Management. He possesses more than 9 years’ experience implementing risk management frameworks and business continuity management programs across capital markets, banking and tax administration. He is a leader in business continuity management and risk management in the Southern Africa region, serving in the BCI Southern Africa Leadership Committee and Institute of Risk Management South Africa’s Eswatini Sub Committee, respectively. He holds a Certificate in Operational Risk Management. Thembumenzi is also a member of the South African Institute of Financial Markets and an Accredited SME Consultant. He holds a Master of Management in Finance and Investments from Wits Business School, with an undergraduate exposure in Economic and Mathematical Sciences.
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