Chris Meager

BSc (Hons), Postgraduate Diploma

Managing Director

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EC2R 8JR London
United Kingdom

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Personal information

Professional experience (15 years, 1 month)

Aug 2007 - present
(4 years, 10 months)

Managing Director

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Industry: Security & Investigations, Business Continuity, Fraud, Executive Search, Head Hunting, Recruitment
Nov 2005 - Jul 2007
(1 year, 9 months)

Head of Corporate Security

Hanover Search & Selection

Industry: Human Resources
Jun 2000 - Nov 2005
(5 years, 6 months)

Team Leader, Global Security Personnel

SSR Personnel

Industry: Security & Investigations
May 1999 - Jun 2000
(1 year, 2 months)

Recruitment Consultant

HJA Security

Industry: Security & Investigations
May 1997 - May 1999
(2 years, 1 month)

Technical/Systems Co-ordinator

Euro Security Systems

Industry: Security & Investigations, Security Systems Installation

Employment status

Employee

Educational background

1998 - 2000

University of Leicester
Security Management, Postgraduate Diploma
1993 - 1996

University of Plymouth
Design, Technology & Business, BSc (Honours)

Languages

English

About me

I manage the EMEA operation for the Security Management Resources (SMR) Group, the largest specialist security management search firm globally.

Formed in 1998 SMR are the only firm specialising in this sector to have consultants based both in the Americas and Europe. My colleagues within SMR all have significant senior level management experience leading corporate security programs across a wide range of industries for some of the world's leading organizations. This ensures clients will have a subject matter expert with “real world” experience directly involved in their project.

I have over nine years practical experience recruiting security management personnel and have successfully completed projects in over forty countries. In addition to this I have two years experience within the security industry and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Security Management from the renowned Scarman Centre at the University of Leicester.

Projects I have successfully completed include roles with titles such as:
Chief Security Officer
Director, Security
Regional Security Manager, EMEA
Regional Director, Brand Protection, Asia Pacific
Regional Director, Corporate Security & Business Continuity, EMEA
Regional Security Director, Americas
Regional Head of Security & Fraud Risk, Middle East
Associate Director, Group Security, Africa
Regional Head of Fraud, EMEA

Recently we have completed senior level projects including:
Regional Security Director, EMEA (based Switzerland) - a major hotel chain
Regional Security Advisor, Middle East (based Turkey) - a leading technology firm
Regional Intelligence Manager (based India) - a global investment bank
Security Director, France - a leading FMCG firm
Regional Security & Safety Manager, Europe (based Spain) - a leading multinational
Regional Security Director, EU (based Switzerland) - a major food manufacturer
Regional Head of Security, Americas (based USA) - a leading FMCG firm

Specialties
Senior level corporate recruitment globally; physical and IT security, fraud and investigations, Business Continuity and Crisis Management, Anti-counterfeiting and Brand Protection

Contacts

Eric Boukobza, Thomas Havranek, Stefan Ziegler, Peter Varady

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