Description

As a seasoned resilience leader and Master Business Continuity Professional (DRI) with over a decade of experience, Katie has gained key international and cross-industry experience in holistic business continuity management, risk mitigation, and crisis management, all while bringing meaningful change to the clients she serves.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Basel (up to 50km)

EY
Business Resilience Practice Lead & Senior Manager
January 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)
Zurich, Switzerland
Business continuity and crisis management executive responsible for developing and leading the industry agnostic Business Resilience
offering and team for consulting services.
• Spearheaded the development of the business resilience consulting capability, managing projected revenues of $3M for FY25 overseeing a team of eight. Achieved FY24 revenues of $2.4M and FY23 revenues of $1.6M.
• Founded the EY Global Center of Excellence for Crisis Simulations, delivering immersive crisis simulations to major companies in
Europe and North America, generating $1.6M in FY25 revenues and achieving 62% revenue growth from FY24 (founding) to FY25.
• Led the design, development, and execution of over 60 immersive, tool-based business continuity, incident response, and crisis management simulations in FY25 to train clients, test their response capabilities under pressure, and validate operational plans.
• Advised CISOs, CROs, and COOs on multiple engagements, driving the strategy, design, and implementation of comprehensive resilience programs across the entire lifecycle of cyber resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management services.
DELOITTE
Business Resilience Manager
January 2020 - December 2021 (1 year and 11 months)
Zurich, Switzerland
Life sciences resilience subject matter expert advising on optimal continued operations and crisis response during COVID-19.
• Defined the design, development, and implementation of a comprehensive resilience program encompassing the entire lifecycle of risk
management, business continuity, and crisis management. This includes governance, frameworks, metrics, and operationalization.
• Led assessments, during and after crisis response, to assist clients in identifying and prioritizing mission-critical operations, managing communications, extracting lessons learned, and updating their overall crisis management organization and methodologies.
Deloitte Consulting
Strategy & Operations Senior Consultant
December 2018 - January 2020 (1 year and 1 month)
Paris, France
Life sciences specialist and internal transfer tasked with developing the pharmaceutical supply chain resilience market offering within the
Strategy & Operations practice for Deloitte France.
• Built and trained team of six direct reports while developing a comprehensive framework for pharmaceutical supply chain risk and resilience, encompassing business continuity and risk management.