SGS is delighted to announce that Derek Smith is appointed as Chief Operating Officer with effect from the 20th May 2010.   He brings with him over 40 years experience in the military, civil aviation, rail, maritime, logistics and corporate security fields and is well known within the industry as the immediate past chairman of the BSIA security guarding national committee.

Passionate about raising standards, Derek is the current chairman of GW/3 at the BSI, having worked on security guarding standards for some years.   He also works with the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the Confederation of European Security Services in Europe (CoESS), for which he is the UK delegate for security guarding.