Rinske Geerlings

Rinske Geerlings is a leading specialist in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Business Process Improvement. She draws on more than 14 years experience in BCP/DR and process improvement, having worked for many years as a BCP/DR Manager in the Finance sector as well as management consulting and training roles in Europe and Australia.


Rinske has a reputation for in-depth knowledge and understanding of process improvement gained from many years experience as a practitioner. She has personally set-up processes from scratch and dealt with all the associated issues, including organisational politics. She is able to readily draw on an extensive set of real-life examples on how to conduct DR exercises, how to create buy-in across the organisation, and how to integrate IT with overall BC plans.


Rinske is well known for her enthusiasm and for being able to make the sometimes dry and intimidating BCP/DR subject material engaging and a forum for the generation of ideas. Her courses provide real “take-home” value through the use of tools and templates and the focus on case study examples.

Rinske has presented subjects related to BCP, DR, and IT Management processes at a wide range of seminars and conferences. She is often sourced as a panel expert or speaker on topics such as “How to perform successful DR exercises”, “Creating buy-in for BC across your organisation” and “Pandemic Planning”. Her company, Business As Usual, also regularly assists with Business Continuity health-checks, Disaster Recovery rehearsals, Board preparation, desktop walk-throughs of Business Continuity plans, training and integration between BC/DR and IT. She has played an active role in the development of the current Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) standard for BCP through her involvement in the AllFinance Forum, which includes Australian banks and insurance companies. She is also a regular speaker with Continuity Forum, itSMF and CPA Australia.

Rinske is a certified CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional) - an accreditation from the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) achieved by relatively few professionals - and also holds the formidable ITIL Masters Certificate. She is also a Member of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Apart from having all the necessary formal certification and expertise in management consulting and training, Rinske is an experienced practitioner who constantly implements and manages BCP/DR on a day-to-day basis.