The Security Institute

2023 Award Nominees

We are thrilled to announce the shortlisted nominees for this Years’ Gala Awards Dinner presentation, on the 18th April 2023.

Congratulations to all shortlisted Nominees, we look forward to announcing the winner of each category on the evening.

‘Outstanding Contribution to Security Award’ in memory of George van Schalkwyk
This award will recognise a Security Institute member who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to the security profession

• Jonathan Eddery CSyP MSyI, Director
• Paul Arnill MBE  MSyI, Railway Enforcement Officer
• Frank Cannon CSyP FSyI, Director, Cannon Asset Protection Limited
• Mike Gillespie MSyI, Managing Director, Advent IM
• Ross Harvey MSyI, Rockfort Security Consultants

‘Academic Achiever of the Year Award’ in memory of Wilf Knight
This award will recognise outstanding research on a security topic and will be awarded to a university student producing the most innovative and significant dissertation.

• Samuel Alabi Bortey MSyI, University of West London
• Tomas Goridkov MSyI, University of West London
• Colin McDonald, University of Portsmouth

‘Institute Learner of the Year Award’ in memory of John Aplin
This award will recognise a Security Institute member who has recently (from January 2022 to date) finished their Security Institute Certificate, Diploma or Advanced Diploma qualification in Security Management and demonstrated that they have put their learnings into effective practice.

• Anton O’Brien MSyI, Head of Intelligent Client Function, Security Team, Cabinet Office (BTEC L5 Diploma)
• David Shaw MSyI, BAE Systems (BTEC L5 Diploma)

‘President’s Award for an Outstanding Young Professional’
This award celebrates the next generation of security leaders and will recognise a Security Institute member under the age of 35 who has personally had a positive impact on their organisation or the wider security sector.

• Robert Stevens ASyI,  National Security Specialist Kuehne+Nagel
• Tom Colman ASyI, UK Security Operations Manager – Tesco
• Martin Tam Chon Kit, Assistant Loss Prevention Manager (Pre-opening Team) at W Macau -Studio City
• Dominic Chandler MSyI, Security Officer
• Daniel Pike MSyI, Operations manager UK North, pilgrims group

‘International Achiever of the Year Award’
This award will recognise a Security Institute member who has made a significant contribution to security outside the UK.

• Dana Haubold CSyP MSyI, Senior Security Planning Specialist at Nawah Energy Company
• Matthew Porcelli MSyI, Security Manager, Harvard Protection
• Pantelis Angelides MSyI, CEO, Quadprime
• Garry Bergin CSyP FSyI, Commercial Manager & Security Consultant