Business Protection Seminar –
Managing Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear risks

Featuring the returning UN Under Secretary General Sir David Veness (covering protective security and response) and Daily Telegraph journalist Andrew Gilligan (crisis communications and the media), City Security and Resilience Networks (CSARN) bring you their latest breakfast business protection seminar around managing CBRN hazards that could impact your work place.

Expert speakers from business, the police and journalism will reflect on the potential impact of CBRN attacks and leakages upon business environments and consider any lessons learnt from previous scenarios (Tokyo, Sarin; USA, Anthrax; and London, Polonium 210). The business protection seminar will end with an in-depth panel discussion to consolidate our findings. CSARN will create a business CBRN tool-kit available to all attendees via a password protected download after the event.

Speakers and topics
08:15	Breakfast & Networking
08:30	Welcome from Chair of the Day, Brett Lovegrove
08:35	Global Corporate Security Perspective: Sir David Veness CBE QPM - former Under-Secretary General at the United nations for Security and safety and former Assistant Commissioner at the Metropolitan Police Service for Specialist Operations (including Terrorism)
08:55	Global Terrorism Threat from CBR: Hugh McLeod MBE - COO of Stirling Assynt International
09:15	Chris Driver-Williams QGM: The Mechanics of a Terrorist CBRN Attack
09:35	Coffee break
09:50	CBR Planning mitigation and response: Dr A R Oppenheimer - CBRNE Expert
10:05	Police and Emergency Services: - MPS - Expectations on Employers and maximising public-private sector co-ordination Alan King - Superintendent and lead CBR planner for the Metropolitan Police Service
10:20	Are You Prepared Paul Forbes - Remploy Frontline
10:30	Crisis Communications and Media expectations: Andrew Gilligan - London Editor, Daily Telegraph
10:50	Q&A Panel with key business participants chaired by Brett Lovegrove
11:00	End and networking

Speakers profiles
	Sir David Veness / Advisory Council Chairman Former Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Department of Safety and Security, United Nations
	Andrew Gilligan / London Editor Daily Telegraph Andrew is the former defence correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and BBC Radio 4 Today Programme. Working until September 2009 at the London Evening Standard, Andrew was named at the British Press Awards as the 2008 Journalist of the Year. Andrew is also an experienced broadcaster including a regular Sky TV news reviewer Born in Teddington in 1968, he attended a south-west London comprehensive school before studying history at Cambridge University.
	Superintendent Alan King / Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Central Operations (CO) Alan joined the police service in 1978 serving as a uniform & detective officer before promotion to Chief Inspector when he served as: a staff officer, then as the Head of the Air & Marine Support Units, developing the MPS maritime CT strategy and firearms capability. He transferred to Public Order (PO) Branch as the chief instructor for PO & CBRN training for London. As a PO Commander he undertook many operations and his PO work has taken him across the UK and Europe. He transferred to Central Operations in November 2006, as the Deputy for Emergency Preparedness and was involved with the consequence management following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. As the MPS CBRNE Coordinator he has developed a coordinated London response to CBRNE incidents and operations. He is also engaged on work supporting Interpol’s Bio Terrorism Prevention Programme.
	Chris Driver-Williams QGM / Director Kratos Enterprises Counter-IED Consultants Chris Driver-Williams is a retired Major from the British Army and a former Ammunition Technical Officer. During his 17 years in the Military he served in a variety of operational explosives ordnance disposal (EOD) appointments and has seen active service in a number of high threat theatres including Iraq, Afghanistan, Colombia and Northern Ireland. "During much of his career he specialised in tactical EOD operations and as well as being a CBRN defeat operator, he was also the designated military operations officer for the national contingency response to the terrorist use of a weapon of mass destruction in the UK, should such an event occur. He also deployed on a number of anti-terrorist arrest operations in the UK and was the architect of the UK’s EOD response to a suicide bomb attack on the UK mainland. Later, he played an instrumental role during the July 2005 London bombings when he was seconded to COBR-A as a suicide terrorism subject matter expert.
	Hugh McLeod / Stirling Assynt International Group Hugh McLeod established Assynt Associates in 2003, producing briefing and analysis on terrorism and country risk issues to large companies and government entities with interests in the Middle East, Asia and beyond. In April 2008, their 11-strong-team became part of the Stirling Assynt International Group, of which Hugh is Chief Operating Officer. This new company also provides Business Intelligence and enhanced Due Diligence services.
	Dr A R Oppenheimer / CBRNE expert Andy Oppenheimer is an independent UK analyst in CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapons and explosives) and counter terrorism. He is the former editor of Jane's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence and NBC International, and author of IRA: The Bombs and the Bullets - A History of Deadly Ingenuity (Irish Academic Press 2008).
	Paul Forbes / Remploy Frontline Paul Forbes is a recently retired Chief Superintendent and former head of the Police National CBRN Centre UK. He has served as a consultant to the 2012 London Olympics as a counter terrorism and CBRN incident management expert. As a special advisor, Forbes heads of the internationally focused Remploy Frontline Technical Advisory Panel (F-TAP) for addressing CBRN developmental matters for the police and first responders.
	Brett Lovegrove / Director, CSARN and Former Head of Counter Terrorism City of London Police Brett Lovegrove retired in 2008 as Head of Counter Terrorism in the City of London Police after 30 years service, 25 years of which were spent at strategic level in the Metropolitan Police. As Head of Counter Terrorism, he Chaired the national committee for crowded places in 2005/2006 with a membership that included the security services, military representatives, national policing and business representatives, HOSDB, Cabinet Office and ACPO in order to establish practical resilience solutions. Brett led on the London, national and international rollout of Project Griffin (a police/security professional initiative to identify hostile reconnaissance in crowded places) and was frequently asked to advise international organisations and governments including the US Congress, the European Government in The Hague and the Danish Parliament.