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Kate is a member of the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals and a Trustee of their Charitable
International Women’s Trust. She is a Companion of the Institute of Leadership & Management and sits on the British Army Gender
Advisory Council, under the guidance of the Army’s Gender Champion. She is a Freeman of the City of
London. She sits on the Committee for the Supporting Wounded Veterans charity and is a Veterans Aid
Day Webinar: Ambassador.

Javeria Malik MSyl
Embracing Your Whole Self Javeria Malik is an accomplished Communications and Security Risk Management Professional from Pakistan,
with 15 years of experience advising non-profit organisations on media & communication strategies and
security risk management policies and standards. She is an experienced crisis manager and security trainer
with a focus on humanitarian contexts and political risk management in the context of social justice activism.

Javeria is currently associated with ActionAid, an international human rights based federation, as their
Global Safety & Security Lead. She’s Chair of the Board of Directors of International NGO Safety and
Security Association(INSSA), Fellow of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM) and member of
ASIS International and The Security Institute UK. A journalist by training, Javeria is a motivational speaker on
On International Women’s Day, March 8th, we intersectional safety and security issues and feminist leadership.
want to take the opportunity to celebrate all
women in the security sector. To do this, we We are also thrilled to be joined by two additional speakers, who have recently joined our agenda for the
need to recognise that women are not all the session -, Lisa Reilly MSyI and Ms Monicah Kimeu. You can book to attend this event by following this link:
same (as all men are not the same). In this https://security-institute.org/product/08-03-22-webinar-international-womens-day-embracing-your-whole-
webinar, 3 women will tell their very different self/
personal stories of growth within the security
sector, what challenges they faced, as well as #OurSecurity Campaign
what factors enabled them to reach the position
they are in today.

You can look forward to hearing from Anna-Liisa Returns
Tampuu ASyl, Kate Bright CSyP, Javeria Malik
MSyl, Lisa Reilly MSyI and Ms Monicah Kimeu
Last year’s International Women’s Day Webinar

Chair: Anna-Liisa Tampuu ASyl Ana Spiridonova
Co-Chair of the Inclusive Security Special Interest Group, The Security Institute

Anna-Liisa has over 8 years of experience across the security sector, most recently working for a global ‘My name is Ana, and I am a Co-Director of Lost Boys Detective
emergency assistance company, gaining valuable experience as the head of intelligence and analysis. Agency – an investigations and risk management company based in
Driven by her entrepreneurial spirit, in 2019, Anna-Liisa founded SheTravel, a platform focused on safe London and the Cotswolds with global reach. I am also a Co-Chair of
travel for women.
The Security Institute’s Young Members Group. Prior to entering the
Anna-Liisa is an Associate Member of The Security Institute and a Co-chair of the Inclusive Security security sector, I had no relevant degrees or qualifications, having
Special Interest Group. The group works on projects to improve industry practices and ultimately studied French and Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford
build a stronger, more inclusive workforce. In 2021, Anna-Liisa was selected to join UN Women UK University.
delegation to the 65th Commission on the Status of Women in 2021, hosted at UN Headquarters,
joining online.
Unlike mainstream CV-filtering algorithms, my then-boss and
Anna-Liisa holds an MA in International Relations and Security and a BA in Politics and Governance now-business partner gave me a chance to intern with him, because
with a complementary year in Criminology. After her studies, Anna-Liisa was a trainee with NATO HQ he saw me as a person rather than just boxes to be ticked – he saw
Counter-Terrorism Section in Emerging Security Challenges Division. Anna-Liisa also volunteered as a natural potential and allowed me to choose how I want to enter the
caseworker for Victim Support in London. industry, not expecting me to follow a traditional route via the pub-

Kate Bright CSyP lic sector. In such a traditionalist and rigid field as security, I believe
Kate Bright is the CEO and Founder of UMBRA International and a Chartered Security Professional. in the need for greater focus on soft skills and cognitive diversity, in
She is Close Protection (bodyguard) trained and worked in and with private security as a Chief of Staff order to achieve innovation and expand the accessibility of security
to International wealthy families in London from 2000-2015. She has over 20 years of Private Client and safety to all. ‘
experience, and is considered by her clients as the ‘go to’ for what she and UMBRA have coined as
‘Secure Lifestyle’.

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