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Over the past year there has been greater optimism that most firms in the financial sector are ready to deal with potential threats to business continuity. From its survey of leading companies, the Tripartite Standing Committee concluded that the major players in the financial system take their business continuity planning responsibility very seriously and will continue to refine their arrangements so as to maintain and increase their already high level of resilience. There are also good co-operative mechanisms in place to facilitate these activities, both within the private sector and between the public and private sectors and encouraging signs that smaller companies are recognising the need for appropriate continuity plans.
However, there is no room for complacency. There has been the recent warning that Al-Qaeda now sees the UK as its number one target country for attacks, and there is the threat of a potential flu epidemic. In the latter case, the nature of the current virus and the timing since the last pandemic suggests that the world is due another incident. For this reason an international pandemic exercise, co-ordinated by the Tripartite group in the UK, has been taking place in October and November. The group are also about to publish its sound practice guide and is doing a mini-version of the 2005 benchmarking survey.
This conference, now in its sixth year, is the premier forum for the discussion of business continuity and disaster recovery issues in the financial services sector.
The first day will focus on the particular concerns of financial markets over the past year.
It will include sessions featuring:
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A keynote address from the Head of Civil Contingencies Secretariat
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The Tripartite Group: the pandemic exercise, sound practice guide and benchmarking mini-exercise
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How to mitigate the effects of prolonged crisis might have on the financial services industry
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Focus on transport
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Focus on flooding
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The availability of insurance cover
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Business continuity and the City legal establishment
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The UK and the global situation
The second day analyses different aspects of the business continuity package from the point of view of individual firms. It will cover:
- Where is business continuity for financial institutions going?
- The new British Standard for business continuity
- Testing and review
- Managing external communication
- Business continuity and outsourced data sourcing provision
- A debate on the future direction of business continuity
- Business continuity policy for a European bank
- Training and management for business continuity
- Advocating the human dimensions in business continuity
- Establishing recovery facilities
This conference should be attended by business continuity managers in all FSA-regulated financial institutions.
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Confirmed Speakers
Conference Chaimen
Tim Armit, Managing Director, Clifton Risk Management
Rick Cudworth, Partner, KPMG LLP
Jamie Jameson, MBCI, Principal Consultant, Link Associates
John Milne, Head of Business Continuity Management, Financial Services Authority
Keynote Address
Bruce Mann, Head of Civil Contingencies Secretariat
Financial Industry and Infrastructure Speakers
Stephen Collins, Head of Business Continuity Division, Bank of England
Vicki Gavin, MBCI, Head of Business Continuity Management, Barclaycard
Richard Maddison, Deputy Head of Business Continuity, Financial Services Authority
David McFarlane, Manager, CHAPS Clearing Company
Alex Merriman, Director, Wholesale Markets Team, British Bankers' Association
Victor Meyer, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Security and Business Continuity, Deutsche Bank
Jane Milne, Assistant Director, Property and Creditor, Association of British Insurers
John Trundle, Managing Director, Risk Management, Euroclear Group
Gert-Jan Van Der Kroon, Senior Business Continuity Manager, Fortis Bank
Rebecca Wallace, Resilience and Recovery Project Manager, Financial Services Authority
Policy and Business Continuity Industry Speakers
David Austin, MBCI, Head of Continuity Services, Insight Consulting
Dr Sandra Bell, Director, Homeland Security and Resilience, Royal United Services Institute
Malcolm Cheshire, SBCI, Executive Director, Thirdmargin
Kathryn Holloway, Chief Executive, Press Alert
Allen Johnson, Managing Consultant and Director, Scenaris Ltd
Andrew McCrackan, FBCI, Director, EMEA Business Continuity Management Practice, Symantec
Clive Restall, MBCI, Global Business Continuity Manager, Allen & Overy LLP
Andy Tomkinson, MBCI, Partner, Adtapt
Infrastructure Speakers
Eileen Abbess, Head of Risk, Network Rail
Eamonn Forde, Team Leader, Flood Incident Management Tidal Thames Defences, Environment Agency
Richard Stephenson, Director of Group Health, Safety and Environment, Transport for London
Andy Trotter, Deputy Chief Constable, British Transport Police
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