Guy Mathias has been appointed chairman of the Eastern Region of the CSSC (Cross-sector Safety and Security Communications). Operating on a charitable basis and founded in June 2011 ahead of the London Olympics, the CSSC was started as a means of aiding timely communications between the private and public sectors on matters of security and business resilience.
Guy, pictured, who is the Risk and Operations Director at drinks firm Lucozade Ribena Suntory and a strategic adviser to the guarding company Dardan Security said: “The CSSC is all about information sharing and helping businesses be prepared for a host of different safety and security issues. Membership of the CSSC enables businesses and organisations to have instant access and an information sharing partnership with the emergency services and government. A platform like this can prove invaluable to its members.”
The CSSC acts as a ‘one stop shop’ for information and helps managers prepare for scenarios, from counter-terrorism, cyber-crime, fraud and security alerts to safety hazards. It shares bulletins and official police and other security alerts and is in permanent contact with the police and other authorities as well as industry sector groups and businesses.
Guy added: “There are a great many threats to businesses, from, at one end, cyber-crime and terrorism, through, at the other end, to the effects of environmental issues such as flooding, extreme weather events, infrastructure and service interruptions, fire, disease and industrial accidents. The CSSC provides an information-sharing communications platform right across private and public sectors, while its members can also benefit from opportunities to gain best practice experience, better plan for critical threats and demonstrate their commitment to running a safe and secure organisation.
“During my chairmanship, I am looking to encourage businesses across the east of England to engage with the CSSC and contribute to building and contributing to this important communications platform.”
Guy has previously directed counter extremist operations for the research and pharmaceutical sectors, most notably at Huntingdon Life Sciences where he was responsible for security, staff protection and pre-employment/contractor screening. He was also a strategic security advisor for Glaxo Smith Kline.
He takes over from Dardan’s chairman, Mark Duffy, as chairman for the CSSC’s Eastern Region. He has also lectured on the threat posed by extremism to the industrial, academic and government sectors to police and government bodies and delivered numerous presentations to international industry and government audiences. While at Glaxo, Guy was chairman of the UK Pharmaceutical Industry Security Forum from 2009 to 2014, to maintain working relationships with industrial, academic and government sectors.
Guy is also the new chairman of The Security Commonwealth.
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