By Business & Finance 
Elaine Tomlin, Chair, Business Continuity Institute Risk and Governance committee
In association with Next Generation, Business & Finance highlights the notable new appointments at the Business Continuity Institute and CRY Ireland.
Elaine Tomlin
Elaine Tomlin, Chair
Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Risk and Governance committee
Elaine Tomlin, Managing Consultant of Avalution Consulting, has been appointed Chair of the new Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Risk and Governance committee.
She will lead the committee in assisting the BCI Board of Directors in fulfilling risk management support and helping implement governance. Elaine does this through her 13 years’ experience in consulting and assists organisations in their business continuity management (BCM). Her role as a BCM Lead Auditor ISO22301 gives her even more insight into this sphere.
Elaine Tomlin said of her appointment, “I wanted to ensure that a highly-skilled group of risk management specialists were selected to join the committee so that the BCI Board could benefit directly from their expertise, guidance and support. It was fantastic that so many excellent risk management professionals applied for the position.”
“I wanted to achieve a reasonable global selection, good gender balance and ultimately offer the best combination of risk expertise and experience, and I am delighted with the new team in place.”
Tommy Fegan
Tom Fegan, Chairman
CRY Ireland
Tommy Fegan has been appointed chairman of CRY Ireland.
Tommy has taken over from Michael Greene, who was the co-founder of CRY Ireland and has been chairman of the charity since 2002. Michael and his wife Marie Greene founded CRY Ireland in 2002 following the sudden death of their son Peter in June 1996.
He said, speaking of his new role, “I am very honoured to accept the chair, and I recognise that Michael will be an extremely hard act to follow. Along with his wife, Marie, and faithful friends, Michael developed a vision of a national service to provide ongoing support to families bereaved through sudden death of a child, and have raised the funds to provide such a service, based at Tallaght Hospital since 2002. Their vision was inspired by the sudden death of their son, Peter (15), in 1996 and the lack of information, provision and support in Ireland which that tragedy exposed. I hope to help CRY (Ireland) build on the solid foundation Michael and the board has created and strengthen our screening, support and research services, raise awareness of the issues and help reduce the number of parents who face that unimaginable and ultimate horror – burying your child.”
