The International Foundation for Protection Officers UK (IFPO UK) has two new members of its Advisory Board: Mike Lees and Lynda Moore. The AB is a group of security people drawn from across the sector, helping in the direction IFPO UK will be taking, in its governance and the education and career development of front line security officers, supervisors and managers.
Mike Lees MSc CSyP FSyI
Mike Lees, pictured, served with South Yorkshire Police for 30 years before he became a management trainer with Link Associates International and NHS commissioning business security manager. In 2007 he joined the British Transport Police (BTP) as NE Area Contingency Planning and Business Continuity Manager working from their Leeds headquarters. His police experience included posts in community liaison, area communications, contingency planning, disaster victim identification and aviation. In November 2009 he joined Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as the Security and Resilience Manager and now as Head of Business security holds this strategic responsibility.
Mike is a Chartered Security Professional (CSyP), Fellow of the Security and Business Continuity Institutes and Emergency Planning Society and a Certified Risk Manager. He holds a MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management from the University of Leicester and is an accredited Healthcare Security and Counter Fraud Manager; he is also a qualified teacher and drone pilot, as featured in the November 2018 print edition of Professional Security magazine.
Lynda Moore MSyI RISC
Lynda has over 40 years’ service in the security industry. She spent 30 years with a regional contract security company; she was 20 years as a Board Director including the last ten as Managing Director.
Lynda is the owner of a security consultancy providing a range of services including penetration and customer service audits testing on-site security covering the whole of the UK. She also runs an association for SIA ACS accredited Security Companies, the ACS Pacesetters, which includes the annual Security Officer of Distinction Awards. Both the Silver Fox Audit Scheme and The ACS Pacesetters recognise and reward good work by front-line Security Officers.
Lynda has membership status of the Security Institute and is a Registered Independent Security Consultant.
About the International Foundation for Protection Officers (UK)
As a not-for-profit membership association, it provides professional learning for security officers, supervisors and managers, to impart the knowledge, skills, and competencies required. IFPO has recently launched a global research project on the ‘Modern Role and Job Complexity of Security Officers’; due to report in autumn 2021. Visit www.ifpo.uk.
