The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals will come together with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley QPM at a dinner on 18 April at Innholders’ Hall.
During the evening, the Commissioner will give a talk under the Chatham House Rule, and attendees will have the opportunity to ask him some questions.
Following the dinner with the commissioner, The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals will receive this year’s Lord Imbert Memorial Lecture from Professor Alison Wakefield on 26 April at The Army & Navy Club.
Professor Wakefield will give this year’s lecture on navigating complexity in security.
The lecture is given every year in memory of Lord Peter Imbert (1933-2017), who was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service from 1987 to 1993, and prior to that appointment Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police from 1979 to 1985.
Alison Wakefield, this year’s speaker, is a Professor at the University of West London and Co-Director of its Cybersecurity and Criminology Centre.
She is also a Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, a Commissioner on the National Preparedness Commission, and a Chair Emeritus of the Security Institute. Her publications include Security and Crime: Converging Perspectives on a Complex World (Sage, 2021).
Alison Wakefield was also named one of SC Media UK’s 30 Women of Influence in Cyber Security 2022.
The events may be found here.
About The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals
The Company traces its origins to 1999 when the now Past Masters, Steve Neville OBE and John Purnell GM QPM DL, registered The Guild of Security Professionals with the City of London Chamberlain’s Office.
Membership of the Company is drawn from the Security Industry in its widest sense and includes leading security professionals from the industrial and retail sectors, serving and retired members of the police and armed services, security consultants, academics, heads of security for corporate businesses, investigators and electronic surveillance practitioners.
The Company introduced the City of London Sheriff’s Bravery Award after the 2005 London bombings to recognise annually unsung acts of heroism and the winner’s names are inscribed on the Honours Board in the Old Bailey.
The Company also launched the Register of Chartered Security Professionals (CSyP) in 2010 as a means of recognising and maintaining high standards in the security profession.
