Experience

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  Neptune P2P Group

  • Manchester / Dubai

  • Operations Director

    • Apr 2016 - Present
    • Manchester / Dubai

    • Direct all security operations with strategic responsibility across multiple sites in the UK and AMEA region. • Responsibility for a high-performance culture across multi-national security teams (up to 350 contractors).• Manage the group’s operational capabilities and ensure compliance with security industry regulations and standards (UK and International). • Responsibility for maintaining and increasing profitability by managing operational costs and lean processes. • Management of operational KPIs including Profit and Loss accountability for all security operations.• Develop and implement security policies and procedures for UK and International security operations.• Accountable for the recruitment, selection, vetting and training of all security operators.• Oversight of risk management functions including security risk assessments, security reports and audits.• Maintain strong relationships with all emergency services, government departments, third-party partners, suppliers and customers to ensure efficient delivery of security operations. • Significant understanding of UK and international security industry regulations.• Member of the Crisis Management Team for clients in hostile environments and UK operations.• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for provision of physical security services including assessing, designing, implementing and managing the security measures and systems (surveillance, access control systems, perimeter security and personnel protection).• Responsible for Service Level Agreements (SLAs) on behalf of numerous multinational security service operations for a plethora of clients with different service requirements.

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  Port2Port Maritime Security Ltd

  • Manchester, England, United Kingdom

  • Intelligence and Operations Manager

    • Jul 2012 - Mar 2016
    • Manchester, England, United Kingdom

    • Management of twenty armed multi-national security teams including efficient administration of planning logistics through the maritime, air and land domains. • Communicate, liaise and negotiate with various stakeholders ranging from shipping companies (client), military forces and reporting centres, shipping agents, maritime authorities and host nation departments. • Delivery of operational briefs to UK and Dubai offices.• Monitor and detect security threats and report any information, observations or concerns to the SMT.• Developed and implemented the company’s intelligence service which included incident alerts, risk assessments and weekly summaries. • Ensure all the Group’s security policies and procedures were implemented and observed by the security teams, ranging from Health and Safety, SOPs and Rules for the Use of Force (RUF). • Management of security operations including: o Mobilisation of security contractors in line with client standards and requirements.o Management and delivery of monthly of P&L reviews for Senior Management.o Provide out of hours support and cover to all operations.

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  Royal Marines

  • Royal Marines Commando (Intelligence Specialisation)

    • Nov 2001 - Jul 2012

    Provision of security and intelligence in a variety of theatres with extensive junior and senior management experience in various conventional and non-conventional operations. Developed the ability to work collaboratively with inter-agency military and civilian personnel in high-pressure situations and under tight deadlines. Key areas of achievement:• Deployment to various operational theatres including Iraq (Operation Telic 1), Afghanistan (Special Forces – Special Boat Service) and Bosnia (Psychological Operations).• Responsible for producing battle estimates and recommend courses of action using accurate intelligence for higher command in their decision-making process during the ground invasion of Iraq.• Responsible for the development of intelligence-driven targeting for Counter Narcotic and Counter Terrorist operations for Special Forces (SBS).• Developed intelligence training as part of a mentoring team to the Afghan Special Narcotics Forces. • Developed the targeting of insurgents during operations (Operation Herrick 14 - Afghanistan) and identified potential targets with subsequent intelligence exploitation.• Liaised and collaborated with government and military agencies, including the UK’s intelligence and security agencies to exchange intelligence.