BSIA Board

Mike Reddington

Chief Executive - BSIA

Mike has worked in the security industry for over 25 years, beginning his career in electronic engineering before moving into sales and marketing, and rising into senior roles for a variety of organisations.

Mike was appointed as Chief Executive of the Association in 2019.

David Wilkinson

Director of Technical Services - BSIA

With over 35 years of experience in the electronic security industry, Dave is responsible for managing all technical, quality and compliance matters within the Association. He represents BSIA members on UK, European & International standards committees and monitors UK and European regulations impacting BSIA members.

Patrick Kyle

Chief Commercial Officer - BSIA

Paddy has over 25 years of commercial experience in the fire and security industry, previously working for Texecom and Pyronix. Paddy is responsible for driving membership retention and accelerating membership growth, Paddy will be working closely with the marcomms and membership teams.

Dean Griffin

Group Financial Controller - BSIA

Dean is responsible for the finances of the Association. This includes management accounts, departmental reports and working.

Danny Lee

Danny Lee is the Technical Director at NACD, a relatively new member to the BSIA coming on board late 2024.

Danny was elected as chair of the AAP section in 2025

James Brown

Asset Property Marking Chair

James is Managing Director of Selectamark Security Systems and sits on the ADS Security Export Focus Group. James was appointed Managing Director in May 2014.

James was elected as Chair of the APM section in July 2023.

Siân Doherty

Alarm Receiving Centre Chair

Siân is Managing Director of ARC Monitoring, and was recently elected Chair of the ARC section after sitting on the committe for three years.

Siân was elected chair of the ARC section in 2025. 

Gareth Skinner

Cash & Valuables in Transit Chair

Gareth is UK Head of Operational Risk at G4S plc.  Gareth's role at G4S is to drive the Loss, Security and Business Continuity Management activities across the UK.

Gareth has been Chair of Cash & Valuables in Transit since 2019.

Carl Gibbard

Export Council Chair 

Carl is the Chairman of Concept Smoke Screen Ltd, who specialise in fogging devices in the UK as well as on the international market in countries ranging from Holland to Brazil.

Carl was elected as Chair of the Export Council in 2017.

Kristian Carter

Information Destruction Chair

Kristian is Commercial Director at Shred Station and has worked in the sector for over 15 years.

Kristian was elected Chair of the Information Destruction section in 2021.

Naz Dossa

Lone Workers Chair

Naz is the Chief Executive Officer of PeopleSafe, part of the Send for Help Group, the largest lone worker protection provider in Europe. 

Naz is currently in his first tenure as Chair of Lone Workers and was elected in 2020.

Glenn Foot

Security Equipment Manufacturers Chair

Glenn Foot is the Product Manager at Eaton and is the newest BSIA chair 

Glenn is currently in his first tenure as Chair of the Security Equipment Manufacture section he was elected in 2025.

Tony Cockcroft

Security Officers Services Chair/ Vice Chairman

Tony is the Director of Independent Contractor Security Ltd, providing security guarding, patrols and alarm responses and key holding.

 He was elected as Section Chair in 2015, and in 2019, Tony was also elected by the Board as Vice Chairman of the Association.

Brett Gough

Security Systems Chair

Brett is Key Accounts Director for Mitie Fire & Security Systems with a technical, operational and strategic background.

Brett has been Chair of Security Systems since 2024.

Vacant

Training Providers Chair

Richard Breckell

Vacant Property Protection Chair

Richard is the Operations Director for Mitie Fire & Security Systems and oversees the field engineering and back office functions.

Richard has been Chair of the Vacant Property Protection section since 2024.

Benjamin Linklater

Video Surveillence Section Chair

Ben is the Sales Director at Optex (Europe) Ltd, a world-leading manufacturer of high-performance sensing technologies.

Ben was elected as Chair of the Video Surveillance Systems (CCTV) section in 2019.

Martin Watson

Chairman

Martin is Industry Liaison Director at Mitie Fire & Security Systems and has a wealth of expertise in management alongside an in-depth understanding of technologies to inform sound business decisions.

Martin was Chair of the Security Systems between 2017-2024 and was elected as BSIA Chair in April.

Pauline Norstrom

Non-Executive Director

Pauline is CEO of Anekanta®AI and Anekanta®Consulting, and a former Chair of the Association.

She has a background in leadership, innovation and commercialisation, and in her current role at Anekanta®, has created the architecture for several AI risk and governance frameworks.

Uzair Ozsman

Non-Executive Director

Uzair is a corporate executive with over 18 years of experience driving t growth and operational excellence across diverse sectors, including construction, security and digital innovation.

He is also the Managing Director of  Galliford Try Asset Intelligence.