RiskXtraSeptember2018

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RISKXtra
Appointments
Martin Harvey
During the 50th General Assembly of Euralarm, the
European association representing the fire safety and
security industries, the members chose Martin Harvey of
Johnson Controls to be the organisation’s new president.
Harvey succeeds Enzo Peduzzi who has served in the role
for the past three years.
A new general manager – namely Paul van der Zanden
– to represent the association in Brussels was also
introduced and begins in post during Q3.
In separate meetings, new chairs were elected for the myriad Euralarm
Sections and will also join as members of the Euralarm Board. Lance Rütimann
(of Siemens) will chair the Fire Section of Euralarm with Michael Scharnowsky
(from Hekatron) as vice-chairman.
Tornbjörn Laursen (of SikkerhedsBranchen) will chair the Extinguishing
Section with Alan Elder (of the Fire Industry Association) serving as vicechairman.
Jon Könz (Siemens) has been elected chair of the Services Section
with Philippe Lecuyer (DEF) taking the role of vice-chairman.
David Wilkinson of the British Security Industry Association is to carry on as
chairman of the Security Section. Milan Ceeh (AGA) has been elected to serve
as Wilkinson’s vice-chairman.
Paul Grist
Trigion Security, the
specialist security
solutions division of
Facilicom UK, has
announced the
appointment of Paul Grist
as its new security
director. Grist started in
this role on Monday 16
July and succeeds Neil Ricketts.
Grist brings many years’ experience and
knowledge to his new role and now assumes
responsibility for sales, marketing and strategy.
He will be supported on electronic security
matters by Dave Bonci and on security
guarding-related issues by Sean Titheridge,
who also joined Trigion Security in July.
Grist joins Trigion from Insafe International
where he was head of electronic systems. Prior
to this, Grist served as managing director of the
Swift Alarms Group.
Speaking about the move, Grist informed
Risk Xtra: “I’m looking forward to building upon
Trigion Security’s good name to further
strengthen and develop the company’s
presence throughout the UK.”
Jan-Hein Hemke, managing director of
Facilicom UK, added: “We welcome Paul to the
team. I’m fully confident that his experience
and skills will contribute towards the continued
growth of our security division over the months
and years to come.”
As a business, Trigion operates to the very
highest standards in the industry and has
gained Security Industry Authority Approved
Contractor status as well as ISO 9001.
Ben Draper
Security guarding
solutions specialist Ward
Security has announced
that executive finance
director Ben Draper has
been appointed chief
operating officer (COO), a
new position created
within the business.
In this role, Draper will be an integral part of
the Ward Security Executive Leadership Team
alongside Kevin Ward (managing director) and
CEO David Ward, the co-founders of the
business. Draper joined Ward Security back in
2013 from an accountancy practice to become
finance director designate. During his time in
practice, he gained considerable experience
across a number of industries and qualified as a
Chartered Accountant.
Draper was promoted to executive finance
director (and the Board of Ward Security
Holdings) in 2015.
As the company’s COO, Draper’s input will be
pivotal when it comes to overseeing the daily
operations of the business encompassing all
departments as well as implementing core
long-term financial objectives.
Alan Clamp
Alan Clamp, CEO at the
Security Industry
Authority, is to step
down from the
organisation after more
than three successful
years at the helm.
Clamp will then take on
the role of CEO at the
Professional Standards Authority from
Thursday 1 November.
Commenting on his decision to leave the
private security industry’s Regulator, Clamp
explained: “It has been a great privilege to
lead the SIA. I have been supported by a
staff team who have consistently performed
to a very high standard with dedication and
professionalism. I would like to thank them
for this. Their commitment, together with the
engagement and support of the private
security industry itself, has enabled us to
achieve our objectives and rise to the
challenges and opportunities we’ve faced
over the last three years.”
Clamp joined the SIA back in June 2015. He
has since overseen the introduction of the
online licensing system and work designed
to strengthen and review the Regulator’s
voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme.
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