John Lee

Experience

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  British Gas

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Operations Manager

  Various managerial positions including Security, Business Continuity, Emergency Planning, Control room management.

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  National Grid

  Apr 2005 - Nov 2007

  Strategy Implementation Manager (safety health environment security)
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  Severn Trent Plc

  Dec 2007 - Mar 2014

  Group Head of Security & Resilience
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  Cress Consultancy Limited

  Apr 2014 - now

  Director

  Providing strategic subject matter expertise to SME and large corporations in the following areas:Physical Security, Information Security, Personnel Security, Crisis Management, Business Continuity, Incident Management, Operational Requirements, Investigations, Senior Stakeholder Management, Governance, Compliance, Security audits, Risk management, ISO27001, BS25999, Business Development, Corporate Security Strategy,

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  Crimestoppers Trust

  May 2014 - Dec 2016

  Vice Chairman
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  Coventry Building Society

  Jun 2014 - Jan 2015

  Head of Business Continuity

  Accountable for delivery of Society wide business continuity strategy, policies, frameworks, training and exercising including governance risk and control around all matters relating to business continuity. Stakeholder responsibilities includes; due diligence of 3rd party supply chain, IT for Disaster Recovery strategies and engagement with regulators regarding organisational and operational resilience.

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  John Lewis & Partners

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

  Business Resilience Manager
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  John Lewis Partnership

  Jun 2015 - now

  • Audit & Risk Committee Member

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Member Board of Directors

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Resilience Lead (Head of)

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Risk, Resilience & Safety Manager

    Jun 2015 - Mar 2020