Garth Timberlake has joined Securi-Guard as Business Development Manager. Garth, pictured, will focus on the fire services offered by the Plymouth-based fire and security firm.
Garth has been tasked with forging closer links with construction and other cross sector businesses. Key targets will include building service engineers, electrical contractors and mechanical and electrical consultants.
He will also look to identify further business opportunities with end users such as local and county councils, Ministry of Defence, as well as the education and health sectors.
Garth was born and bred in the city, but for the past 13 years has been working in London and the South East. He said: “I longed for the opportunity to get back to Plymouth and jumped at the chance to join Securi-Guard. There is currently a real focus on identifying new, key business opportunities and I am looking forward to the challenge of being part of that process with a company that has an established reputation for excellence in both fire and security provision.”
Garth began his working career with the Ministry of Defence at Devonport in 1967 as an electrical fitter and spent 18 years there. His fire and security experience began in 1988 with a regional sales manager role at a fire and emergency lighting company.
After further sales and business development roles with a number of fire and security companies in the region, Garth was offered the chance to relocate to the South East and London in 2003 working as a business development manager, and latterly as a project manager.
Bob Truesdale, Fire and Security Systems Manager at Securi-Guard, said: “Garth is well respected within the fire industry and has a wealth of sector knowledge that will be hugely beneficial to the business.
“His appointment represents an opportunity to increase our market share of larger scale projects while further strengthening our links with the contractor market, as well as other major cross sector companies and organisations.” Visit: www.securi-guard.co.uk.
