Simon Allen

Simon Allen

Project Director (Qatar)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chairman Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) HMP Guys Marsh

  • Education

    • Royal College of Defence Studies(RCDS)

      1999 - 1999
      Defence and International Relations

      Activities and Societies: Study Tour of Singapore, Australia and New Zealand Multinational academic course in a Higher Staff College for 1 year

    • Army Staff College, Camberley

      1984 - 1984
      Defence Studies
    • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

      1970 - 1972
    • Rugby School

      1966 - 1970
      Languages - French, German, Spanish

      School House

    • Alliance Manchester Business School

      2005 - 2005
      Advanced Management Achievement Award

      Advanced Management Achievement Diploma

  • Experience

    • A Multinational Security Group (Olive)

      Dec 2005 - Dec 2006
      Project Director (Qatar)

      Senior Project Manager working for the Crown PrinceResearched and Co-Authored a study into National SecurityResident in Qatar for 1 year

    • The Inspirational Career Company

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2009
      Co-Founder and Director

      The Inspirational Career Company took careers roadshows to schools and held seminars for 6th Formers about to leave. It provided 6th formers with the information they needed to make informed decisions about future career paths and the preparation required to set themselves up.

    • Aegis Defence Services Ltd

      Jan 2008 - Nov 2010

      Company Divisional director (Operations); Company Executive Management Board member; Operational Programs Director; Training; Human resources (recruiting - assessment and selection, deployment of operations personnel to projects worldwide); Future plans; logistics Based in Baghdad but with remit to travel around the whole of Iraq from Mosul to Basra and from West Anbar to Maysan province. Directing the program to provide security to US Army Corps of Engineers rebuilding the country after the war.The contract was worth $475m over 2 years.

      • Director of Operations

        Jun 2009 - Nov 2010
      • Program Director and General Manager (Iraq)

        Jan 2008 - May 2009
    • Hawki Worldwide

      Aug 2011 - Jun 2016
      Chief Operating Officer

      Security operations and training worldwide. The management of risk in order to maintain business continuity.

    • The Etches Collection

      Jul 2016 - Feb 2017
      CEO Etches Collection and The Kimmeridge Trust

      CEO of charitable trust responsible for £5m eco-museum and conference facility housing the unique collection of marine reptile fossils of the Kimmeridgian Stage. Opened in October 2016. See www.theetchescollection.org

    • Art4Army

      Jul 2017 - Oct 2018
      Project Director

      Organised a charity fundraising contemporary art exhibition for ABF, The Soldiers’ Charity in Dorchester 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2018 raising £30k in 5 days.

    • Independent Monitoring Board HMP Guys Marsh

      Aug 2018 - now
      Chairman
    • Freelance, self-employed

      Mar 2019 - Oct 2022
      Security and Defence Consultant

      Security projects in the Middle East (Jordan, Iraq, Gulf) Africa (Nigeria) and Asia (Afg)

    • Independent Monitoring Boards

      Aug 2019 - Oct 2022
      Vice Chair
    • The Worshipful Company of Pewterers

      Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
      Upper Warden Pewterers Company

      Responsible for planning and delivering events to mark the 550th Anniversary of WCoP

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • SIA Level 3 (Close protection)

      Security Industry Authority
      Sept 2015
    • Level 3 Award in Education and Training

      City & Guilds
      View certificate certificate
    • Assessing and Internal Quality Assuring First Aid Training

      QualSafe Solutions
      Jan 2016
    • Level 3 QCF Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

      City & Guilds
      Oct 2015
      View certificate certificate