Archive for December, 2010

World AIDS Day 1st December 2010

The UK now has its highest number of cases of HIV and AIDS ever, at over 85,000. Thanks to medical advances that have occurred over the past 10 years, those affected now live longer and 1 in 5 of those living with the disease are now over the age of 50.

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London Resilience

On 1st December 2010, I was appointed Chairman of the London Region Resilience Forum- the equivalent of New York’s Office of Emergency Management. My Responsibilities include: business continuity and recovery from a catastrophic event. This covers fire, pestilence, flooding, terrorist attacks, collapses in national infrastructure (e.g. gas, electricity, water and food supplies). This is a [...]

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