RiskUKOctober2017

Appointments
Tom Brookes
Tom Brookes, a senior figure within the fire sector, has
been appointed as the new chairman of the Fire &
Security Association (FSA).
Brookes harbours over 25 years’ experience within the
fire industry, having started work as a fire engineer back
in 1992. He bought Lindum Fire Services in 2002, and has
turned the business into one of the major fire detection
and alarm systems organisations in Lincolnshire.
Brookes’ career has included involvement with a range
of industry bodies. He has served as a Technical Committee member at the
British Standards Institution and as chairman of the British Fire Consortium.
Steve Martin, head of the FSA, commented: “With the fire industry currently
in the spotlight, Tom is the ideal person to ensure the FSA becomes a key
player in ensuring that standards and safety are placed at the forefront of
building development and improvement.”
Speaking about his new role at the FSA, Brookes informed Risk UK: “I’m
delighted to be taking over as chairman of the FSA at what is a very crucial time
for our industry. I aim to use my extensive experience in the fire sector to
ensure that the industry drives through improvements in the safety of both
residential and commercial buildings.”
Gary Harmer
Hikvision UK & Ireland has
appointed security
industry veteran Gary
Harmer as sales director.
Harmer brings with him a
wealth of knowledge and
expertise having held
roles in manufacturing
and engineering and
boasting over 27 years’ experience in the
sphere of security distribution.
In this new role, Harmer is heading up
Hikvision UK & Ireland’s business development
team. Overseeing the day-to-day operations of
the sales function, he’s also working closely
with Hikvision’s authorised distribution
channel, security installers and systems
integrators in addition to key end users.
Commenting on his appointment, Harmer
informed Risk UK: “As the largest security
manufacturer in the world with a vast array of
technologies currently available and many soon
to be released, I’m delighted to be joining
Hikvision’s UK & Ireland team. I’m very excited
at the prospect of working closely with our
distribution and installation partners to deliver
our Best in Class solutions.”
Jason Yang, general manager for Hikvision UK
& Ireland, added: “We’re delighted to welcome
Gary to the Hikvision team and feel that his
knowledge of the UK security industry as well
as his leadership skills will prove invaluable.”
In parallel, Louise Parsons has been
appointed as senior business bevelopment
manager for the South West of England region.
Parsons will report directly to Gary Harmer.
Morgan Vessier
Morgan Vessier has been
appointed as the new
head of risk at BNP
Paribas Leasing Solutions
UK. Within the BNP
Paribas Group, BNP
Paribas Leasing Solutions
specialises in leasing and
rental solutions for
professional equipment, offered either directly
to businesses or through its partners.
Vessier succeeds Mike Quinn, who recently
took over as head of the company’s UK
technology finance division.
Joining the BNP Paribas Group back in 2005,
Vessier has since worked across several key
business units, including BNP Paribas Personal
Finance, where he served as the head of centre
for scoring and the Turkish Economic Bank,
where he acted as director of retail and small
business risk analytics.
“Morgan’s a natural choice for this role,”
stated Jean-Michel Boyer, CEO of BNP Paribas
Leasing Solutions UK. “He brings with him a
huge depth of market knowledge and
experience and, undoubtedly, he will be a
terrific asset to our UK business.”
Rajiv Datta
Colt Technology
Services has appointed
Rajiv Datta as chief
operating officer of the
company, reporting
directly to CEO Carl
Grivner. In this new
expanded role, Datta –
who previously served
as Colt’s CTO – will now bring together Colt’s
operational and technological capabilities,
customer experience strategy and product
and innovation teams under one
organisational framework.
In his 18 months as CTO at Colt, Datta was
responsible for the development of the
company’s network technology strategy and
the creation of its next generation of
products and services, including the
evolution of an SDN-based network.
Datta has also been a key driver of Colt’s
high bandwidth strategy, enabling this
through redesigning, simplifying and
innovating the Colt IQ Network.
Prior to his time with Colt, Datta held a
number of senior positions in the telecoms
and communications infrastructure industry,
including that of chief operating officer at
AboveNet Communications.
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