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New full and affiliate members Pierre Burger, Philip Prestage, Colin Przystupa, Roger Noakes, John Fleming and James Wheeler were presented with their membership certificates by Roy Sutherland, Chairman, at the recent Association of Security Consultants (ASC) quarterly Business Club Seminar held recently in St. James's, London.

Chief Executive of NSI to move to RoSPA

06/04/06

As reported on our web site yesterday,the NSI have announced that Tom Mullarkey, Chief Executive since 2002, will be moving to RoSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) as Chief Executive at the end of May.

Tom Mullarkey, formerly an Army Officer, has worked in a range of commercial and not-for-profit posts in the last 10 years, including at Warburg's merchant bank and the Manchester Commonwealth Games. At NSI, he has been responsible for a successful strategic repositioning of NSI as an end-user champion, serving the public and corporate customers through the quality and diligence of its independent inspection schemes. Specific projects have included a major re-branding exercise, the development of NSI as the leading inspection body in the fire detection and alarm systems sector, and a much higher visibility of NSI to all audiences. More widely, he has focused on delivering greater levels of confidence in NSI to insurance industry stakeholders and lobbying Government on security industry regulation, towards a voluntary approach.

Sir Michael Bett, Chairman of NSI commented: In the last four years, Tom has brought a wealth of new ideas into NSI and delivered a consistent message of high standards to the public and key stakeholders such as the Police and insurers. Most particularly, his leadership of the NSI team and his positioning of NSI as an organisation of huge potential have been greatly effective, and the security industry is much the better for his contribution.

Tom Mullarkey commented: 'This has been an immensely challenging four years, which I have enjoyed building on NSI's many strengths. It is a sound organisation, staffed by committed and dedicated experts, and providing, largely unseen, the bedrock on which the quality end of the industry is built. It has been very rewarding to help to provide stronger platform upon which NSI can operate into the future. The challenges at RoSPA are no less exciting and I am greatly looking forward to working with the Trustees and staff of this highly respected national organisation'
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Left to right: Laurie Doust (ASC Secretary), Keith Carey (Salto Systems), Ramesh Gurdev (Salto Systems), Roy Sutherland (ASC Chairman)

Left to right: Simon Lambert (ASC Member), Roy Sutherland (ASC Chairman), Kevin Quinn (Acting ASC Secretary).

Roy also welcomed back Laurie Doust, ASC Secretary, from his most recent journey and said that "if Laurie goes on any more cruises, we'll have to club together and buy him a boat!".

Salto Systems sponsored the event, with Keith Carey giving an introduction to the company. Keith then handed over the meeting to Ramesh Gurdev, whose presentation included available access control technologies and how to increase access security. Ramesh concluded by giving a fascinating insight into the future of access of control, including trends and solutions.

Robert Powell of Integrated Payment Solutions provided information about Smart Cards and how the applications can be integrated. He also gave details about campus and company wide solutions. Robert concluded with his thoughts about facts and fictions of the Mifare world which were of great interest to the capacity audience.

An insight into the role and charitable aims of the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals (WCoSP) was given by Andrew Knights, Treasurer of the WCoSP.

Simon Lambert (ASC Member) gave an excellent and light hearted insight into the problems that can be faced when deciding what digital video recording systems to buy and install. His candid thoughts were well received by the audience.

Roy Sutherland brought the formal proceedings to a close by thanking all those who had provided the interesting presentations and to Salto Systems for sponsoring the event.

Roy reminded everyone that the next Business Club Seminar will be held on 9^th September 2010. He also mentioned that CONSEC, the ASC's annual international conference and exhibition, will be held on Thursday, 4 November 2010, at the RAF Museum at Hendon. He indicated that another exciting programme is being finalised for this year and that there are only a few spaces left for exhibitors.

Everyone then adjourned to the bar and to partake of a vast and delicious buffet luncheon, and to take the opportunity to chat with old friends and make new ones.

The ASC organises a number of prominent events during the year, which are of importance to both ASC members and others who are interested in security issues and technical innovations.

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