Pramoud Rao is widely recognised for his entrepreneurialism particularly in the India’s electronic security industry, where he took Zicom from a startup into a publicly listed company that expanded overseas. He is an investor in safety, security, and technology and is a mentor to entrepreneurs including on leadership and fundraising.

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Heather Baily is a former senior Police officer with a 33-year policing career, a distinguished record of non-executive director roles across public sector boards, and the recently retired Chair of the Security Industry Authority (SIA), the regulatory body for the private security sector in the UK. Recognised with the Queen's Police Medal and named an Alumni of Woman of the Year, Heather's 46 years of public service span frontline detective work, executive leadership, and governance at the highest levels.

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Eddie Sorrells is the CEO of one of the United States’ largest security providers, overseeing operations for more than 5,000 employees nationwide. With over 35 years of experience in the security sector, Eddie’s career spans frontline roles through to executive leadership, alongside extensive work as an expert witness and security litigation consultant. He is also the current President of ASIS International, where he plays a key role in shaping the future of the global security profession.

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Diane Marchena is a Global Head of Protective Security for HSBC bank. Diane has both a Bachelors and a Masters Degree in Criminology, so it is a delight for me to be speaking to a fellow criminologist today. Diane has been instrumental in shaping the security response to the range of challenges facing the financial sector today.

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Sarah Jane Cork has a wide range of experience in the security sector at both operational and strategic levels. Her interests cover ethics, women in security, financial crime, strategy and business transformation and she now runs her own consultancy Milieu Associates.

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You will have heard many times I am sure, the adage, ‘we need to make offenders pay’. Well my guest this week is Aidan Larkin and he has spent a career dedicated to recovering assets from offenders. He is the CEO of his own company, a lecturer, consultant and subject matter expert having seized assets for multiple international organisations.

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Dr Read Hayes is one of the leading global experts on loss prevention/asset protection. He is one of the few who has successfully walked that tightrope between theory and practice, publishing in elite academic journals on the one hand and inspiring new thinking on best practice on the other. His retail network extends to over 200,000 stores. An entrepreneur, researcher, scholar, consultant and public speaker.

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Dr Nicola Lockhart is Lecturer at Edith Cowan University in Australia who specialises in counter terrorism, security & intelligence, and is the Deputy Lead - Security and Intelligence Research Group. Nicola also has a background in operational facilities management and is a regular commentator on security events. She is the Book Review Editor for the Security Journal.

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