Gordon Penney

Experience

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  Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes

  Sept 1981 - Jul 2004

  Security Advisor for Middle East

  Gordon spent 25 years working within Canadian military and governmental roles. He developed extensive expertise through complex and challenging missions while working with multiple high-performance organizations and teams.Gordon worked across Canada and globally on a range of missions related to policing, security, combat military regiments, diplomatic missions, and various overseas missions under the UN and NATO.

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  Qatargas

  Aug 2005 - Aug 2014

  Head of Security

  Gordon led a high-performance team in creating and sustaining a resilient organization though its ground-breaking global security and emergency response program.The team was actively involved in implementing and creating awareness of the core principles of resilience across the organization, including prevention, mitigation, response, continuity, and recovery strategies.

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  Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

  May 2014 - now

  HSSE Corporate Director

  Gordon played a key role in helping Qatar deliver a safe, secure, and successful FIFA World Cup.Working as an experienced executive within corporate affairs, he led a diverse and multi-skilled team focussed on delivering organizational resilience.Gordon specialized in developing health, safety, security, and environment strategies to anticipate, monitor, and respond to complex incidents in the lead-up to Qatar 2022 and during the tournament.Qatar's FIFA World Cup was a groundbreaking event and a major success for the nation, the Middle East and Arab world. Show less

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  EventTeaming

  Aug 2023 - now

  Founder & CEO

  EventTeaming helps major organizations deliver outstanding events.As the Founder and CEO, Gordon plays a key role in designing, launching, and maintaining high performance teams. With his experience in the military, the energy sector, and global sporting events, Gordon is perfectly positioned to help event organizations excel. Gordon is a highly renowned mentor, executive coach and keynote speaker. His extensive exposure to high-performance environments across continents and industries gives him an unrivalled ability to lead EventTeaming and embed key learnings in event organizations of any size and structure. Show less