It was in 2006; The first meeting of BANG (Business and National Government) took place between Steve Yates and Hugo Brown, where the concept of a professional business continuity and resilience networking group was agreed.
In 2008; BANG become more established as an informal trusted network, initially in London, for Business Continuity & Resilience Professionals working within the Private & Public sectors, being a free to join membership group where the transfer of knowledge to its Members was at the centre of everything that it carried out.
By 2009; BANG, using LinkedIn, was able to provide a conduit between its Business Continuity & Resilience Professional Members, where today there are some 3,500 spread across the world that have formed sub-groups in; London, Bristol, Leeds, Greater Manchester, Glasgow (Scotland), and later in Dublin, New York, Sydney and Qatar.
In 2010; With the support of the BANG Chair, the University of Liverpool was funded to produce a 3-year study on Business Continuity Management (BCM). The main recommendation from this study was that there needed to be a change to this subject matter, and that practitioners should now be involved in the development of a “Resilience Model”. However at this time, although resilience had been recognised by Governments and Non-Governmental Organizations, it was found that then the information and specialised training was limited. Such a situation led to there being a lack of trust regarding the calibre of current knowledge, and as such both corporate and individual practitioners were not sighted on what the direction to take.
By 2019: BANG, having delivered its initial objective of bringing together likeminded professionals, found from its member's that they believed it was now time to move forward and create a more formal resilience orientated organization.
This led the Resilience Association Ltd being established on the 8th October 2021, formed as a not-for-profit organization, focused on connecting people, content and ideas from across the resilience spectrum with a common aim of championing and improving organisational resilience by promoting open communication, sharing best practice and extending networks, knowledge and performance.