The third UK Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) Ceremony took place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in central London on Thursday 28 February. Over 450 security professionals gathered to celebrate the very best from across the sector with dinner and a presentation event hosted by Susannah Fish OBE QPM (the former chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police, national gun crime lead and national lead for business crime, private security industry liaison and information sharing).
OSPAs founder Professor Martin Gill CSyP FSyI commented: “The OSPAs provide an independent platform to showcase excellence and outstanding performance across the sector, in turn ensuring that those who contribute towards maintaining high standards are recognised and rewarded.”
Gill continued: “Each year, the calibre of the nominations exceeds expectations and makes the job of selecting the winners particularly challenging for the Judging Panel. All those that were selected as finalists and winners demonstrated that they really are the very best and should feel extremely proud of themselves.”
The 2019 UK OSPA winners are as follows:
Outstanding Contract Security Manager/Director
Robert Woodward (Sodexo)
Outstanding In-House Security Manager/Director
Lisa Corbridge (Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
Outstanding Security Team
CriticalArc (Heriot-Watt University Safeguarding Team)
Outstanding Security Consultant
Mike Bluestone CSyP FSyI (Corps Security)
Outstanding Contract Security Company
CIS Security
Outstanding Customer Service Initiative
Project Dixon (Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
Outstanding Security Training Initiative
Stephen Beels (Auxilia Consultancy)
Outstanding Security Installer/Integrator
Mitie TSM
Outstanding Security Partnership
Croma Vigilant in Partnership with London Borough of Camden (RSP)
Outstanding Event Security Team
FGH Security – Events Division
Outstanding New Security Product
Thruvision for the Thruvision TAC people screening camera
Outstanding Security Equipment Manufacturer
GJD
Outstanding Security Officer
Stephen O’Conner (VSG)
Outstanding Young Security Professional
Nikki Boakye (CIS Security)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Carl Palmer (CIS Security)
The OSPAs supports The Clink Charity, with guests at the London event making donations to help channel offenders into meaningful work streams and therefore assisting them to desist from crime.
The event organisers would like to thank all those who have helped to make the third UK OSPAs event such a success:
*Sponsors: Innovise (headline sponsor), Edith Cowan University (trophies and certificates), Audax (drinks reception), ADS, Axis Security, NSI, International Security Expo, The Security Institute and TrackTik (category sponsors), ICTS UK & Ireland (menu sponsor)
*Supporters: ASIS International UK Chapter and The Security Commonwealth
*Media Partners: AllSecurityEvents.com, Infologue.com, Professional Security and Risk Xtra
