Member (MBCI) Grade

Professionals/practitioners with an MBCI grade have a comprehensive understanding of business continuity and resilience and can evaluate complex information as part of their daily work to carry out well-defined tasks. There are two routes to becoming an MBCI: standard and experiential.

What are the benefits that you can access?

Can become a Leader/Vice Leader for BCI Chapters, Special Interest Groups, and Special Interest Group Forums
Voting rights for resolutions as part of the BCI Annual General Meetings (AGM) and Chapter/SIG elections
Research contributions and speaking engagements
BCI Mentoring (may act as mentor)
15% discount on selected BCI events, including BCI World Hybrid
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Access to BCI Chapters, Special Interest Groups, and Special Interest Group Forums
BCI Digital Badge
Access to member-only content and research on the BCI website
Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) - digital version available to download for free
Discount on printed copy of the Good Practice Guidelines (GPG)
Access BCI membership LinkedIn Group
Third-party discounts on conferences
Discount on IWG facilities

Routes to MBCI

Standard route to MBCI

Applicants must have passed the CBCI exam (taken at any time since 2008) OR Hold the Business Continuity Management BCI Diploma OR Hold a current AMBCI Membership.
Applicants must have completed at least 20 hours of CPD in the past 12 months.
Applicants must prove that they meet selected Competency and Elemental areas at the ‘Comprehensive’ level as detailed in the Competency Framework.

What documents do MBCI Applicants have to submit if applying through the Standard route?

A current CV/Resume – detailing all roles and responsibilities to date.
Record CPD via your online profile - all the CPD undertaken within the past year to keep your knowledge and skill set up to date, this must amount to at least 20 hours.
Candidate Self-Assessment form
References to support your application
MBCI Application form – Applicants must supply evidential statements against seven of the 11 Competency areas:
- Four evidential statements must be from any of the Leadership & Management Competency areas
- Three evidential statements must be from any of the Professional Practice Competency areas.

For each competency and element that you complete, your evidence must demonstrate that you meet at least 'Comprehensive’ competency level.

The evidential statements must be written in terms of the STAR technique; describing the Situation, the Tasks, Actions, and Results in which the competency was demonstrated.

Full guidance is available on the MBCI Application form.

Experiential route to MBCI

For professionals who have not taken the CBCI Exam, there is another route to MBCI Membership.

Applicants must have completed at least 20 hours of CPD in the past 12 months.
Applicants must prove they meet all 11 Competency areas at the ‘Comprehensive’ level. As detailed in the Competency Framework.

What documents do MBCI Applicants have to submit if applying through the Experiential route?

A current CV/Resume – detailing all roles and responsibilities to date
Record all CPD on the CPD Activity form - This must amount to at least 20 hours, be within the past year, and show how you have kept your knowledge and skill set up to date.
Candidate Self-Assessment form.
References to support your application
MBCI Application form – Applicants must supply evidential statements against all 11 Competency areas.

For each competency and element that you complete, your evidence must demonstrate that you meet at least the ‘Comprehensive’ competency level.

The evidential statements must be written in terms of the STAR technique; describing the Situation, the Tasks, Actions, and Results in which the competency was demonstrated.

Full guidance is given on the MBCI Application form at the upgrade link below.