Brian Jemelian serves as the Corporate Vice President, Finance and Administration and Secretary for Yamaha Corporation of America. Jemelian leads the finance, tax, treasury, information technology, operations, legal, credit, accounting, budgeting and financial reporting teams. Jemelian also serves as Project leader for Yamaha's Business Continuity Project. Jemelian joined Yamaha in 1996. Prior to Yamaha, Jemelian was a Senior Manager in Audit and Business Advisory Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Orange County, Los Angeles and London offices. Here he talks about his experience of implementing an effective Business Continuity Plan.