The President of the Security Institute, Ruth Henig is the latest announced speakers at the 2016 Security Institute conference, in September.
Baroness Henig joins Prof Martin Gill CSyP FSyI; Sir David Veness CBE QPM; Major General Chip Chapman CB, who is a regular analyst and commentator on terrorism, radicalisation, government Counter-Terrorist policies and Middle East strategies; Brett Lovegrove MSyI the Chief Executive of CSARN – the City Security and Resilience Network; and Sean Cunningham former Head of the New Scotland Yard Hostage and Crisis Negotiation Unit who is now Group Operations Manager for the consultancy Inkerman Group.
Baroness Henig, a Labour working peer, is a former chair of the Security Industry Authority (SIA). While at the industry regulator she was instrumental in overseeing a regulatory overhaul and the introduction of a new and modern, fit-for-purpose regulatory regime. Previous high-profile roles she has held include Chair of the Association of Police Authorities from 1997 to 2005, after which she became the association’s president. She was also a member of the National Criminal Justice Board from 2003 to 2005. An academic historian by background, she was awarded a CBE for services to policing in 2000.
Garry Evanson, Security Institute Chairman said: “It’s a real pleasure for me to be able to announce that our new President is taking an active role in the life of the Security institute. With her vast insight and considerable experience of the regulatory regime within the UK she will be a significant addition to this new-style conference.”
For more about the conference in London on September 22, visit the Institute website.
