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Chris Gordon-Wilson BSc, FSyI, FIPlant E, ACIArb, CPP
Managing Director
Security Consortium International Ltd

Chris Gordon-Wilson founded SCI Ltd in 1994 and has spent thirty years in the fields of military security engineering, crisis management, anti terrorist measures, construction, IT security equipment supply and security consultancy. He has provided security and information security consultancy for a wide range of organisations including The National Bank of Kuwait, English Heritage, Railtrack plc, The Tower of London, Sir Norman Foster and Buro Happold Joint Venture, The Home Office, The Eden Project, Bahrain Oil and Gas, Entebbe, Malta and Kingston Jamaica airports.

Whilst in the Army his specialist training included military parachuting, signals and communications, and he was also a combat infantry weapons instructor. On leaving the Army he was employed on turnkey projects in Europe, the Middle East, and Far East including the construction of the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, the Lloyds of London building and King Kahalid Military City in Saudi Arabia. Chris spent ten years employed in the field of integrated security systems and the security consultancy industry. This included the management of alarms, CCTV systems, installation, service and central station monitoring operations for Honeywell Security in London.

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Colin Braziel
Member
Griffin Security Management

Colin has been involved with global security since 1968. A government security background, gained internationally as a member of the RAF Provost & Security Branch, and subsequent engagements in the commercial IT security sector have provided Colin with the strong business foundations on which he has built his security consulting career. Colin is a seasoned information security, data protection, risk management and BCP/DR specialist. He is an experienced programme/project manager and a member of the HMG CESG CLAS security consultant scheme. Colin enlisted into the Royal Air Force Police in April 1968 and was commissioned into the Security (Provost) Branch of the Royal Air Force in August 1985. Since as early as 1973 he was engaged on security surveys of installations, including airports, ports, oil pipelines, hospitals, communications facilities, Government-owned buildings and installations, and the residences of Senior Armed Forces Officers and Government Officials (including the former Prime Minister's private residence). For over three years he was the Royal Air Force's Anti-terrorist officer covering the Midlands, East Anglia and the North of England. As well as attending the scene of all terrorist attacks involving Service personnel or property, he also planned the policing and security arrangements for major air shows, open days and public events. One of his major duties was to provide protection for Her Majesty The Queen, members of the Royal Family, Foreign Dignitaries and VIPs whilst visiting Royal Air Force Stations. Colin worked in the field of Signals Intelligence from 1977 and from 1985 to 1988 he was appointed the head of security at a RAF Special Signals establishment (controlled by the Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ)). In addition to being appointed a GCHQ COMINT Security Officer from 1985 to 1991. Colin is also a Home Office trained hostage negotiator. He has been head of security and senior police officer at a number of Royal Air Force establishments and in his last appointment he was directly responsible for 89 police/security staff and the security deployment of up to another 180 personnel. Since retiring from the Royal Air Force in 1993, Colin has managed his own independent security consultancy providing security advice, interim management and project management expertise to commerce and industry. Clients have included: News International/News Digital Systems/BSkyB, Zetech Ltd, ICL, British Gas, Northern Electric, British Rail Telecommunications, Fuji Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, Mizuho Corporate Bank, National Air Traffic Services, Australian Mutual Provident, The Home Office, The Scottish Executive. Colin is a member of the Security Institute and the Association of Security Consultants where he is currently a member of the Council.

Jeremy Larken DSO
Member
Managing Director OCTO Ltd

Jeremy formed the security consultancy OCTO in 1991 following the Cullen Report on the Piper Alpha disaster. The company’s key security skills are crisis and emergency, and leadership in these areas. The objective is security preparedness, from Boardroom to site, with the right structures in place to deal with the unexpected. Major clients include an EU government, the North Sea oil and gas sector, UK nuclear power, chemical, pharmaceutical, electricity generation and telecommunications industries, various branches of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and a MoD agency. Most clients are FTSE-100 or equivalent. He has tutored, counselled and reported upon over 1000 senior managers, including a number at board level, many with their security crisis or security emergency response teams. In addition to current board-level business, he frequently leads security seminars, courses and exercises for security crisis and emergency managers. He has published periodic security papers to institutional and other professional gatherings. During his previous 33-year naval career, Jeremy Larken held six major sea-going commands at the height of cold-war submarine operations, during the Falklands Campaign in 1982 and subsequently as head of the UK's amphibious forces at sea. Concluding appointment as Rear Admiral (1988-90) heading UK's military activities beyond NATO boundaries. He was deputy head of the Ministry of Defence's crisis management organisation dealing with military operational contingencies world-wide.

Helen Shannon Chartered Engineer, FIChemE
OCTO Business Director

Early career with ICI Chemicals and Polymers as a plant manager of major hazard chemical and explosives plant. Moved as a regulator in safety and emergency management to the Offshore Safety Division of HSE in the post Cullen regime. In 1995 joined Midland and Scottish Resources heading all management support departments including safety, human resources, quality control, moving soon to Atlantic Power as Operations Business Manager. Throughout career held positions of responsibility in, and for, emergency and crisis management organisations. Two children later, made a career change into management consultancy, heading the safety management division of Four Elements / ERM. Now, as Business Director for OCTO, specialises in security crisis leadership and security emergency management.

David Easy
Member
Searchers Associates Ltd

David served in the Metropolitan Police Service retiring in 1996 as a Detective Chief Inspector. He worked predominately in front line criminal investigation work. This breadth of experience encompassed Scotland Yard's Anti-Terrorist Branch, the Organised Crime Squad and the North East London Drug Squad. He served in the UK and overseas on drug, fraud and counterfeiting investigations. David is a director of Searchers Associated Ltd, a security consultancy specialising in discreet, confidential investigations, surveillance, vetting and security reviews. He was recruited by the Home Office on his retirement to the Government's National 'Tackling Drugs Together' task force and chaired Colchester Borough Council 'Drug & Alcohol Reference Group'. He is also a member of the Essex County Council Drug Action Team and works alongside the Crime and Disorder Panel, as a trainer in drug awareness issues.

Noel Bonczoszek MBCS
Member
AmberTec Ltd

Noel has 30 years of security investigative experience having worked in various New Scotland Yard departments prior to his retirement in 2000. These included the Fraud Squad, Serious Crime Squad, Cheque Squad, Computer Crime Unit and the Serious Fraud Office. He has a unique experience in the field of computer crime investigation and is one of a small number of individuals who have successfully prosecuted computer criminals in the courts. In the area of money laundering he has pioneered the use of legislation against product counterfeiters and developed financial extrapolation methods. His security training courses are widely respected and utilized by both the public and private sectors.

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Caroline Gordon Wilson
Business Development Director

Caroline has had a varied career working in secretarial and administrative roles and as a contracts negotiator for a large medical insurance company. She has worked in the fields of the media, consulting engineering, property and commercial business. She worked in the Overseas Division of Blue Circle Industries in Business Development covering Africa and the Far East. In her role as a Contracts Negotiator she was responsible for agreeing terms, and maintaining, contracts to provide healthcare for patients insured with PPP Healthcare. She became part of SCI some six years ago and is responsible for a wide variety of administrative functions and business development activities throughout the world.

Judith Howard-Rees
Gipping Occupational Health Ltd

Judith is a qualified Occupational Health Specialist providing comprehensive occupational and safety service provision to a wide variety of industrial and commercial enterprises. Moving from main stream nursing some 20 years ago to specialise in this field she has held positions in the metal processing and production industry, pharmaceutical research and development and the Health and Safety Executive. Before starting up own consultancy in 1994 she held a managerial post in the NHS that provided commercial awareness in occupational health.

Geoff Waldmeyer TD, CEng, MBCS
Member
Security Consortium International Ltd

Geoff trained in general banking with Swiss Bank Corporation, and eventually became Security IT Manager for their New York office. He left banking to take a directorship of a specialist banking software house which led to international management roles with Control Data and Digital Equipment Corporation. He has been running his own security consultancy since 1986 now specialising in computer data and system security.

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Patrick (Pat) Howgill FIMgt, FCMI, Fsyl.
Member
Pat Howgill Partnership

Pat joined the Royal Marines and was commissioned in 1956, serving a full career with them before retiring in 1987. Apart from the normal commando/infantry training he specialises in Communications and Security. He was the Chief Signals Officer of the Royal Marines, commanded 3rd Commando Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron and was the Chief Staff Officer, Security on the staff of the Commander in Chief Naval Home Command. He also served as Royal Marines Representative to the United States Marine Corps where as an instructor at the staff college he lectured on British experience in counter terrorism operations.

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Phil Brown
Member
Security Consortium International Ltd

Phil retired from the Metropolitan Police Force with 20 years service. During the last five years of service he was attached to Special Branch (Close Protection), passing courses in Advanced Driving (Class One Grade), National Bodyguard, Anti-ambush and anti-hijack driving, advanced firearms (Qualified "Outstanding"), Armoured (Smith and Wesson and Glock), and off-road driving (Range Rovers). He now runs his own security consultancy specialising in close escort protection and defensive driving training courses.

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