Emergency preparedness, business continuity and resilience. Providing regional and national expertise in designing and overseeing solutions for major emergencies.
Business continuity services
Emergency preparedness planning
Organisational risk and resilience assessments
Incident Management, Emergency Operations Centre and monitoring processes
- Planning and alignment with:
- ISO22301:2012 and AS:NZS 50/50 2010 Business Continuity standards.
- Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) V2 (2014) – to ‘CIMS 4’.
- Civil Defence Emergency Management guidelines.
- International emergency management best practice.
- National Security System.
- 2009 to 2017 – Auckland regional public health lead for emergency preparedness and response. Including as regional lead for:
- H1N1 (2009) Pandemic Influenza (Swine Flu)
- Public health emergency preparedness and response (Zika virus, Ebola Virus Disease, Typhoid, Measles)
- Major events – including Rugby World Cup 2011, mass arrivals (border control) preparedness.
- 2014 – New Zealand Medical Assistance Team field course – completed
- 2011 – Post-graduate Certificate in Emergency Management (Auckland University of Technology)
- World Health Organisation (Oceania) risk assessment training workshop.
- Atlanta, Georgia (US) – National Preparedness Summit and CDC HQ liaison.
- Banda Aceh (Indonesia) – Field liaison with NGO partners for Adecco Australia-sponsored tsunami recovery programmes.
- Gjakova / Đakovica (Kosovo) – Humanitarian volunteer – Community advocacy and primary and high school level refugee programmes.
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