Colin is an experienced, security consultant, lead auditor, programme/project manager and team leader based on a 46-year global security career.  From primarily a government security background, and subsequent engagements in the commercial and financial information security sector have provided Colin with the strong business foundations on which he has built his subsequent project management and consulting career for the past 20 years.  Colin is a seasoned information & physical security, data protection, risk management and BCP/DR specialist.  He is a BSi accredited ISO 27001 auditor.  He has provided expert witness testimony for physical security and terrorist related cases.  Griffin Security Group are licenced to work in Saudi Arabia. 

Colin was appointed for a period of 9 months by HM Coroner for West Sussex to be the security expert witness advising on the levels of security and the security measures in place after the death of 7 UK residents following a terrorist attack at the In Amenas gas installation in Algeria during January 2013.

He is the past Chairman of the Association of Security Consultants, a member of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants in the USA and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

Areas of expertise include:

• Expert Witness
• Risk Assessments
• Physcial Security & Anti Terrorist Measures
• Shopping Centre/Mall Security and Counter Terrorist Measures
• Business Continutiy Management (ISO 22301)
• Crisis Management
• Information and IT Security (ISO 27001/27002)
• Information Assurance
• Due Diligence
• Maritime and Port Security (ISPS Code)
• Oil & Gas Security
• Warehouse and distribution
• Food Defence and Supply Chain Security
• Programme & Project Management
• Security Audits & Evaluations
• Policies and Procedures
• Interim Management

Contact Telephone: 01636 643 915