Chairman
Chris Nickols CB CBE DL heads up the Corps Security board. He has been on the board as a Non-Executive Director since March 2020 and was a shareholder Trustee for the seven years before that. Having completed a full career in the Royal Air Force, commanding at all levels and gaining extensive experience in security operations and public sector governance at the highest board levels, he is the perfect person to lead the board and support the organisation as a whole.
Company Secretary
Lynn Thomas is a qualified solicitor specialising in Employment and Commercial Law. He joined Corps Security in 2008 as Company Secretary and is also now responsible for the HR function. Lynn has had many years experience working for blue chip companies in the support services sector and brings a wealth of specialist legal knowledge to his role.
Non-Executive Director
Shrinivas is a chartered accountant by profession and served with Vodafone, Capita, KPMG and Egg during his executive career. He holds a number of other non-executive roles including Non-Executive Director and audit committee Chair for the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Low Level Waste Repository Financial Ombudsman Service and UK Space Agency. Honap has particular interests in large transformation programmes, risk management, finance and developing technology.
Non-Executive Director
Prior to her position as Professor of Practice leading on Security & Resilience at the University of Strathclyde, Fiona spent ten years leading CrowdVision, the video analytics company she co-founded. Her career has spanned Government (UK Ministry of Defence), and consultancy, always with a focus on strategies and innovations for enhanced security and business efficiencies and productivity.
Chief Executive
Mike is passionate about security with purpose and oversaw the attainment of Corps Social Enterprise status. Working with Corps Trustees, Mike ensures profits generated by Corps are used for good – working on strategy to improve our security offering and practices but also to improve the working conditions, and ultimately lives, of all Corps colleagues. A strong advocate of the Living Wage, Mike sits on the Living Wage Foundations advisory board.
Managing Director
With more than 20 years’ experience in the guarding sector, Paul is a genuine security expert. As Managing Director for our guarding business Paul works closely with our operational teams to develop new and innovative approaches to service delivery, whilst developing strategy and keeping Corps connected to the wider industry.
Chief Financial Officer
Paul joined Corps Security as Chief Finance Officer in February 2009. After graduating from Manchester University, Paul qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Prior to joining Corps Security, Paul spent 12 years working for a large FTSE Business Services Group, within a variety of Finance Director roles and brings a wealth of expertise and knowledge to Corps Security.
Sales and Marketing Director
Heading up the sales and marketing function, Andy brings over 20 years of commercial experience, of both tactical and strategic to his role. Working collaboratively with the Corps management team he is seeking sustainable growth opportunities which make a positive impact to the business and are fully aligned to Corps social values.
Managing Director – Corps Monitoring
Responsible for the operation and management of Corps Monitoring and our industry-leading Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC), Andrea’s focus is on the development of the CCTV, Intruder and Fire Alarm monitoring solutions and the development of contemporary solutions in personal protection services. Andrea’s focus is also on the development of interconnected solutions with all divisions of the Corps Security family.
Regional Director – South
John leads our operations teams across the South and South West, including Bristol and Cardiff. He works closely with our Managing Director to support our customers, identifying new and commercially effective ways of working whilst at all times ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our site-based teams.
Regional Director – North
Darrell has worked for Corps for more than 20 years and leads our operational teams in the North across our Belfast, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow offices. With a diverse client base spanning numerous sectors Darrell creates strong partnerships with customer stakeholders, using local knowledge to help design and deliver resilient and fit for purpose solutions.
Divisional Director
Nigel served in the British Armed Forces and uses all his skills and depth of experience to help shape security strategy. This includes effectively managing large teams and getting the very best from his people. As National Account Director Nigel works with his team across multi-site, multi-region and often complex contracts. His key areas of specialism include counterterrorism and threat, vulnerability and risk assessing for public spaces.
Project Director
With a vast experience working within the security sector Tony has extensive knowledge across various businesses and IT disciplines which range from strategic, tactical and operational dimensions of the profession. Tony is responsible for leading on project delivery methodology and of course IT.
Divisional Director
Working with our portfolio of major and flagship accounts Seetan focusses on service development and the introduction of new initiatives. Maintaining close relationships throughout the industry means he can identify new areas of expansion and opportunities for both Corps and our customers. He is the founder and SMT lead for our equity, diversity and inclusion programme CorpsTogether which sets providing an inclusive workplace as a true priority for our business.
Director – Corps Consult
Having worked in a range of high security environments and with an MSc in Security Management Neil knows a thing or two about risk mitigation and designing security solutions. Neil specialises in regulation and security and risk management which enables him to work with our customers to design and develop security strategy whilst optimising operational performance in line with sector specific regulations.
Executive Director – Corps Consult
Mike has more than 30 years’ experience in specialist security services and joined Corps in 2010 founding our consultancy business. Widely viewed as leader in our industry Mike is now an Executive Director, supporting our consultancy team to develop our service offering in this area and leading on high level, complex projects specifically around risk management and mitigation as well as security training.
Head of HR
A true HR professional Magda leads our team of HR team developing strategy which supports our company values – always with a focus on people and colleague wellbeing. Her experience spans all areas of HR with a particular focus on employee relations from an operational perspective. Magda is passionate about inclusion and works with our wider operational teams to ensure diversity and that Corps provides an inclusive and supportive workplace for everyone.
Charity Partner Lead
Salman joined Corps in 2010 and works closely with our teams across the north of the country, developing customer solutions to meet even the most diverse requirements. Salman is passionate about giving back and as Charity Partner Lead develops new ways in which we can support those who need it most. He focusses on our partnership with Corps company charity Combat Stress, developing our relationship and strategy whilst strengthening our community links.
IT Director
Head of Central Support
National Accounts Director
Social Value Lead
Amy works in collaboration with Corps charity partner Combat Stress, as well as other much deserving causes to define how the business can improve social impact. She helps develop social strategy and identifies how Corps can unite colleagues, customers and communities to ensure everyone benefits from the organisation’s activities.
