Dr. Kelly Culver heads our Resilience Practice Area. She has extensive experience across corporate, public sector, and nonprofit leadership, with a focus on economic development, national transformation initiatives, and board-level advisory roles. As the co-founder of Resilience Nexus alongside Peter Jones, she empowers leaders, businesses and investors to harness resilience as a core driver of adaptability, innovation, and sustainable growth.

With over 34 years of experience across 23 countries, Dr. Culver advises CEOs, companies and countries on navigating uncertainty, driving strategic change, and achieving long-term impact. She is also the founder of The Culver Group Inc, a global management consulting company, advising more than 500 clients and delivering resilience-based strategies to multinational corporations, SMEs, and industry leaders. She has partnered with global institutions, including the World Bank, United Nations agencies, and the Commonwealth, to lead national transformation initiatives across the Caribbean, Africa, and the Indian Ocean.

Kelly developed The Resilience Trinity, a pioneering framework that embeds resilience as both a strategic and economic advantage, enabling companies and countries to not only withstand disruption but also drive sustainable growth, innovation, and long-term transformation.

A sought-after keynote speaker, Kelly has presented at TEDx, the OECD, and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Emerging Leaders Dialogue and co-hosts Resiliency The Podcast. She holds a PhD in Strategic Resilience for Sustainable Impact from the Paris School of Business and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). A Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and executive coach, she is widely recognized for her contributions to resilience strategy, leadership development, and economic transformation.

Peter is a seasoned entrepreneur and business technology expert with over 30 years of experience in digital innovation and marketing. He is the co-founder of The Resilience Nexus, alongside Dr. Kelly Culver, helping organisations build resilience strategies and navigate uncertainty.

Peter has launched and exited multiple US businesses in the UK to scale in EMEA, including X+1 (acquired by RocketFuel), SearchRev (acquired by AKQA), and Analogue Analytics (acquired by Barclaycard).

He is also the founder of The Trusted Network, a private members’ club connecting investors, entrepreneurs, and C-suite executives to support and scale technology businesses. Through the Trusted Network he has raised in excess of £4m for pre-seed and seed stage technology businesses. His expertise spans digital strategy, innovation, investment and fundraising and advising high-growth ventures.

Peter holds a BSc (Hons) First Class in Computer Information Systems Design from Kingston University.