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Justin Cuckow: Business Continuity and Crisis Management Specialist   

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Justin Cuckow

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Professional Qualifications

  • Fellow, Business Continuity Institute (FBCI)

  • MSC in Project Planning

  • MA (Hons) French and Business; fluent spoken and written French

  • Lead Auditor ISO22301 (Business Continuity Management Systems)

  • Certificate in Information Security Management (CISM Exam passed)

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Operational Experience

  • International humanitarian aid: 10 years of leading emergency response and programmes in Afghanistan, Angola, Burma, Congo (DRC), Indonesia, Niger, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan.
     

  • UK Public Sector resilience management: 14 years of leading emergency preparedness, resilience and response for local authority, fire and rescue, the NHS, Higher Education and Research

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Consultancy Experience

  • Since 2020 Incident Ready Consulting has supported and retained an impressive client list.

  • Working with over 17 UK Universities including Cambridge, QMUL, Southampton and York to deliver services from resilience gap analysis, to building and testing response plans.

  • Risk Management expert advisor to global insurance broker Gallagher.

  • Specialist business continuity support to Semiconductor and Manufacturing companies.

  • Validating response plans for a national grocery retailer and technology company.


Please see Our Clients,  Testimonials and full CV on LinkedIn

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I offer a unique perspective on the impacts of incidents on people from experience of humanitarian response, coupled with 14 years UK public sector resilience in blue light and safety critical roles. Note that private sector consultants typically have much less incident management experience than those in the public sector. This is a real strength as Incident Ready Consulting can immediately add value from experience and through anecdotes and case studies.

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Winner of Peer Awards

  • Sector Breakthrough; first University to achieve ISO 22301

  • Best Incident Response (meningitis). Higher Education Business Continuity Network

  • HEBCoN Awards 2019 - meningitis

  • HEBCoN Awards 2020  "for his work in particular supporting colleagues on COVID-19"

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Specialties

ISO 22301 Alignment and Certification, Crisis Response, Risk Management, Business Continuity, Resilience and Operational Planning, Information Security, Exercising, Training, Supply Chain Management, Auditing, Policy Development, Project Management and Strategy Development.

Client Testimonial

“I would highly recommend Justin as a practical and experienced Business Continuity consultant. His range of knowledge & experience is extensive, but his real skill is in how he applies them. He has the ability to clarify the core elements of what can be an overwhelming subject into manageable tasks. He is also a great communicator, able to explain the importance and key requirements of good emergency & business continuity planning at all levels. In a short space of time he was able to provide impactful and deliverable guidance to improve the robustness of our arrangements.“

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Karen Lawrence, Group Director Health and Safety, University of Coventry

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