MAKING A DIFFERENCE Raquel Manning sits down with Gina Field to reflect on her career in the security industry and the ups and downs
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s I drive along the M4 to the city of Penrith I’m reminded of the beautiful Nepean river and its famous bridge to bridge. It’s also home to the impressive Western Sydney Conference Centre located in front of the iconic Penrith Panthers venue.
person, was working onsite. Over the years Gina’s resilience and tenacity have been instrumental in challenging the norms and driving change within the security sector.
It’s here at a local café amongst one of the Industrial buildings that I chat with Gina Field, the founder and CEO of Nepean Regional Security, gaining valuable insights into Gina’s experiences and journey into the security industry.
Can you share with us how your journey started in security and what motivated you to establish your business?
In my conversation with Gina there are so many similarities that both of us find as we discuss decades in the field which was sparking a powerful conversation on gender equality in the workplace. In the ‘80s on a bustling building site tensions rose as the union controversially shut down the site upon discovering Gina, a female security
I asked Gina the following questions;
I was working for a large security company, and they made me and my team redundant seven days before Christmas in 1997, it was fight or flight — without any experience I started my own security company in 1998 — January. You have achieved many milestones in your business career. What remains the most important and why? FLORENCE || 37