Dr Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor is Senior Lecturer in business at the University of Auckland’s Graduate School of Management. During 20 years in the UK, she worked in the NHS and with the UK Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat. Bridgette is an Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick Institute for Advanced Studies and for Aston and Warwick Business School, and a member of the ESRC Peer Review College. Her areas of expertise include risk management, organisational resilience, strategic decision making, public-private partnerships, uncertainty and extreme events.
Articles (as author)
- Christchurch Mosque Attacks: A Tipping Point for New Zealand, Line of Defence Magazine, Issue 12, Autumn 2019.
- Why collaboration and innovation lead to resilient cities, Line of Defence Magazine, Spring 2018.
- NZ businesses need to ‘join up’ for resilience to threats, New Zealand Security Magazine, December 2015 – January 2016.
Articles (as interviewee)
- Manchester stadium attack: holes in the perimeter?, New Zealand Security Magazine, June -July 2017.
- International terror and the paradox of being connected, Line of Defence Magazine, April 2016.
- Preparing businesses for extreme events, New Zealand Security Magazine, June – July 2015.





