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Crisis and Leadership
Jeremy Larken, DSO - Crisis - Emergency - LeadershipJeremy Larken, DSO - Crisis - Emergency - LeaderJeremy Larken, DSO - Crisis - Emergency - Leadership
- MD of OCTO since start-up (1991); tutored over 1000 executives & senior managers
- Authority on Corporate Crisis Management and board-level arrangements
- Practical Leadership under pressure
- Previously deputy head of the Ministry of Defence's crisis management organisation
- Six major sea-going commands, including submarine operations (Cold War), the Falklands campaign (DSO), commander of the UK/NL NATO amphibious force
- Contributor to journals and academic texts on crisis management and leadership issues.
Helen Shannon, CEng, FIChemE. - Crisis - Emergency - Leadership
- Director; tutored over 300 managers and executives
- Specialist in mapping/anticipating corporate-crisis impact/fallout
- Benchmarking site emergency management capability
- Offshore HSE inspector - major hazard safety and emergency management systems
- Operations management experience includes Plant Manager for Chemicals and Polymers site, Corporate Management Systems Manager and Operations Business Manager holding responsibility for emergency and crisis management.
Jonathon Reeve, CB - Crisis - Leadership
- Extensive experience in national emergency arrangements for the UK nuclear weapons and nuclear power-plant programmes and from extensive exposure to emergency command throughout Royal Navy career
- Previous executive board member of the Navy Board for Logistics and Fleet Support
- Principal in the Navy's nuclear accident organisation 1998-2004, from 2001 leading and reforming it
- Ran the three biggest multi-agency nuclear accident exercises ever conducted in the UK up to 2003
- Directed Naval logistics in support of operations in Iraq
- Tutor in crisis management on the Cabinet Office Top Management Programme.
Jimmy Hay, MBE - Crisis
- Adviser on corporate management and practice, and crisis contingencies
- Business representative to Scottish Enterprise
- Formerly General Manager BP Exploration, UK Operations, having managed successively drilling and production operations of BNOC, Britoil and BP
- Governor of the Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Board and the Drilling and Production Training Association.
Alex Wengraf, Cav, M.R.I. FDS RCS (Eng). - Crisis
- Managing Director Endymion M & T Ltd.
- Formerly Managing Director of P & D Colnaghi & Head of European Operations of Circline Inc.
- Independent private art dealer and consultant
- Published regularly on the visual arts and related subjects, including academic papers and book reviews
- Cavaliere al Merito of the Italian Republic.
Charles Anson, CVO - Crisis Communications
- Adviser and coach in reputation strategy and management in crisis
- Formerly director of corporate communications group for Diageo and Hilton Group plc; Downing Street Press Officer working for two Prime Ministers; Press Secretary to The Queen (90-97)
- 21-year career in British Diplomatic Service included: Deputy head of FCO department coordinating counter-terrorism policy; Teheran Embassy during Iran Revolution; Washington Embassy (twice), and Head of Communications for the European Broadcasting Union
Dr Tony Barrell, CB, FEng - Corporate and Strategic Risk Management
- Authority on corporate risk management; also the prevention/mitigation of major industrial accidents
- Non-executive Director of NATS and Lloyd's Register of Shipping; recently retired as chairman of BAA's Safety, Security & Environment Committee
- Past President of IChemE and member of Council of Royal Academy of Engineering
- In 1990 set up Offshore Safety Division of HSE post Piper Alpha; CE until 1994.