Andrew Hiles, Hon FBCI, EIoSCM, has traveled to 60+ countries during 35 years, consulting to major private and government organizations and training the next generation of Business Continuity (BC) practitioners.
A graduate of Manchester University, UK, Hiles is a founding director of Kingswell International Limited, a global consulting firm specializing in Risk, Crisis, and BC Management. He has worked with numerous blue chip organizations, including inter-governmental, governmental, defense, aerospace, hi-tech, banking, insurance, oil, gas, energy, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and retail sectors.
In 1997, Hiles was presented with the Western Press Award for services to business; in 1999 he was nominated for Lifetime Achievement at the first Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Awards ceremony in the UK.
As founding director and first fellow of BCI, Hiles is widely recognized as a pioneer in expanding and advancing BC as a global business discipline:
"Andrew was instrumental in the formation of the Business Continuity Institute and is certainly one of our most celebrated members. In recent years his writings have given great leadership to our profession and even convinced many students to think of BCM as a valuable and credible long- term career option."
--Lyndon Bird, FBCI, Technical Director, The Business Continuity Institute
"At many of the pivotal points of our profession's evolution, somehow Andrew Hiles is right there or very close by. From the beginning he's been at the leading edge, helping to direct and shape our profession into a growing and globally accepted business discipline."
--Phillip Jan Rothstein, FBCI, Publisher and Management Consultant Rothstein Associates Inc.

In 2004, Hiles was inducted into the Business Continuity Hall of Fame by CPM (Contingency Planning and Management) Magazine in Washington, DC, for demonstrating consistent high standards over time and global reach. Among his accomplishments, Andrew:
Founded Survive, the first international user group for BC professionals.
Was founding director and first Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), as Member #1; and chaired the certification committee, steering the group from ownership by the user group into ownership by its members as an independent, international professional body. He is now an Honary Fellow.
Was founding chairman of European Information Market (EURIM), the UK all-party working group supporting the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group.
Served on numerous security- and continuity-related working groups, including the early days of BS 7799, which evolved into ISO 27001 International IT Security Standard.
Pioneered international training in enterprise risk management, BC, and availability management in over 60 countries, providing courses in: North America, for the 330,000 members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; UK, for the Office of Government Commerce (the UK Cabinet's provider of advisory services to the public sector) and the Loss Prevention Council; North and South America; Russia; Eastern, Central, and Western Europe; China; the Indian sub-continent; Australasia and the Pacific Rim; the Middle East; and Africa.