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  • Nick Buckles, G4S CEO

    Nick Buckles, Group Chief Executive Add this

    Nick was appointed to the board in May 2004 and was the Company’s Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer. He became Chief Executive in July 2005.

    Nick joined Securicor in 1985 as a projects accountant. In 1996 he was appointed Managing Director of Securicor Cash Services (UK) and became Chief Executive of the security division of Securicor in 1999.

    He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc in 2000 and became its Chief Executive in January 2002.

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  • Trevor Dighton

    Trevor Dighton, Group Chief Financial Officer Add this

    Trevor was appointed to the board in May 2004.

    An accountant, he joined Securicor in 1995 after a previous career which included posts in both the accountancy profession and in industry, including five years in Papua New Guinea, three years in Zambia and seven years with BET plc.

    He joined Securicor’s vehicle services division in 1995, was appointed Finance Director of its security division in 1997 and became its Deputy Group Finance Director in 2001.

    He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc as Group Finance Director in June 2002.

    Trevor became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in July 2004.

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  • Grahame Gibson

    Grahame Gibson, Chief Operating Officer and Regional CEO - Americas Add this

    Grahame was appointed to the board in April 2005 and became Chief Operating Officer in July 2005.

    He joined Group 4 in 1983, starting as Finance Director (UK) followed by a number of senior roles, including Deputy Managing Director (UK), Vice President (corporate strategy), Vice President (finance and administration), Vice President Operations (Central & South Eastern Europe and UK) and Chief Operating Officer of Group 4 Falck.

    In July 2004, he became the Group’s Divisional President for Americas & New Markets.

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  • Søren Lundsberg-Nielsen

    Søren Lundsberg-Nielsen, Group General Counsel Add this

    Søren began his career as a lawyer in Denmark. Since 1984 he has had a wide range of legal experience as general counsel for international groups in Denmark, Belgium and the US before joining Group 4 Falck in 2001 as Group General Counsel.

    Søren has been involved in a wide range of successful mergers and acquisitions during his career, including the acquisition of Wackenhut and the merger of Group 4 Falck and Securicor.

    Søren now has overall responsibility for all internal and external legal services for G4S as well as the Group’s insurance programme.

    Søren is a member of the Danish Bar and Law Society, a board member of the Danish Blood Donation Society and author of the book Executive Management Contracts, published in Denmark.

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  • Irene Cowden

    Irene Cowden, Group HR Director Add this

    Irene has spent her career in HR management, specialising in employee relations, organisational development, talent management and compensation issues.

    She has been involved in major change projects including the cultural and integration aspects of mergers and acquisitions as well as large scale organisational change involving workforce restructuring, working in partnership with major trade unions.

    Irene has worked in the security industry for 32 years and has held director-level positions at business unit, divisional and corporate level. She was appointed to the Board of Securicor plc in 2002 as Group HR Director.

    Irene is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD).

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  • Debbie McGrath

    Debbie McGrath, Group Communications Director Add this

    Debbie is Group Communications Director, heading the corporate communications team which focuses on the Group’s key audiences – investors, media, government, employees and customers.

    Debbie has a broad range of experience in marketing, corporate communications, brand development and implementation, and crisis communications.

    Prior to the merger between Group 4 Falck and Securicor, Debbie was employed in a number of senior marketing and communications roles within the Securicor group from 1993 to 2004.

    Before joining Securicor, Debbie had also held marketing positions with ICC Information Group and Honeywell Bull.

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  • Graham Levinsohn

    Graham Levinsohn, Group Strategy and Development Director Add this

    Before becoming Group Strategy and Development Director, Graham had previously held roles including Regional President for Cash Services in the Nordic region of G4S, Divisional Development Director for Cash Services, Divisional Managing Director of the G4S Cash Services UK business.

    Graham was also Managing Director responsible for setting up Securicor Cash Centres in 2001.

    Graham joined Securicor Cash Services UK in 1994 and became Sales Director in Securicor Guarding in 1998. In 1999 he joined the Securicor Cash Services Board.

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  • Willem van de Ven

    Willem van de Ven, Regional CEO - Europe Add this

    Willem has served almost 20 years with G4S and its corporate predecessors in Holland.

    He started out in the former Randstad group where he became Regional Director. Willem then served as HR Director and Managing Director of the Netherlands security company Randon which was subsequently acquired by Securicor.

    In April 2003, Willem was appointed as Securicor’s Regional Managing Director (Africa), becoming the Regional President for G4S Africa (Sub-Sahara) after the merger in 2004.

    In July 2010 Willem was appointed Regional CEO - Europe.

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  • David Taylor-Smith

    David Taylor-Smith, Regional CEO - UK and Africa Add this

    David was appointed Regional CEO - UK and Africa in July 2010, having previously been Regional President & CEO, UK and Ireland, G4S Secure Solutions and Divisional Managing Director of G4S Justice Services.

    He joined Securicor in 1998 as Managing Director of Hong Kong and a member of the Asia Pacific Board, following a successful earlier career where he held senior roles with Jardine Matheson, ORBIS and Operation Raleigh.

    Prior to this he was a British Army officer and served in Northern Ireland, Germany, England and in Cyprus with the United Nations.

    David is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He sat on the board of several charities, and currently sits on the board of WWF-UK. In 2003 he was awarded the MBE in recognition of his charitable activities overseas.

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  • Dan Ryan

    Dan Ryan, Regional CEO - Asia and Middle East Add this

    Dan joined G4S in July 2010, from global logistics and transportation company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) where he held a number of senior management positions including Regional President for Greater China for NOL’s APL division, and Regional President for the Middle East and Regional President for Europe for the group’s APL Logistics division.

    He was also previously Managing Director for Middle East, Hong Kong and Indonesia and a Regional Head for the Middle East and Europe during his 20-year career with the group.

    Dan is also a Charter Member of the Middle East Logistics/Supply Chain Management Forum, Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association and the American Chamber of Commerce- Shanghai.

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Our Management

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Shaping government policy, developing new solutions or implementing new technologies – our senior management team enables G4S to meet the key security challenges of the modern world: