Professional attributes

A personable and articulate Security manager with extensive expertise across the entire Protective Security spectrum including Physical security, Information Security, Security Risk Management, Asset security, Critical Infrastructure (Static sites and Utilities) Security Surveying, Operational Resilience, Security Policy and Training.  Exercises outstanding diplomatic and negotiation skills within all levels of business and professional contacts; displays excellent interpersonal, leadership, presentational and communication skills; adopts an intrinsically practical but analytical approach to security risk assessment and security issues resulting in cost effective, resourceful and often innovative solutions to complex problems. Adapts quickly to new and evolving environments, leads from the front, multi-tasks and spearheads initiatives with emphasis on minimising risk and enhancing protection. Utilising UK Government, military and other security standards to ensure best practice and guidance, allied with strong management and organisational acumen; Security (DV – TS) cleared to 2015.

CAREER BACKGROUND

December 2010 – Present

Group Operations Security Manager - Supreme Global (logistic) Solutions

• Identify and manage security risks relating to the Supreme Group to ensure best practices, business resilience and protection of personnel, infrastructure, plant and equipment
• To meet and where possible exceed the corporate and divisional objectives related to security and risk.
• Provide a comprehensive, efficient and cost effective operational and tactical security service and informed strategic advice to the Supreme Group
• Manages the development and implementation of global security policy, security risk management, standards, guidelines and procedures to ensure ongoing maintenance of security and loss prevention
• Security responsibilities include asset protection, loss prevention, access control systems and video surveillance, information protection, network security, network access and monitoring policies and employee education and awareness.
• Prioritise security initiatives and spending based on appropriate risk management methodology.
• Maintains strong and effective relationships with customers, local, state and federal law enforcement, other related government agencies and key stakeholders.
• Oversee emergency/crisis and incident response planning.
• The investigation of security breaches and assisting with disciplinary and legal matters associated with such breaches as necessary. 
• Maintain knowledge of complex industry trends, current macro and micro level security issues and technologies and update management on risk and threat that could impact the Supreme Group’s business.
• Responsible for providing leadership, advice and counsel to executives, directors and line management on protective security, security risk management and loss prevention policy. Identify exposures and recommend and develop corrective plans as appropriate.
• Oversees Sub-Contractor performance for conformance to original security proposal and maintaining continual reviews to ensure that all terms and conditions are met and that the contract is in accordance with legal requirements, customer specifications and government regulations.
• Provides the operational direction for asset security, access control, physical security and facilities security implementation.
• Advising on holistic security for new builds as well as providing security advice across Supremes’ logistical - warehousing and fuels sites in Afghanistan, the Middle East and Africa.
• Liaison with in country security staffs.
• Manage the Group security team.

July – December 2010

Security contract - various Classified/Protectively Marked UK Government projects

November 2009 – July 2010

Divisional Security Manager - De La Rue Identity Systems (IDS) UK

• Ensuring IDS met the security standards contractually agreed with the Identity and Passport Service (UK Home Office) as part of the £400m UK Passport contract
• Ensuring compliancy to UK Government Information Assurance (IA) and security standards for the newly developed standalone IDS UK Passport project network
• Ensuring compliancy with ISO 27001
• Design, production and implementation of generic security documentation and methodology
• Developing the security policy and systems for IDS
• Ensuring internal discrepancies and breaches of security issues are investigated thoroughly
• Providing advice, support and recommendation of business security risk activities to senior management in IDS
• Providing specialist security advice and guidance on IDS products within other Divisions when necessary
• Provide security risk management advice at IDS and site level
• Managing and maintaining all aspects of physical and audit security, recommending where necessary further investment and/or operational changes
• Undertaking regular audits (worldwide) of sub-contractors manufacturing secure items for IDS
• Undertaking annual review and testing of BC plans within IDS
• Managing the Divisional security team

2008 - November 2009

Regional Protective Security and Security Risk Manager (Southern UK)

• Ensuring multi million pound assets at eight major RAF bases were compliant with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Security Risk Policy, the UK Governments Security Policy Framework and MOD Manual of Protective Security (JSP 440)
• Providing a central point of advice for all areas of protective security: Information/data, physical and personnel
• Providing a central point of advice for the Security Risk Management (SRM) process
• Advising on UK Government/MOD information assurance/security policy
• Providing higher-level advice for cost effective security measures for the protection of assets
• Design, production and implementation of generic protective security documentation and methodology
• Identification and dissemination of best practice procedures
• Liaison with external Police, security and intelligence agencies
• Managing security specialists at multiple sites
• Management of RAF Police personnel
• Maintaining an investigative oversight of all security/criminal investigations

2004 – 2008: Royal Air Force Specialist Police Wing – Security Services (Global)

• Senior specialist on the RAF Defence Critical Assets security surveyor’s team
• Responsible for the detailed inspection of all RAF and US (U.K. based) military assets that ensure the defence of the U.K.
• Ensuring Operational Resilience
• Supervised and co-ordinated joint agency inspections with various UK/US security agencies
• Acted as senior specialist for all UK/US inspections with senior level interface and representation responsibilities
• Assessed effectiveness of all protective security measures and recommended solutions to remedy any identified weaknesses or vulnerabilities
• Ensured BC and DR plans were current, adequate and tested
• Undertook advisory security and security risk/policy visits
• Undertook security and security risk/policy inspections
• Undertook bespoke security reviews of MOD/Government assets – UK and overseas in support of various Government departments
• Responsible for in depth holistic security and security risk reports
• Delivered specialist security training to multi agency/nationality personnel
• Carried out protective security audits and security risk inspections within Middle Eastern countries, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia where HM forces or assets are deployed
• Deployment in Basra Iraq as protective security specialist
• Operated and lived in Bahrain as the protective security and intelligence specialist for the RAF, co operated with UK in country intelligence and US NCIS personnel.

2003 - 2004 – Cyprus Security Unit - Security Education, Vetting and Protective Security Manager

• Designed and implemented security education and training to all HM Forces and civilian employees based in Cyprus
• Designed, developed and delivered bespoke intelligence and security briefs and presentations
• Managed the main security vetting office; conducted higher level vetting interviews
• Undertook protective security health checks and inspections of all critical operational assets