Crisis and Leadership

The Team
Crisis and Leadership
Emergency and Leadership
Project Support
 
 
Jeremy 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.
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