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Security Excellence Awards 2011:
Winners revealed!

With close to 1,000 attendees, the highly coveted Security Excellence Awards, organised by UBM took place on Wednesday 19th October during a black tie gala ceremony at London’s prestigious Hilton Hotel on Park Lane.

Produced in association with leading security news website www.info4security.com the awards, now celebrating its thirteenth year, highlighted the very best people, projects and processes the UK’s security industry has to offer.

Commended for their achievements by a highly respected judging panel which included Jeff Little OBE, Chief Executive National Security Inspectorate; Don Randall, Head of Security Bank of England; Sue Seaby, Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Security and Safety, Aon Service Corporation; John Scott, Head of Security, Post Office Ltd; Mike Alexander, Chairman, ASIS International UK, Chapter 208; Brian Sims, Editor, SMT online; Anthony Hildebrand, Editor, www.info4security.com; the worthy winners were:

• Wilf Knight Award – instigated by The Security Institute
Leonie Darbon, University of Leicester - Matthew Mackmin, Cranfield University

• Inspiration in HR Award - supported by Security Management Today (SMT) Online
Hazel Barnett, HR Director, ADT Fire & Security

• Engineers of Tomorrow - sponsored by Skills for Security and run in association with CSL DualCom, the Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board (SSAIB) and the National Security Inspectorate (NSI)
1st - David Scott, FES Limited & Stuart Bailey, SSG Security Systems
2nd - Adam Andrews TI Security & Oliver Moody, Securi-plex
3rd - Andrew Thomas & Matthew Doyle, Crimehalt Security Limited

• IT Initiative of the Year - sponsored by Reliance High-Tech
MITIE Total Security Management

• Environmental Initiative of the Year - sponsored by Concept Smoke Screen Ltd
Turner Facilities Management

• Customer Care Initiative of the Year - sponsored by The Security Alliance - Wilson James

• International Achievement Award - sponsored by Securitas - CornerStone

• Integrated Security Solution of the Year - sponsored by Over-C Limited
Universal Security Systems

• Security Innovation of the Year - sponsored by the BSIA - Veracity UK – Coldstore

• Security Partnering Initiative of the Year - sponsored by Showsec
The Shield Guarding Company: South Bank Employers Group Patrol

• Small to Medium Security Installer of the Year - sponsored by Texecom - Contact Security

• Large Security Installer of the Year - sponsored by Veracity UK Limited - ATEC Security

• ACS Champion of the Year - supported by the SIA - Sodexo

• Best Practice in Door Supervision - supported by the Global Security Summit 2012
FGH Security

• Event Security Team of the Year - supported by IFSEC International & Info4Security.com
SecuriGroup (Events Division)

• Security Training Initiative of the Year- sponsored by Mayflex Limited
William Hill plc – Counter Plan Refresh Training

• Security Consultant of the Year - sponsored by Genie CCTV - CornerStone

• Security Guarding Company of the Year - sponsored by Camberford Law - Axis Security

• Contract Security Manager of the Year- sponsored by Ward Security
Justine Craig (The Shield Guarding Company)

• In-House Security Manager of the Year – sponsored by Ecovert FM
Paul Manning (Middlesex University)

• A new category for 2011 - Contribution to Standards in the Security Sector – sponsored by the National Security Inspectorate - Wilson James

Charlie Cracknell, Event Director at UBM, said: “The Security Excellence Awards provide the ideal opportunity for the security industry to come together and celebrate best practice and the achievements of our peers.  Having co-presented the Global Security Summit Award, I am delighted to have been part of such a great event, honouring and rewarding the deserved organisations and individuals.  Huge congratulations to all of the winners and finalists.”

The Award’s chosen charity was Child Victims of Crime.  Established in 1993, Child Victims of Crime is the only national police children’s charity.  As a result of everyone’s generosity, more than £7,500 was raised.

Additional members of the judging panel
Mike Bluestone, Principal Consultant Corps Security; Chris Brogan, Managing Director, Security International; Dr Mark Button, Reader in Criminology and Associate Head of the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth; Alex Carmichael, Technical Director, British Security Industry Association; David Chernick, Managing Director, TREACL; Ian Fowler, Senior Associate (Security) Shen Milsom and Wilke; Peter French, Managing Director, SSR Personnel; David Gill, Managing Director, Linx International; David Greer, Chief Executive, Skills for Security; Mark Hanna, Director of Group Security, News International; Tony Imossi, President, Association of British Investigators; James Kelly, Chief Executive, British Security Industry Association; Paul Mackie, CEO, CameraWatch; Chris Northy-Baker, Principal Security Advisor and Head of Business Resilience, UK Hydrographic Office; Mike O’Neill, Managing Director, Optimal Risk Group; Andrew Shephard, Assistant Director, ACS Security Industry Authority; Andrew Smith, Marketing Manager, Security Industry Authority; Roy Sutherland, Chairman, Association of Security Consultants, and Geoff Tate, Chief Executive, Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board.

About UBM plc, organisers of the Security Excellence Awards
UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.
For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com