Alex Fullick MBCI

Founder & Managing Director, Stone Road Inc, Canada

Alex Fullick is the founder and managing director of Stone Road Inc (StoneRoad), a consulting firm focused on business continuity management and resilience – in all its forms.  

Alex has been working in the business continuity and resilience industry for over 28 years, starting a few years before Y2K. 

He holds several industry certifications, presented at numerous conferences, and was the BCI 2022 global achievement award winner. 

Alex is also the author of eight (8) business continuity and resilience themed books, an entrepreneur, and the creator and host of the globally recognized and successful podcast and YouTube channel, “Preparing for the Unexpected”.

Anastasiia Konoplova

CEO, LLC UAG, Ukraine

Anastasiia Konoplova is an accomplished governance, risk management, and information security professional holding CISA, CRISC, and CDPSE certifications, for which she also serves as an authorized trainer, sharing her expertise with the professional community.

As the owner and CEO of LLC UAG, operating in Ukraine since 1999, she has demonstrated remarkable business continuity leadership for over two decades, merging her master’s in economics with a focus on economic cybernetics.

Her dual expertise in technology and business enables her to effectively translate complex technology challenges into actionable business strategies, making her an invaluable consultant in today's risk-driven environment.

Anna Badimo - Affiliate

Chief Executive Officer, Sigmateq Technologies, South Africa

Anna is currently the CEO of Sigmateq Technologies which specialises in cyber security solutions, ISO/IEC 27001 and 22301 Certification Training, as well as providing research, consultancy and advisory services.

She has over 15 years of experience in IT management, governance and project management. She has worked as an IT manager, CTO, head of IT security, audit, risk and IT governance committees and she is an ISO/IEC standardisation expert.

Anna has a B.Sc Computer Science, B.Sc Hons, M.Sc, Master of Business Administration and CISM, CGEIT, CISA, CRISC, PMP, ISO 27001, ISO 22301 and Blockchain certifications.

Areej Faruquie MBCI

Senior resilience specialist, Qantas, Australia

Areej is a seasoned business continuity and resilience specialist from Sydney, Australia, with over 15 years of experience driving organisational resilience.

Currently, she serves as a senior resilience specialist and technical lead at Qantas Group, implementing and managing their Business continuity Management System.

Previously, Areej held similar roles at QBE Insurance and Westpac Banking Corporation.

She delivers resilience outcomes by uplifting BC systems and processes, leveraging her expertise in BCM, emergency management, and resilience.

Davy Warnez CBCI

Group Business Continuity Manager, bpost, Belgium

Davy Warnez began his career as a consultant, gaining broad cross-industry experience before moving into corporate roles in banking and the postal industry. 

With a strong background in business and IT and an ability to bridge technical and strategic perspectives, he specializes in designing and managing robust and pragmatic resilience  programs.

Dom Passalacqua - Affiliate

Business Continuity and Governance Consultant, Carers WA, Australia

Dom’s broad professional experience spans across business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency management, governance, risk management, systems, transformation, operations, quality, health, academia, music and elite sport. 

He has worked in health care, aged care, mental health, drug and alcohol recovery, Universities, not for profit organisations, performance venues, production studios, sporting organisations and private business. 

Dom has lived with First Nations Peoples in remote Australia and has been profoundly affected by the wisdom of Traditional Owners and their Cultural perspectives to emergency preparation and disaster recovery. 

He looks forward to meaningful collaborations and hopes his experience adds value to open conversations.

Kathryn Scourby

Principal, KNS Consulting LLC, USA

Kathy Scourby, CBCP, CCRP is the Principal of KNS Consulting, LLC, and a certified business continuity professional and certified cyber resilience professional.

Kathy consults with professional service firms in the areas of business continuity, disaster preparedness, cyber resilience, risk management, compliance, and succession planning. Her experience includes over forty-five years working in the legal world and thirty-three years in management with the international law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP.

For the last fifteen years Kathy has been a frequent speaker and presenter at legal management and business continuity conferences, state and local bar association meetings and conferences, other association meetings and conferences, and with private service firms and businesses.

Kush Srivastava

Crisis & Emergency Management Specialist, Emarat Petroleum, United Arab Emirates

Kush is a certified BCM professional with 29+ years of experience leading and delivering global resilience engagements across multiple industries and domains such as utilities, oil & gas, banking, financial services, BPO, ITES, crisis management and BCP-DR consulting.

He has a good understanding of “what it takes for organizations for being resilient”, and is an expert in designing & aligning of governance framework & functional effectiveness of incident management plans, emergency response plans, crisis management and business continuity plans & crisis media resp. plans of complex organizations. He has developed some unique tests & exercises for ensuring resilience during crisis & emergency with “role clarity” across the management hierarchy.

Kush has authored a book on BCM & crisis management. As a winner of multiple BCI awards he was inducted in BCI Hall of Fame in 2019 and has received other regional awards & recognitions.

Kyle Dixon MBCI

Emergency Preparedness and Resilience Manager, Yorkshire Water, UK

Kyle Dixon is a resilience strategist with a passion for making the complex simple. As emergency preparedness and resilience manager at Yorkshire Water, he leads a team focused on strengthening organisational resilience, improving incident response, and shaping the future of business continuity.

With a sharp analytical mind and a knack for engaging stakeholders, Kyle thrives on solving tough challenges and driving real change.

A former BCI European newcomer of the year nominee, he believes resilience should be both innovative and inclusive—because the best plans don’t just work on paper, they work in reality.

Nicolene Olivier - Affiliate

Senior Risk Consultant – Business Continuity, Aon, South Africa

Nicolene is a highly experienced business continuity management specialist with a proven track record of over six years in developing and maintaining robust programs. Her expertise lies in enhancing business continuity through targeted training, awareness initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.

Her focus is on creating dynamic, value-driven plans that are responsive to changing circumstances, rather than static documents.

Nicolene has been recognized for her contributions, winning the BCI Continuity and Resilience Newcomer Award for Africa in 2020 and the BCI Continuity and Resilience Professional (Private Sector) Award for Africa in 2024.

Rina Singh MBCI

Head of Business Resilience, Smart DCC, UK

Rina Singh is a multi-award-winning business resilience leader and head of business resilience at Smart DCC. With extensive experience across multiple industries, she develops innovative strategies that help organisations navigate disruption.

As the host of RESLIENCEPOD podcast, Rina brings a fresh perspective on resilience, challenging traditional approaches and promoting practical, forward-thinking solutions.

A former leader of BCI’s women in resilience initiative, she is dedicated in driving diversity and inclusive leadership within the resilience field.

Rina's work, recognised through multiple awards, continues to shape the evolution of business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management.

Samuel McKnight CBCI

Business Continuity Analyst, Eversource Energy, USA

Samuel McKnight works in business continuity and emergency preparedness for Eversource Energy in Massachusetts, USA. After experiences in international security analysis and outdoor education leadership, he began a career in continuity on the operational resilience team at Tesco Bank in Edinburgh, Scotland. He lived there for three years until moving with his wife and daughter to Boston in 2024.

Samuel holds BC certifications from The BCI, DRII, and the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, and recently published an article on the value of BIAs in the Winter 2024 Disaster Recovery Journal. He was top of his class both in International Relations at Roanoke College (B.A.) and in his master’s in management cohort at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. 

Samuel is a qualified Wilderness First Responder and spends his free time outdoors, having volunteered as a Park Ranger in the Pentland Hills (Scotland), and he is excited to begin a similar role in the White Mountains (USA).