JAYNE HOWE, FBCI, MRP, CBRM

Jayne Howe, FBCI, MRP, CBRM represents Kingswell International in Canada. Jane has previously provided consulting services to the client base of All Hands Consulting, Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Ajilon Consulting, PDR Global and MetaGroup Consulting Canada.  With over 28 years of business continuity management experience, she specializes in the provision of business continuity consulting services in addition to conducting security audits and plan reviews.  Her clients include public and private sector organizations in North America, Australia, Asia and Europe.

BUSINESS CONTINUITY

As a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute, Ms. Howe has demonstrated a high degree of competence in all international practice areas.  These include:

• Project Initiation And Management
• Risk Evaluation And Control
• Business Impact Analysis
• Developing Business Continuity Strategies
• Emergency Response And Operations
• Developing And Implementing Business Continuity Plans
• Awareness And Training Programs
• Maintaining And Exercising Business Continuity Plans
• Public Relations And Crisis Co-Ordination
• Co-Ordination With Public Authorities

Jane is an active member of numerous professional associations:

• Past Executive Board Member, Disaster Recovery Information Exchange
• Fellow, and past President, Business Continuity Institute, Canada
• Master Recovery Planner, University of Richmond
• Member, Toronto Board of Trade
• Certified Business Resilience Manager, BRCCI (Business Resilience Certification Consortium International)

She is an accomplished trainer/lecturer and teaches business continuity planning workshops across North America, the United Kingdom and Australia.  She has provided numerous presentations, articles, and courses on topics such as business continuity management, service level agreements, disaster recovery, and exercising/testing scripts.  She contributed to The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management, published by Wiley & Sons.

In addition to being a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute, Jane has been certified as a Master Recovery Planner by the University of Richmond, as well as a Certified Business Resilience Manager from the BRCCI.  Ms. Howe is the only practitioner in Canada to hold all three of these designations.