About CSyPs.

Kate is a Chartered Security Professional with 25 years of frontline private client facing experience in the Private and Family Office sector and latterly in Close Protection (CP). She combined this unique experience to launch UMBRA International Group of which she is CEO – a business on a mission to make security and the industry more accessible to the private client community, and in turn reinvest into impact projects to make the world a safer place. She regularly speaks, especially on the topic of Invisible Security, having been asked to deliver a Tedx talk in 2018. She was shortlisted as Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year in the Citywealth awards in 2019, and the Security Institute’s 2021 Award for Services to the Security Sector, and CEO Monthly’s CEO of the year in 2023.

Kate is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Companion of the Institute of Leadership and Management. She sits on the British Army Gender Advisory Council and is a Liveryman of the City of London. She is a Trustee of the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals Charitable Trust, delivering grants and funding around the theme ‘Kindness In Security’, and also is a Trustee of the Hypatia Foundation, which focusses on gender impact philanthropy.

Kate is an ambassador for the Veteran charities ‘Supporting Wounded Veterans’ and ‘Veterans Aid’. She has a personal interest in initiatives to urgently address the Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls epidemic and sits as the Co-Chair of the Clapham Safer Neighbourhood Panel to support policing, public sector & private sector/local business partnership working in the community. She is regularly asked by clients and wider community for her advice, commentary and counsel explicitly because of her Chartered Security Professional Status.

Kate is also the author of numerous articles charting her varied experiences. You can read here article on becoming a CSyP here.

A Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and the holder of a Computing Science degree; Nick is a serving Chief Inspector with Hampshire Constabulary having previously served with Cleveland Police, Surrey Police, Wiltshire Police and the College of Policing. He is also a Visiting Professor at Birmingham City University in the Faculty of Computing.

He is currently responsible for Digital Intelligence and Investigations within Hampshire Constabulary and specialises in mainstreaming the right digital skills and capabilities across the force along with protecting the most vulnerable SMEs from cyber-attack. Strong believer in partnership working with other organisations outside of policing, notably industry and academic institutions.

He always aspired to becoming a Chartered Security Professional as it provided an external audited record and validation of his experience, in a dynamic climate CPD is essential if you are to not become static, the CSyP actively encourages CPD and presented an opportunity for him to keep abreast in an ever changing world.

Ciaran gained an Honours degree in Business Studies and French before embarking on a ten-year army career. Upon leaving the military he joined Hertfordshire Police Constabulary where he served as a front-line officer and detective for eight years.

​Realising he wanted to transition into the private sector, Ciaran completed the Security Institute’s Diploma in Security Management and ASIS International’s CPP certification, enabling him to become a full and active member of both organisations. His membership provided him with networking opportunities, leading to a job offer as a Security Consultant.

​By obtaining experience in a number of industry sectors and enhancing his knowledge though CPD as well as becoming an ASIS CPP, Ciaran quickly moved into leadership roles. He is passionate about developing new talent and strives to develop and implement industry leading vision and strategies.

A Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, John is a specialist in corporate security, business continuity and resilience disciplines, including cyber and information assurance strategies and risk assessments.

A former senior Army representative for a strategic level project to establish the first Joint Defence Security School. A recipient of multiple Presidential and Police Commendations for the security planning of State visits involving an array of International leaders.

He is currently a main board Security Director.

After finishing his studies at Cambridge University and having worked more than 15 years in Oil & Gas Industry as a subject matter expert in corporate security management as well as security design engineering both Onshore and Offshore / Subsea projects in many challenging regions of the world, Stef wanted to recognize his professional experience in that discipline as well as to join a community of professionals with common interests and expertise.

​In 2014, being involved on the Security Risk Assessments of the SBM Turret transfer of SHELL Prelude Project (the biggest floating vessel in the world, SHELL Prelude FLNG), he completed a Level 4 – Security Management Diploma and was successfully admitted as a Chartered Security Professionals in 2015.

​He is the first French & Greek national to be admitted to the RCSP, which he considers an additional honour. The CSyP certification gave him credibility and confidence and for that reason, Stef considers it a unique qualification.

Chris holds a BSc in Policing and an MSc in Security Studies. As a former Counter Terrorism security trained Police Officer and now the director of a security consultancy, Chris has honed his expertise specifically in the areas of protecting crowded places, crime prevention through environmental design and transport security. Alongside other security projects, Chris is an independent principal security advisor to a number of major rail and metro projects in the UK and Australia.

Graduating from the Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University and later a Defence Fellow at King’s College London, Duncan completed a distinguished career in the British Army, including senior appointments with NATO and the United Nations.

Ending his military service at the rank of Colonel, he transitioned to senior security roles within the Oil and Gas industry, the Olympic Delivery Authority and latterly in the Nuclear industry with his current role at the Office for Nuclear Regulation as a Principal Inspector working in Nuclear New Build.

Ray is the CEO of an International Risk Management company and is a security/crisis & emergency management advisor with over 29 years international experience in high risk/challenging and corporate environments. He holds a Masters in Security Management and is NEBOSH qualified, speaks / studies Arabic, and is fully conversant with International security and safety legislation, codes, and recommended best practices.

He is used to working as part of a multi-cultural / international workforce, with broad industry experience spanning media, aviation, oil & gas, construction, government and non-government agencies and corporate businesses. An expert communicator and experienced trainer / facilitator with experience of interfacing with senior management, government and royal entities.