SPEAKERS

Philip Ingram MBE BSc MA GCLI is a widely published journalist, specialising in the security and intelligence arenas, who has built on a long and senior career in British Military Intelligence, with years of experience in all aspects of intelligence and security as well as strategic planning. Slightly tongue in cheek in his Twitter profile, Philip refers to himself as an, ‘Ex spy, specialised in taking over countries, now writes and broadcasts about things intelligence, security, cyber, CBRNE (that is Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives), geopolitics, terror and more’. Philip now runs his own media company, Grey Hare Media, and between the Army and this, he was a sales and marketing director for a large cast steel manufacturer, learning about business, and then managing director and editor in chief of a B2B Security focused print and online publication.

Barry Palmer has 31 years’ experience of security management within a range of sectors including hospitality, media, healthcare and is currently the head of safety and security for the Tate Galleries group. He sits on the executive boards of Tinyg as the Global lead on the safety of Public Accessible Locations and the International Committee of Museum Security. Co-Chair of the Southwark Community Security Zone and Better Bankside BID.

Guy has over 30 years experience across the operational incident management, organisational resilience and security space with a focus on critical infrastructure resilience in strategic road and national / international rail sectors. He has demonstrated success in defining resilience parameters and systems across the swathe of sub-disciplines (emergency planning, business continuity and security), ensuring alignment to best practice resilience models and regulatory requirements, and in engaging key stakeholders to deliver success.

Nigel Cook retired as a Chief Inspector in the Metropolitan Police Service following a 33 year career where, for the last seven and a half years, he served as one of London’s dedicated Counter Terrorism Security Coordinators. In that role Nigel was responsible for the security planning for major events, conducting reviews of sensitive premises and providing security related advice and guidance on behalf of the police service.