Leadership & Insight

Amal Shady, CBCP, MBCI, ISO 22301 Senior Lead Implementer, Certified ISO 22301 Trainer.

Amal (meaning Hope) Shady, the Founder, and President has over two decades of experience in operational resilience and has seen firsthand the evolution of Continuity of Operations. She has worked in multiple global firms, overseeing the development, implementation, and enhancement of Business Continuity Management Systems at Citigroup, Bloomberg, Reed Elsevier (parent company to LexisNexis), and McGraw Hill. She sat on the Board of the Association of Continuity Professionals (ACP) NYC Metro Chapter, as Program Director for two years.

Though her career has mostly been focused within the private sector, Amal has worked closely with Law Enforcement at the local and national level. She is well versed in the National Incident Management System (NIMS), which was created in the aftermath of the 9/11 Terrorist Attack to ensure that all law enforcement agencies utilize a standard and consistent response system.

She has served on multiple Advisory Boards, led Webinars, and spoken at industry conferences.

She has been a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) since 2007, a Member of the Business Continuity Institute since 2008, and a Certified Senior Lead Implementer & Instructor of ISO 22301 – the global Business Continuity Standard.

Amal is also an active member of her community, where she served as a Board Trustee on the Board of Education for the Bedford Central School District in Westchester, NY fro three years. Previously, she served at her school districts’ Board of Education Audit Committee, Budget Advisory Committee, and Community Engagement Committee. She also served as a Board member of the Foundation for Bedford Central School District and as a member of the Town of Bedford Ethics Committee for five years.

In 2017, Amal published an article in Government CIO Outlook on “The Evolution of Business Continuity”.

Amal recently presented at the BCI World Hybrid 2024 Conference in October 2024 in London, and was selected to as a back-up speaker at the BCI World Hybrid 2025 Conference. Prior, she led an ICMC webinar on the “Response Life Cycle” in October 2017; was a Roundtable Moderator on “Operational Resilience” at the Security Leader’s Summit in May 2018 in New York City, and presented in person at the RISKWORLD Conference on “The Missed Opportunity to Tie BCMS to OPerational Risk & Resilience” in May 2023 in Atlanta, GA.