Mr Simon Roberts

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ICAO Aviation Security Professional Manager, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
CPP, ASIS, Hong Kong
NCPI, Louisville University, USA
BAA, Aviation Security Managers, UK Level 3 and Level 6.
Senior Command Course, Royal Hong Kong Police
Detective Training School, Royal Hong Kong Police
RFX qualified from the Royal Miltary college, UK

January 2009-present: DHL Express, Vice President Security EEMEA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Responsible for the security of DHL personnel and shipments in 132 countries.
Security investigations across 4 Continents in a multi-cultural environment.
Compliance with government laws and regulations from an international perspective.
Contingency planning and business continuity.
International advisor for global business support.
Emergency planning and evacuations.
Business Continuity plans
High Risk location special security planning including Iraq, Afghanistan,etc
TAPA security audits and oversight
Regional security plans for the security of over 10,000 regional personnel.
Responsibility for 3 Area Security managers, and 36 Country Security managers.
Member of the GSSG, Global Security Steering Group.

2003-2008: Group 4 Securicor, Head of Training, Covert tests and Audits, London UK.

G4S Aviation Security, based at Heathrow, with over 2,000 staff, operating out of over 20 airports in the UK.

Responsible for the commercial development and marketing of outsourced training
Quality control and auditing of training delivery
Monitoring and compliance in accordance with UK and European legislation
Marketing, client meetings, and customer negotiations and support
Managing the provision of covert tests and mystery shopper services
Delivery of senior management training level 3 aviation security courses accredited by the DfT.
International marketing and delivery of specialist services
Risk management and security auditing
Attendance on Government committees
European representation for international security and legislation monitoring-EASA/ASSA
Consultancy and external security and training projects.
Member of the Department for Transport National Committee for aviation security.

2002-2003: Avseco, Head of Operations Support Hong Kong.

Avseco is the sole Aviation Security provider at the Hong Kong International Airport and employs over 2,600 staff.

Overall management responsibility for Operations Support within the International Airport
Management of four functions through line managers, these included
Security audits and covert tests to ISO9001
Health and safety compliance
Technical support and screening equipment
International and domestic Training
International liaison through various organizations including ICAO, ASIS, IPSA, and IATA.
Security inspections and consultancy projects in conjunction with the airport authority.

1985-2002: Royal Hong Kong Police, Superintendent

Advised major corporations on loss prevention measures
Representative of the Government’s security industry licencing committee headed by the Minister for Transport
Provided confidential security audits for Heads of Government buildings and personnel.
Represented the Police on the Hong Kong Security Association.
Advised on the IT security policy, formulated government policy for the Y2K project
Commanded over 50 officers including 4 Chief Inspectors and 6 Inspectors
Media duties on television and radio promoting government crime prevention policies
Responsibility for architectural liaison and environmental crime prevention design
Command of the private security licensing division on behalf of the Government.

DHL- Saved over US$350,000.00 in replacing a consultancy with existing in house security
Implemented a personnel evacuation plan for high risk countries
Streamlined the reporting structure in line with the Global requirements
Designed a new geographical functional security structure
Implemented a new global risk escalation program
G4S-Revenue generation in excess of £800,000 for external training and consultancy
Cost reduction of 15% in overall departmental expenditure
Creation of new revenue streams from international consultancy projects
Production of a procedures manual for training services
Fully compliant service with a zero non compliance factor
AVSECO-Implemented the Quality Assurance programme and gained ISO accreditation
An increase in performance by 7% achieved by the review and streamlining of processes
Increased passenger satisfaction through independent market research to 95%
Received 6 commendations and complimentary letters from external agencies
On time procurement of technology upgrades including new x-ray equipment
POLICE-First website created specifically for the Crime Prevention Bureau
Confidential security recommendations for the new Chief Executive after the Handover
Re-designed the security crime prevention reporting system
Succesfully implemented the new security company licencing legislation.

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