Crisis and disaster management since 2001

Crisis leadership, prepared before it is needed.

Independent advice, exercises and programme leadership for governments, emergency services, international consortia and boards. Twenty-five years of experience, from the Rotterdam crisis centre and the national crisis structure to EU civil protection missions.

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Raman Madan MScDirector, RED Management & Consultancy

25 yearsin crisis and disaster management
300+trainings and exercises, from boardrooms and mayors to dispatch centres and hospitals
16 yearsin Dutch government crisis organisations
Since 2014EU civil protection expert, and WHO emergency medical team coordination expert since 2017

Advice for the moments that test an organisation.

Every engagement starts with your mandate, your people and the decisions they will have to take under pressure.

Crisis governance

Decision structures, roles and plans for boards, ministries, safety regions and governorates, including recovery after the crisis.

Exercises and training

From awareness training to tabletop and full-scale exercises, designed, directed and evaluated, up to C-suite and board level.

International programmes

Leadership of EU-funded civil protection projects and multi-country consortia, from planning to final report.

All advisory services

Selected engagements

2026

Caribbean Coast 3, EU civil protection exercise programme

Project manager
2024 to 2025

Principal, Aon

Practice Lead International Crisis Management (EMEA)
2020 to 2022

Governorate crisis structure, Iraqi Kurdistan

Design and implementation, via RED Management & Consultancy
2017 to 2019

European Modular Field Hospital, eight EU countries

Project leader
2012 to 2016

National crisis decision-making structure, NCTV

Senior advisor, National Operational Coordination Centre
All engagements

In the field

Crisis Resilience Scan

How prepared is your organisation? Find out in one structured assessment.

The scan runs on its own site, resiliencescans.org.

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Insights

Start your team meeting with the 4 Ps: Purpose, Priorities, People, Process.

Method

PPPP: start every crisis meeting with the four Ps

Before a team escalates, and at the start of every incident, emergency or crisis meeting, four questions ground the people at the table.

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Business continuity

Preparedness pays

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