James MacDonnell
Managing Director, Crisis Management & Business Continuity, BDO
Jim MacDonnell is a risk management, business continuity, and crisis management professional with over 18 years’ experience supporting Fortune 100 clients and Federal agencies prepare for and respond to crises and emerging risks. He has designed enterprise risk management, business continuity, and crisis management programs involving diverse stakeholders in support of commercial, national security, and military clients. MacDonnell has experience providing crisis response support during real world events across multiple threat vectors, including product recall, extortion events, workplace violence, cyberattacks, natural disasters, and corporate misconduct events. Prior to joining BDO, Jim worked at Control Risks, where he led the crisis management practice for the southern United States, and Deloitte, where he held leadership roles in both the Federal and Commercial crisis management practices, focusing on business continuity, cyberattack resilience, crisis management, individual preparedness, continuity of leadership, and exercise design and execution.