CIRCUIT MAGAZINE ISSUE 55
Industry News At A Glance
We cast our eye over the main stories impacting the security industry. Here's what's appeared on the radar since the last issue. Peter Lavery elected as next chair of The Security Institute 19 November 2020 London, UK
THE SECURITY Institute has announced that Peter Lavery FSyI will become its new chair from next January, taking over the role from Professor Alison Wakefield PhD CSyP FSyI when her three-year term of office finishes at the end of December. Lavery brings a wealth of experience within the security sector to the role having dedicated many years of pro bono service to The Security Institute. He was voted on to the Board of Directors in April 2017 by the membership, having previously served on the Institute’s Validation Board for several years. Lavery has also held the role of deputy chair since 2018, playing a key role in the Institute’s senior leadership team and overseeing a period of significant and continuing growth and development for the organisation.
appointed by the Board of Directors as the next chair of The Security Institute, which is the UK’s largest professional membership body of security practitioners and increasingly the pre-eminent voice of the protective security profession. Today’s continuingly uncertain political and economic landscape, together with the ever-present threat of terrorism, presents significant challenges and opportunities for our essential workers and organisations, all of whom look to the Institute to help them manage their skills and development during what is a time of protracted uncertainty.”
Following 22 years with the Royal Military Police (including 14 years undertaking close protection operations for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Lavery has worked in corporate security across the manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and real estate sectors. Commenting on the announcement, Lavery stated: “I’m extremely honoured to be
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