This year’s Business Continuity Awards winners were announced last night at a glittering gala dinner held at the Hilton on Park Lane in London. Hosted by comedian Jo Caulfield, the 16th annual awards are the definitive mark of achievement in business continuity and resilience.

This year's winners:

Business Continuity/Resilience Manager of the Year
Chand Basha, Worldwide Business Continuity Planning Manager, Hewlett Packard GBS BCP & Risk Management Team

Best Contribution to Continuity & Resilience
Sungard Availability Services

Public Sector / Not-for-Profit Continuity Manager of the Year
Andy Pepper, Senior Emergency Management Officer, Cardiff Council

Business Continuity Consultant of the Year
Emma Dadson, Director, Harwell Restoration
Highly commended: Karen Azzopardi, Manager, Shadow-Planner Operations, Phoenix

Personality of the Year
Gary Hibberd, Agenci

Lifetime Achievement
Abdulrahman Alonaizan

Business Continuity/Resilience Strategy of the Year
Royal Bank of Canada
Highly commended: Deloitte

Industry Newcomer of the Year
Sarah Keeling, Business Continuity Manager, TNT UK & Ireland
Highly commended: Rebecca Thornton, Deloitte
Highly commended: Andrew Austin, PwC

Resilience in Infrastructure
TelecityGroup

Business Continuity/Resilience Initiative of the Year
Marks & Spencer’s Business Continuity Dashboard

Business Continuity Management Planning Software of the Year
ClearView Continuity

Most Innovative Solution of the Year
Geminare’s Cloud Recovery

Specialist Company of the Year
Vocal

Business Continuity/Resilience Team of the Year
Marks & Spencer

Most Effective Recovery of the Year
Bupa Health Funding
Highly commended: AIG Europe

Most Innovative Product of the Year
Easy Continuity

Student of the Year
John Still, Student, University Of Leicester

Business Continuity Strategy through Partnership
Hotel Chocolat & Cambridge Risk Solutions

Transformation of the Year
Transport for London

Cloud Services Provider of the Year
Phoenix

Supply Chain Strategy of the Year
Capital One

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