Jon Hall
Network Advisor & Exploitation Lead @Direktion Network
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WORK HISTORY
Network Advisor & Exploitation Lead @Direktion Network
Verneuil-en-Halatte, FR
Strengthening Europe\'s capacity for disaster response through collaboration, technology, and community engagement.
EDUCATION
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Post-Graduate Diploma, Executive Leadership
University of Plymouth
National Diploma & Certificate of Competence, Marine Studies
University of Brighton
BA (Honours), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
ABOUT JON HALL
Jon is an emergency & disaster professional, a former fire chief and public sector executive director. He is the founder of the Resilience Advisors Network (RAN)* specialising in domestic and International civil protection arrangements and disaster risk reduction. Jon works with experts across Europe and beyond supporting emergency and disaster preparedness, research and innovation.Early training in marine oil & gas operations was followed by a long career in Emergency service leadership including 10 years as a Chief Officer, 6 of which were also spent designing, creating and leading specialist resilience capabilities (CBRN, USAR etc). As the chair of regional resilience arrangements and strategic coordination groups for crisis-hit communities, he led preparation for and responses to many large scale and wide-area incidents.A qualified expert in the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), in 2015 Jon became Director of Training at the International Fire Service College designing solutions for re-shaping the fire & rescue and resilience sectors. He now oversees an immediate network of RAN’s 250 crisis and disaster experts as well as facilitating the Crisis Management Innovation Network Europe (CMINE), a broader network of some crisis and innovation practitioners supporting organisations such as the European Commission, the United Nations and many humanitarian NGO\'s. A member of many advisory boards and the partner coordinator of security, research, innovation and disaster resilient society research projects under Horizon and other innovation programmes.Jon is a proud recipient of the Queens Fire Service Medal, the highest award available for UK Fire & Rescue professionals.* The Resilience Advisors Network is a group of some 250 international crisis experts who form specialised teams to undertake strategic reviews, projects and research aimed at strengthening community, locality and infrastructure resilience from disasters and emergencies. Operating mainly from Ireland, the Network is active in Europe and the Middle East.
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