Steelhenge Consulting appoints James Royds, a highly respected business continuity management practitioner, as a Director and Head of Consulting

SALISBURY, ENGLAND, November 04, 2010 (Press-News.org) Steelhenge Consulting, a leading provider of business continuity management and organisational resilience consultancy, is delighted to announce the appointment of James Royds MBA FBCI FCMI as a Director and Head of Consulting. The appointment continues the expansion of Steelhenge's business continuity and organisational resilience provision over the last year as the company continues to enjoy success. For more information, visit http://www.steelhenge.co.uk or call 0845 094 2117.

"We're delighted to announce James's appointment with Steelhenge," said Dominic Cockram, Managing Director for Steelhenge. "James is a highly experienced business continuity management practitioner with an impressive track record and respected opinion leader in the industry. I am certain he will make a valuable contribution to our organisational resilience consultancy services. James is currently a Director, Fellow and Chairman Designate of the Business Continuity Institute, the pre eminent professional body in our field," Dominic added.

"James has extensive experience in the delivery of operational risk management, information security, business continuity and crisis management programmes, which will make him an invaluable member of the management team responsible for the continued development of our consultancy practice," Dominic explained. "James has worked on projects for central, regional and local Government together with their executive agencies as well as having extensive experience of implementing resilience programmes in the commercial sectors. I'm sure that James will make an impact in his role with Steelhenge, and indeed for the business continuity industry as a whole," Dominic concluded. He takes up his Chairmanship of the Business Continuity Institute on 3 November at a ceremony during the BCM World Conference 2010 in London.

About Steelhenge

Steelhenge Consulting provides end to end business continuity, crisis management and emergency planning services to a broad range of corporate clients internationally, as well as to UK Government Departments, local authorities, the European Commission and NGOs. Steelhenge also delivers specialist services in energy resilience, utility resilience, ICT continuity management and sports event emergency management. Steelhenge has particular expertise in the preparation of people to perform effectively in implementing business continuity and recovery plans, and in communicating both internally and externally with stakeholders during a crisis.

Established in 2004, with offices in London and Salisbury, Steelhenge is the UK's leader in the delivery of bespoke emergency response training and incident management exercises for staff at all levels from the strategic through the tactical to the operational. Steelhenge's business continuity and crisis management consultants have been recruited from a broad range of sectors in order to create a depth of expertise and knowledge across the resilience landscape. All senior staff have operational experience of crises, incidents, emergencies or disasters, enabling them to deliver pragmatic business continuity and crisis management solutions along with crisis communications and media training based on real-life experience.