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RISKXtra<br />
Appointments<br />
Baroness Ruth Henig<br />
CBE DL<br />
After an eight-year term as<br />
chairman of the Chartered<br />
Security Professionals<br />
Registration Authority<br />
(CSPRA), Lord Alex Carlile<br />
CBE QC has stepped down<br />
from the role and passed<br />
the baton to The Security<br />
Institute’s President Baroness Ruth Henig CBE.<br />
Baroness Henig is non-executive chairman of<br />
SecuriGroup. Her commitment to security and<br />
policing is well documented having held the<br />
post of chair of the Lancashire Police Authority<br />
and chair of the Association of Police<br />
Authorities in England and Wales which led to<br />
the award of a CBE from Her Majesty The Queen<br />
back in 2000 for services to policing.<br />
Baroness Henig was appointed as Deputy<br />
Lieutenant for Lancashire in 2002 and made a<br />
life peer in 2004 as Baroness Henig of<br />
Lancaster. As a Deputy Speaker in the House of<br />
Lords, Baroness Henig takes her place on the<br />
European Security Committee on Foreign Affairs<br />
and is also a member of the Independent<br />
Policing Commission.<br />
The CSPRA is the dedicated Committee which<br />
was established to oversee the management<br />
and maintenance of standards for the Register<br />
of Chartered Security Professionals.<br />
Commenting on her appointment, Baroness<br />
Henig (former chair of the Security Industry<br />
Authority) said: “It’s a great honour to follow<br />
Lord Alex Carlile as chair. I very much look<br />
forward to working with senior security<br />
professionals on the Registration Authority. We<br />
all share a strong commitment to raise<br />
professional standards across the private<br />
security sector and encourage those working in<br />
the industry to gain Chartered status.”<br />
Appointments<br />
Risk Xtra keeps you up-to-date with all the latest people<br />
moves in the security, fire, IT and Government sectors<br />
Paul Lotter<br />
Paul Lotter has been promoted to the role of<br />
managing director for Corps Security’s security<br />
guarding business.<br />
Lotter has served as regional operations<br />
director for Corps Security since June last year.<br />
His focus has been on operations within London<br />
and the South of England, overseeing all<br />
aspects of service delivery to Corps Security’s<br />
myriad customers.<br />
The new appointment comes at a pivotal time<br />
for the business as it develops its suite of<br />
cutting-edge security solutions.<br />
In his new role, Lotter will look to strengthen<br />
Corps Security’s well-established security<br />
guarding offer with the latest sensor and CCTV<br />
surveillance technology as well as hospitalityfocused<br />
concierge services.<br />
Lotter boasts more than 20 years’ experience<br />
in the security industry. Before joining Corps<br />
Security, he worked with various service<br />
providers across a range of high-profile<br />
corporate sites in the South West of England<br />
and around Greater London. Lotter’s expertise<br />
really lies in managing the strategic direction of<br />
all operational security requirements.<br />
Commenting on his promotion, Lotter<br />
informed Risk Xtra: “It has been great working<br />
for a strong brand with such a powerful<br />
heritage. I’m really looking forward to further<br />
developing our services for customers by<br />
looking at the integration of technology through<br />
our Remote Monitoring Centre.”<br />
Billy Horgan<br />
Axis Group, one of the UK’s fastest-growing<br />
security, cleaning, Front of House and support<br />
services organisations, has appointed Billy<br />
Horgan as head of recruitment to further<br />
strengthen its people strategy aimed at<br />
attracting and retaining the very best talent<br />
across all parts of the business.<br />
Horgan joins from Hermes, where he was<br />
tasked with reducing recruitment costs and<br />
bringing processes in-house. Horgan has also<br />
worked for FM and construction recruitment<br />
agencies where he was responsible for setting<br />
team strategies and goals.<br />
Horgan has organised regular recruitment<br />
open days, which have attracted an additional<br />
120 security officers within the first three<br />
months. He has also introduced a new Applicant<br />
Tracking System that has streamlined the<br />
recruitment process, as well as providing further<br />
insight on Axis Group’s myriad stakeholders.<br />
Internally, Horgan is also promoting how<br />
existing staff can apply for new roles in order to<br />
help further employee progression.<br />
Horgan told Risk Xtra: “Attracting a higher<br />
volume of candidates is key to the strategy. By<br />
increasing the number of CVs we’re sent, we<br />
have a higher chance of finding the quality of<br />
employee that the business requires.”<br />
Jonathan Levine, Axis Group’s CEO, stated:<br />
“Billy will undoubtedly assist the Axis Group to<br />
deliver the best talent for its customers.”<br />
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