Lessons from the Master Class Series By Diana Kübler Growing up with a dad who was an eternal optimist and a mom who was a realist left me somewhere in the middle. To me, the word resilient was best embodied by the pesky dandelions that kept growing back through the cracks in our driveway despite my best efforts to remove them. Rather than getting frustrated, I saw it as a challenge to overcome — and a rewarding one at that, since I earned a penny for every weed I pulled. As an adult, resilience took on a much deeper meaning. Moving to a new country meant learning a new language, adapting to a different culture, and rebuilding a sense of […]

Robert Durnford joined Thomson Reuters in September 2018 and spent his first 3½ years working in Physical Security before moving into Resilience in July 2022. He was promoted to Vice President in April 2024, and in his current role, he is responsible for Physical Security, Environmental Health & Safety, Crisis Management, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery, with the function’s purpose being to reduce the impact of disruptive events to Thomson Reuters. Robert started his career in the British Army, commissioning into the Royal Engineers and specializing in counter-improvised explosive device operations, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He left the Army in 2012 and worked in a range of roles across Corporate Security, Crisis Management, Risk Management, and Resilience before […]