Chris Annear

Experience

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  British Army

  Nov 1999 - Apr 2012

  Commissioned Officer

  Close Protection Unit & Infantry. Deployed on various high risk operations worldwide.

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  Drum Cussac

  Mar 2012 - Jan 2014

  Head of Crisis Response

  Leading a team, provided emergency planning, coordination and crisis management leadership support to clients operating in often challenging, complex and high risk environments across the Globe. Managing a 24/7 incident trained response team, utilised industry leading technology to maintain effective support and response to over 11 million client travellers.

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  Anvil Group

  Feb 2014 - Oct 2017

  Director of Operations

  Managing a team and reporting to the Board, responsible for the development of the operational risk management strategy in line with industry best practice. Holistic international risk management consultation, crisis management response and in country support to a number of high profile blue chip companies operating in remote and challenging environments. Managed multiple projects, deadlines and shifting priorities.

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  Cardtronics

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2021

  Senior Risk Manager

  Operating in the the financial sector, held senior management responsibility for operational risk, asset protection, crisis management, resilience, technical & physical security, theft, investigations, and application of regulatory policies & procedures. Took a leading role in a number of highly successful government and industry working groups. Developed strong intelligence sharing networks at both strategic and tactical level in support of law enforcement operations aimed at disrupting serious & organised crime. Show less

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  Sky

  Mar 2021 - now

  Group Head of Security

  Responsible for developing the strategy and overseeing the delivery of an effective security capability across Sky. Senior leadership engagement on security matters, from Group Executive through to senior leadership teams across a broad business portfolio, driving successful security solutions, including Productions; Retail; Home Service Engineers; News; Sports and more.