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Our Team | Resilience Guard GmbH
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The team

A senior team, kept deliberately small

We are an elite boutique of twenty one specialists. The practitioners who win your trust are the ones who deliver your work.

2014
Founded in Zurich
21
Specialists across the group
4
Markets served
10+
Years of practice

An elite boutique

Small by design, senior by default

Resilience Guard is a team of twenty one specialists. We keep the practice deliberately compact so that the people who win the work are the people who deliver it. Below are the senior practitioners who lead our client engagements, research and governance. The wider group extends this bench with delivery, analyst and support specialists who work behind the named leads.

Leadership

Portrait of John Zeppos, Founder and Group Managing Director at Resilience Guard
John Zeppos

Founder and Group Managing Director

FBCI CBCP CCRP. Two-time BCI Global BC Manager of the Year

Commercial and delivery

Portrait of Dominic Scholl, Senior Service Executive at Resilience Guard
Dominic Scholl

Senior Service Executive

Portrait of Reina El Dahr, Business Risk Expert at Resilience Guard
Reina El Dahr

Business Risk Expert

MSc PhD CEng

Portrait of Dimitris Vamvatsikos, Senior Research Coordinator at Resilience Guard
Dimitris Vamvatsikos

Senior Research Coordinator

MSc PhD CEng

Governance and operations

Portrait of Xenia Tamasi, Group Office Manager and Executive Coordinator at Resilience Guard
Xenia Tamasi

Group Office Manager and Executive Coordinator

Portrait of Natalia Gaik-Hoang, Legal Advisor, Lawyer and PhD candidate at Resilience Guard
Natalia Gaik-Hoang

Legal Advisor, Lawyer and PhD candidate

Portrait of Mania Mylona, Finance and Compliance Lead at Resilience Guard
Mania Mylona

Finance and Compliance Lead

Portrait of Fanis Markou, Technology Officer at Resilience Guard
Fanis Markou

Technology Officer

Portrait of Jessica Gaines, Communications Specialist at Resilience Guard
Jessica Gaines

Communications Specialist

BA MA

The shape of the group

Nine named leads sit above a wider bench of specialists. The structure keeps decisions close to delivery and gives every client a senior owner.

The shape of the group: 21 specialists by tier 21 specialists Leadership (1) Commercial and delivery leads (3) Governance and operations leads (5) Wider delivery and research bench (12) Nine named leads sit above a bench of twelve specialists in engineering, risk analysis, research and dissemination.

How the practice is structured

Four tiers, one standard. Every engagement has a named senior owner and a clear escalation line to the founder.

Leadership
Founder and Group Managing Director
Sets strategy, owns the most complex mandates and the firm standard.
Commercial and delivery
Service, business risk and research leads
Own client relationships and lead engagement delivery.
Governance and operations
Office, legal, finance and compliance, technology, communications
Keep the firm compliant, funded, secure and clearly communicated.
Wider practice
A bench of specialists completing the group of twenty one
Delivery, analysis and support capacity working behind the named leads.
Advisory

An independent Advisory Board

Our work is challenged by senior external voices in disaster risk and security.

Meet the Advisory Board

Leadership

A practitioner founder

The firm is led by a two-time BCI Global Business Continuity Manager of the Year.

About the founder

Standards

How we hold ourselves

Our mission, values and code of conduct set the bar for every engagement.

Mission and values

Work with a senior team

Tell us what keeps you exposed and we will put the right practitioner in front of you.

Team questions

How large is the Resilience Guard team?
Resilience Guard is a group of twenty one specialists. We keep the practice deliberately small so that senior practitioners lead and deliver the work directly.
Who leads client engagements?
Engagements are led by named senior practitioners across our commercial, delivery and research functions, with the founder owning the most complex mandates.
What expertise does the wider team hold?
Beyond the nine named leads, a bench of twelve specialists covers resilience engineering, risk and hazard analysis, research and dissemination, many holding advanced degrees and chartered engineering status.
Does Resilience Guard have independent oversight?
Yes. An independent Advisory Board of senior figures in disaster risk and security challenges our methods and standards.