At a Glance:
- Developed a bespoke question set optimised for the client.
- Gathered of all relevant data and converted it to develop robust BIAs and a Business Continuity Plan.
- Achieved accurate and filterable recording of all data, that can be continually updated over time.
The Client:
A global energy company.
Their Challenge:
The organisation was operating in an under-developed country in an unstable region where output can take precedence over Health and Safety. The power supply can be fickle, supply chain unreliable and it’s expensive to employ people to work there.
Inverroy's Approach:
It was important to study the business in depth first to be able to re-design the standard BIA questions to ensure they were applicable to the client (whilst maintaining compliance with ISO standards and BCI good practice guidelines).
Inverroy divided the questions into five subsets; Infrastructure, People, IT/Data, Supply Chain and Horizon-Scanning.
Infrastructure
An office is an office and can usually be replicated by employees working remotely. However the infrastructure onsite also included, but not limited, to a waste-processing facility, medical clinic, laundry and secure front gate and perimeter.
People
Loss of key people. Inverroy looked at what critical skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications are needed to replace loss of staff and where to find the relevant people with these skill sets. Alternatively if recruitment wasn’t an option training programmes were initiated with existing staff to prepare them to take over.
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IT/Data
Understanding and recording all IT systems and applications used by the client (which is often more than we all think).
Inverroy worked with the client to identify how business activities can continue if any IT system or application is disrupted for one day, seven days and 14 days to allow time for the disruption to be fixed.
Inverroy also advised on identifying IT systems that are no longer being used and stop paying the license!
Supply Chain
We identified the critical, long-lead-time and expensive supplies, and advised not to store them all in one place. If there is a fire in that area, it is all lost in one go.
Horizon Scanning
Inverroy looked at what the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legislative and Environmental (PESTLE) factors are likely to impact the business.
These can range from international treaties to fluctuations in the value of the US$, to elections, to environmental catastrophes to 5G.
We worked out the most serious and most likely impacts on the business (sometimes the same thing) and built the contingency plans from there.
The Result:
Inverroy worked with all the departments to gather answers to each of the bespoke questions and recorded everything into a templated spreadsheet which was designed to be interrogated, filtered and searched as required.
Through this Inverroy was able to build a comprehensive, bespoke and current set of data which can genuinely inform early and help with effective decision-making and planning.
The project was designed so that the client can continue to review and update the answers easily and efficiently as needed on a quarterly or bi annual basis.
“I just want to say how great it is to have Inverroy on the team and handling this role. Their organisation, documenting and leadership is great to see and absolute (sic) necessary with these ongoing issues”
“Really top-quality analysis here – I hadn’t really been thinking about how the Middle East played into the Russia/West tension before reading this, but Inverroy raised a lot of really insightful points”
— Global Energy Business
What Our Clients Say
What Our Clients Say
A detailed insight into Logkeeper training and presented in an effective way to display key skills required, as well as emphasising importance of role towards the success of the IMT team. Training is relative to a number of different scenarios role played.
Oliver Askander
Perenco UK
Philippa, Senior Security Consultant from Inverroy Crisis Management, conducted a comprehensive security review for the Olympic Fanzone at Kings Cross ahead of the Paris Olympics. Her extensive knowledge and hands-on approach were evident from the start, as she meticulously evaluated every aspect of our security plan. Philippa not only identified potential vulnerabilities but also provided clear, actionable recommendations tailored to our specific event needs. Her professionalism, clear communication, and ability to work seamlessly with our team gave us the confidence that the safety of attendees would be in excellent hands. We are incredibly grateful for her expertise and highly recommend both Philippa and Inverroy for managing complex, high-profile event security.
Andy Slatter
Related Argent, Kings Cross
The Media Response Training was really objective and inserted in our industry context, allowing us to practice and learn with others. Great work! Thanks!
Henrique Hillal
Operations Coordinator, MODEC
I would simply take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks for last week. Colleagues have personally approached me and expressed their appreciation for the Health & Safety awareness training, both in terms and content and delivery. It exceeded their expectations.
European Regulator
European Regulator
Excellent interactive Command and Control exercise using realistic scenarios and structure to promote open dialogue between participants and get to areas for focus and improvement.
Michael Baxter
Director of Finance & Corporate Services, Scottish Qualifications Authority
Scottish Veterans’ Residences has been supported by Inverroy Crisis Management to develop our Business Continuity response. This included the writing of Crisis Management and Business Continuity Plans, and a providing a series of exercises to refine and rehearse our response to plausible and relevant scenarios. Lacking the internal capacity to dedicate full time resources to develop this vital business function as quickly as we wanted, Inverroy did much of the heavy lifting. They quickly won our confidence with their professional and supportive approach, taking the time to explain concepts and procedures that for many of our staff, were novel, and in which they lacked previous experience. We now have our recovery plans and I’m confident that should we experience a crisis or a disaster, we have the training and resilience to re-establish our operations efficiently and effectively. I wholeheartedly recommend them to charities seeking to develop their own business continuity response.
Martin Nadin
Chief Executive, Scottish Veterans Residences
Great work done by Inverroy, the practicality and friendly approach, knowledge and experience was very well expended, great work.
John Korle-Morgan
HSSE Manager, Modec
Inverroy has supported us in understanding how Emergency Management Set up is key Business in Theory and Practice.
Moustapha Diop
Modec
Inverroy embodies the spirit of army values, professional excellence, integrity and commitment. Mathew and the team have supported Genel Energy in enhancing our resilience capability, business continuity plans, emergency/crisis management plans, simulation exercises, care for people through consultancy, training and onsite support. I would like to wish the team even more success and growth in future.
VK Gupta
Head of HSE and Risk Management, Genel Energy
We’ve found the team at Inverroy a joy to work with, very committed to getting to know us and how our organisation works and what it needs. This was critical to building a plan that works for us. It’s been a very positive working relationship and the table-top exercise was an experience that everyone gained huge value from, allowing us to test the plan and gain a better understanding of how we all click together during times of crisis and challenge. We’re looking forward to our continued work together in the future.
Lindsay Fyffe-Jardine
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home
We engaged with Inverroy to help build internal crisis management capability for our UK operations. As a commercially minded Developer, our organisation would never fit the traditional ‘command and control’ mindset required of some crisis management approaches. Inverroy took great care to fully understand our needs, and then work with the team to build not only systems, but also the confidence, to execute a crisis management plan. Turning theory into useable tools, the Inverroy team have stayed engaged and added value at all levels.
Al Beevers
Health & Safety Director, Argent
Inverroy provided a very professional and well presented TTX that all our staff benefited from. The content and timings were on point and gave enough time to discuss and provide further information at various stages of the exercise. I am very satisfied and impressed by Inverroy and their commitment in providing us the tools and information needed if such an incident did happen.
James McIntosh
Angus Housing Association
Inverroy Crisis Management's knowledge of how the College worked before they arrived to provide a business continuity exercise for Gonville & Caius College (within the University of Cambridge). Their careful preparation and research gave them a thorough knowledge of how the College worked. This added significant value in designing and exercise that responded well to the client brief. The day itself was extremely useful in highlighting areas for improvement in our resilience. Inverroy interacted very well with Caius staff, creating a positive learning environment. We would strongly recommend the experience to others.
Jennifer Phillips
Operations Director, Gonville & Caius College
Inverroy Crisis Management have worked with Homerton College over the last 6 months, and have saved us hours, if not days of work. Their expertise in managing crises and emergencies, planning and training, their eye for detail and exhaustive research into how the College works means that they have produced robust, simple, workable emergency response procedures, which all College staff have been able to buy in to. Inverroy have taken our emergency response and business continuity problems out of our in-tray, and in solving them, have allowed us to take significant steps forward in our ability to manage incidents and disruptions. I look forward to working with Inverroy again shortly, when the emergency response plan that they have helped us to construct will be workshopped and exercised. If any college experiences a sinking feeling when the words “emergency response, planning, business continuity, crisis response etc” are mentioned, I firmly recommend that they give Inverroy Crisis Management a call – they are the easiest route to solving the problems
Gary Sharp
Assistant Bursar, Homerton College
Inverroy was appointed to provide specialist support services to refresh our Business Continuity Plan. Since implementing the revised continuity plan, Inverroy has also carried out two successful practical simulation exercises to increase team understanding of the processes. This has all been completed within nine months. We could not have done this in such an efficient way without Inverroy.
Lorna Russell
Silver Team Coordinator, AQA
Matthew and his team were instrumental in the evolution of our crisis and emergency response procedures/training packages and were very reactive to a number of requests for deliverables linked to a new country entry process we were undertaking. Overall I cannot recommend Matthew and his team highly enough, they are all engaging, knowledgeable, experienced and personable, not to mention, highly versatile, an essential trait working with the oil and gas sector
Jamie Wallace
Senior HSE & Group Corporate Security Advisor, Capricorn Energy
It was a pleasure having Inverroy here and witnessing true professionals at work. As I mentioned in our debrief, we could not have completed the Business Continuity Plan without your expertise and guidance.
Peter Whittle
Budget and Contracts Compliance Advisor, Taqa Iraq
Matthew and Joe provided an excellent programme of IMT and Oil Spill Response training followed by extremely valuable and informative workshops and TTXs. We particularly appreciated their wealth of experience and the proactive and flexible approach they took. This was especially challenging considering that the training had to be delivered in Ghana with team members calling in remotely from more than four countries and in accordance with everchanging COVID restrictions, including self-isolation on return to the UK. We look forward to working with the Inverroy team again later this year
Susannah Buswell
Group EHS Lead Advisor, Tullow Oil
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. The students were delighted to have you in the classroom and we hope to welcome you again in the near future.
Josephine Adekola
Glasgow Caledonian University
Many thanks to Inverroy Crisis Management for their support in testing our Covid Response plans. The cruise industry was hit hard in the early days of the pandemic and consequently has had to strive harder and more comprehensively than many other industries to regain confidence in their operations. In addition to the various external audits of those systems it was important for us to undertake a table top exercise with an independent team of experienced facilitators to test our response plans. This was a golden opportunity for our teams onshore and onboard to work through those plans, strengthening reassurance and confidence in those systems. Many thanks for putting us through our paces!
Kim Crosbie
Chair, Noble Caledonia
From the first phone call, Inverroy impressed with their approach of working hard to be part of our family approach rather than just an external consultant. At every stage they sought to understand whether a potential solution was the correct fit and whether it added value. The Inverroy team delivered an excellent series of workshops to communicate the plan and ensure buy-in across our business. This approach delivered easy to understand and succinct response and recovery plans that were trainable and have provided the foundations for our ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
David Hall
Head of Group Operational Services, DC Thomson
Interesting, scary, thought-provoking, challenging, fun, team-building, informative, affirming, interactive, engaging, responsive, thorough, co-creative and excellent!
Darwin College Team
Working with Mark, Kirsty and the team at Inverroy to assess our response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a business continuity incident and the lessons learned from these events has been a really insightful exercise for Zero Waste Scotland. The professional and pragmatic approach to the project worked really well for us and having an independent perspective on how we coped during the unprecedented situation of operating during a global pandemic, the observations and recommendations will help us build and maintain our resilience from a business continuity perspective going forward. Thank you!
Zero Waste Scotland
Inverroy has supported both Genel Energy and TTOPCO since 2015. The work has included Crisis Management planning, training, and exercising within KRI at Field locations, at the Erbil office and at the Sulaymaniyah office and outside of KRI in both Ankara and London. The Inverroy team have always delivered excellent work, on time and within budget, and have built strong relationships with all personnel from the CEO to Drilling Superintendents.
VK Gupta
Head of HSE and Risk Management
The implementation of Inverroy Digital (ID) into our systems was a remarkably easy and smooth process. Inverroy delivered a simple but very effective business continuity platform that allows us to continue to focus on day-to-day operations with the peace of mind we now have a resilience plan of action available in case disruption strikes
Jim Grimmer
Managing Director, P3 Business Care
Inverroy Digital’s ease of use has generated commercial benefit and cost savings, whilst making us more self-reliant and agile across our structure.
Sara Cheyne
Business Resilience Lead, CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited