BCI Board Nominee Spotlight: Simon Contini FBCI
Full name: Simon Contini
Membership grade: FBCI
Country of residence: United Arab Emirates
Professional Role: Global owner and service product manager of resilience consulting services
About the nominee
Simon Contini, known worldwide as a resilience, innovator and strategic transformation lead. He's the global services product owner for resilience consulting services at Dell Technologies, responsible for creating next-gen solutions in business continuity, DR and cyber resilience.
He has been responsible for cutting-edge, agentic AI-driven capabilities such as exercise testing and recovery automation/ransomware restoration to AI-driven Business Impact Analysis (let alone sustainable end-to-end resilience) offerings.
Simon talks regularly with senior leadership at risk and continuity decision makers, as well as industry research analysts and regulators, to ensure that the products address the most up-to-date compliance standards. He is an active contributor to the BCI Community and serves as UAE Chapter Leader, Award Judge & Member of AI and Cyber SIGs.
He is also a mentor to resilience professionals around the globe and a Dell CTO Ambassador. Inspired by the potential to influence the future of his field, Simon offers a strategic approach and depth in the technical field that spans global markets. His four key aims are driving innovation through AI, balancing regulations, boosting member engagement, and promoting diversity in leadership. He thinks BCI needs to adapt and grow along with new technologies and worldwide challenges - and he’s ready to help steer that change.
Why serve on the BCI Board?
It would be the highest privilege to be trusted to serve on the BCI board and lead the profession through a transformative era shaped by AI, quantum computing, and global risk complexity/uncertainty. My experience, spanning from customer to vendor to global consulting services product owner, provides me with a unique perspective on resilience across various industries and geographies.
I am neurodiverse, and this has helped me understand people with different needs, whilst also enabling me to view things from multiple angles, often providing fresh perspectives that enhance collaboration and lead to more thoughtful, inclusive solutions.
I’ve built and led global consulting services, developed generative and agentic AI, and powered Business Continuity, Disaster, and Cyber Ransomware Recovery solutions, advising CxOs on resilience strategies. I understand how to build communities, help enable them, manage them, and work with stakeholders across various industries and geographies. I’ve also contributed to BCI through chapter leadership, SIGs, and judging, and I mentor professionals worldwide.
I’m passionate about expanding BCI’s global reach, aligning with evolving standards, and ensuring our profession attracts and retains top talent. I believe in embedding resilience into ESG and future readiness strategies, and I want to help BCI remain a trusted, innovative, and inclusive voice in the years ahead.
What skills and experience do you bring to the board?
At Dell, Simon serves as Global Services Product Owner for Resilience Consulting and as a CTO Ambassador, where he leads the development of AI-powered BC/DR solutions through the identification and combination with industry partners. His role involves building business cases, conducting competitive and market research, and crafting strategic messaging for global go-to-market initiatives. He works closely with diverse stakeholders across customer advocacy councils, marketing, sales, finance, legal, corporate communications, delivery consulting, and third-party partners, ensuring alignment across functions and geographies to gain board approval for creating, maintaining, optimizing, and retiring consulting services in a manner that promotes continuity and resilience.
Simon has reviewed BCI governance materials, engaged with current and former Board members, and actively contributed to SIGs and chapter leadership. His experience in navigating complex stakeholder environments, translating technical innovation into business value, and aligning with global standards positions him to contribute meaningfully to BCI’s strategic direction.
His preparation reflects a balance of operational insight, strategic foresight, and a deep commitment to advancing resilience as a global discipline.
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