Each year, the DRI International
Awards of Excellence program honors the leaders and innovators in the fields of continuity management, technology recovery, and crisis and risk management. We’re pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s Awards of Excellence. This year’s winners will be revealed at the Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony at DRI2024 in New Orleans, LA, Mar. 5, 2024. We hope you’ll join us to cheer on all the deserving finalists:
PRODUCT/SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
- BDO
- Continuity Innovation
- Fusion Risk Management
- Infinite Blue
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Malaysia
- Riskonnect
- Veoci
TEAM OF THE YEAR
- Arab National Bank – Business Continuity Management
- Dell Technologies – Enterprise Resiliency
- Mobily – Risk & Business Continuity Management
RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OF THE YEAR
- HCLTech – Crisis & Resilience Team
- TELUS – Emergency Response & Business Continuity (ERBC)
- TURKCELL GLOBAL BILGI – Enterprise Risk Management And Business Continuity Management
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
- Shanelle Barton – Halton Region
- Tyler Mitchell, CBCP – AHEAD LLC
- Alexa Saffelle, ABCP – BDO
CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR
- Ilker Cankara – Saudi Aramco Safaniya Onshore Producing Department
- Richard Colesante, CBCP – Protiviti
- Lisa Jones, MBCP – Control Risks
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Abdulrahman Alonaizan, CBCP
- David Halford
- Venkata Ramana Krothapalli, ABCP
- Greg Pinchbeck, CBCP
- Daman Sood
- Idamie Vincent
- Nina Wyatt
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – PUBLIC SECTOR
- Khaled Abouzeid – Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
- Dr. Humaid Alkindi – Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)
- Doniella Mckoy, CBCP – Rabdan Academy
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – NON-PROFIT SECTOR
- Mark Martin Bras – Vieques Love
- Efraim Wielgus – Columbia University Information Technology
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – PRIVATE SECTOR
- James Lodge, CBCP – Linklaters
- John Liuzzi, CBCP – Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
- Bogdana Sardak – Fusion Risk Management (Former)