ISO 22301 Lead Implementer

Operational resilience is no longer a theoretical discipline. In the 2024–2025 risk landscape—marked by supply chain volatility, cyber incidents, climate-related disruption, and regulatory scrutiny—organizations are expected to demonstrate continuity, not just document it. ISO 22301 has become the reference framework, but many BCMS implementations fail when tested by real incidents or certification audits.

This course is designed for professionals responsible for making continuity decisions that hold under pressure. Participants do not simply “learn the standard”; they apply ISO 22301 as an operational management system, confronting the trade-offs between recovery time, cost, risk appetite, and organizational reality.

Throughout the training, participants work through a full BCMS implementation scenario. This includes defining scope in complex organizations, performing a defensible Business Impact Analysis, selecting continuity strategies aligned to recovery objectives, and designing response structures that function during crises—not just during audits. Particular attention is given to governance, leadership accountability, and integration with risk, information security, and incident response functions.

Abilene Academy’s approach reflects how BCMS is implemented in regulated environments: structured, evidence-driven, and continuously challenged. Trainers are active consultants who bring real incident lessons into the classroom—what failed, what auditors challenged, and what actually worked.

By the end of the course, participants are able to implement, operate, and improve a BCMS that survives disruption, satisfies auditors, and supports executive decision-making when it matters most.

“Très bonne expérience et exemples réels constructifs, une bonne façon d'amener une formation comme celle-ci.”

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Karim Dib

Course participant

“I did really appreciate the training on the whole, particularly the methodology and the trainer.”

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Matteo Basso

Course participant

“Henri perfectly filled in the gaps in our knowledge and tailored the course contents to our difficult schedules, many thanks !”

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Simon Baynes

BCMS manager

“Constructive / Realistic Overview of the ISO 22301 standard Allowing effective implementation into our organization.”

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Dirk Vande Velde

Course participant

“I find it very useful and relevant in views of the changing scenarios and environment we operate in.”

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Ben Aroso

Course participant

“The ISO 22301 training course provided a clear and easy to understand baseline in BCMS. The course was particularly useful as it was tailored to my organization and illustrated real world examples.”

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Andrew Hallock

Coordination officer

“The ISO 22301 Lead Implementer Course sets the stage for us to successfully implement a business continuity strategy for The Global Fund … a great investment !”

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Andreas Tamberg

Senior advisors enterprise risk management

“I had the pleasure of benefiting from Henri’s professionalism in 2015, when he delivered a Business Continuity course I attended. I found him to be a highly capable and extremely knowledgeable trainer who generously shared his experience with all candidates.”

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Nasser Al Yaarubi

Nasser Al Yaarubi

“Une formation complète nourrie d’exemples de cas concrets supervisée par un expert reconnu.”

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Emmanuel Lachat

Head of Alarming at Swisscom

“The training touches both theoretical and practical application of Business Continuity. Well done!”

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Orlando Ventura

Course participant

“Overall enjoyable training. To the point end trainer kept clear focused.”

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Stephane Di Bari

Service operations manager

“As a training Academy, it has been very useful, including the interaction with the rest of the participants and the professor with whom you could discuss and analyze how BC is in your field of work. As a young BCM, I found it very interesting, the material which I will use during my career and the networking to learn from others.”

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Elizabeth Vazquez

Course participant

“It was very good and well presented by the instructor who has not only the theoretical knowledge but has tons of practical experience to share with the participants.”

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Puspak Barua

Head of Information Technology Unit

“An informative and very well structured course, led by a highly competent instructor who included a great amount of practical tips on how to implement business continuity within the organization.”

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Laura Landi Degen

BCM manager

“The ISO 22301 training course was highly interactive and well structured. Henri explained the content with excellent real world examples and how to implement business continuity in our organizations.”

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Neveen Barada

Presales Solutions Architect

“Henri presented this dry topic in an interesting and funny way. Thanks to his immense experience he could explain theoretical topics in using practical examples.”

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Roberto Grosso-Ciponte

Senior risk & insurance manager

“Une formation avec un formateur convivial, maitrisant le sujet et illustrant les points abordés avec des exemples qu'il a vécu (ou vu).”

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Patrick Accrombessy

Patrick Accrombessy

“Great training with dynamic and highly knowledgeable professional trainers !”

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Steven Ramsden

Chief Security Officer

“La formation m’a permis de mieux comprendre les besoins et attentes liés à la mise en place d’un BCM. Le formateur a démontré une grande expertise et expérience dans ce domaine en apportant des exemples concrets permettant de mieux intégrer les différents concepts.”

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Vincent Léchenne

Trade Compliance Manager

“Merci pour le cours, tout était très bien et intéressant.”

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Gérard Vanel

Course participant

“I particularly enjoyed Henri's style in managing the course. He offered the keys to really understand the various topics and to focus and pay attention to what is important. During the course he shared additional material: videos, graphs and links to interesting articles on the web that allow to go deeper on some topics. I feel that I am now ready to take the exam. I not only benefited greatly from the course, but also had fun!”

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Michela Bertani Jequier

Head of Business Continuity

“This is my second training the Abilene Advisors and Henri, and for the second time I finished the training and the course with a smile on my face and passed the exam shortly after on the first go.”

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Maj Britt Arberg

Senior Manager

“The overall experience was positive, useful and so far, my expectation were met.”

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Moe Abrams

Director, Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance

“The course was informative and interesting and provided in the right depth of what was needed to understand and to be able to apply what was learnt. The instructor used examples from his own experience which made the content more real and valuable while making it easier to understand the practical aspects of the material and content.”

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Nicolette Seyffert

IAM Programme manager

“La formation était parfaitement structurée, ponctuée par des cas d'applications réels.”

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Seifeddine Chioua

Course participant