Dhiraj Lal is Country Manager for the BCM Institute, responsible for its operations in India and the Middle East. The BCM Institute is an organization dedicated to providing High-Quality Consulting, Training, Certification and Assurance Services in the domain of Business Continuity Management.
Mr. Lal is also Asia’s first BSI approved BCM technical expert for the BS 25999 standard, and is also a BS25999 assessor. He consults in implementation of BCM and BS25999, and also teaches the advanced level certification workshops in BCM and BS25999. He has also been invited by BSI to participate in the audits of 2 of the first 10 organizations in the world to be awarded the BS25999 certification. While has been involved in BCM as a User, Auditor and Implementer since the last 10 years, Mr. Lal has been Consulting and Training in BCM on a full time basis since 2006.
Given his educational background (Bachelors in Chemical Engineering, Postgraduate in Business Administration) and varied work experience (20 years+ in Consulting, Operations, Management and Banking), Mr. Lal has been able to take on assignments in diverse industries and geographies, some examples of which are:
An oil and gas major in the Middle East
A Government Department in the UAE
MNC-owned Billion-dollar global organisation that manufactures and distributes chemical products
A Quasi-government Financial Services Fund in Saudi Arabia
One of the largest Banks in the Middle East and South Asia Region
Large IT Services provider (top 10 in the world)
MNC-owed full-service provider of print and related services, including document-based business process outsourcing – global turnover about 15 billion dollars
European owned provider of leasing services
Continuously refreshes his knowledge by attending and speaking at conferences across the world. Has been invited to speak at conferences in the UAE, Iran, UK, Mauritius, India, Singapore and Malaysia – including the World Continuity Congress, Asia’s premier event for BCP-DR professionals.
Other than consulting assignments, which perforce include an element of training and certification, Mr. Lal has on a standalone basis trained/addressed over 25000 professionals in the last 3 years, since he took on BCM as his full-time passion.
