Mr Michael Davies Hon FBCI
Chief Executive Officer, Dimension Data, South Africa, Hon FBCI
Michael is passionate about providing effective risk, resilience and recovery solutions for organisations and has been involved in the Resilience & Business Continuity Industry for 20 years after having spent several years in the IT Industry. Michael has assisted clients across various industries not only during disruptions caused by extreme weather conditions, political protest, social unrest and cyber ransomware and breaches, but also has been integral to bolstering their resilience capabilities. Furthermore, Michael has had the privilege to speak about Resilience and Business Continuity Management (BCM) at various conferences in Africa and been the author of many articles on leading edge concepts in risk, resilience and recovery.
Michael was CEO of ContinuitySA, the leading BCM service provider in Africa, and left the company in March 2021, having spent 18 years with the company. Whilst at the helm of the company it won numerous prestigious awards including being inducted into the Global Business Continuity Institute Hall of Fame. This was after winning the Continuity and Resilience Provider award for Africa for 3 consecutive years. Michael’s current focus is to help organisations integrate strategy, risk and resilience for them to remain effective and sustainable in times of great uncertainty and accelerating change.