CSO Event: Realizing the Diversity Dividend in Corporate Security

Organizations are faced with increasingly complex, complicated and fast-moving challenges – from geopolitical shifts to technology, generational change, ESG and the new hybrid working. Nowhere is the need for innovative problem solving more pressing than in corporate security departments, tasked with delivering resilience for their organizations in the face of this new business reality. Evidence shows that diverse teams are best equipped to solve these problems and innovate in the face of constant change. Yet progress on diversity is slow for the corporate security community. This session will share the results of ASIS Foundation research conducted by The Clarity Factory on DE&I in corporate security, share latest best practices, and offer practical advice to corporate security leaders on how they can realize the diversity dividend within their organizations.

Learning objectives:

1. Understanding the role of diversity in decision making
2. Provision of practical case studies of effective diversity and inclusion programs
3. Understanding of priority actions for corporate security departments on diversity and inclusion

Empowering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Corporate Security - Report now available. Free for ASIS Members.

Speakers:

Rachel Briggs, OBE, CEO, The Clarity Factory

Rachel Briggs OBE is co-founder and CEO of The Clarity Factory. She is a leading expert on security and author of the report, The Business of Resilience, which has influenced the way corporations structure and position their corporate security functions. She has worked with many of the world's largest corporations, received the 2016 ISMA Outstanding Achievement Award, and is a member of the Risk and Security Management Forum (RSMF). 

She has advised governments around the world on national security and counterterrorism, chaired an EU Working Group on online radicalization, and was Founding Executive Director of Hostage US and Hostage International. She was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty The Queen in 2014.

Jules Parke-Robinson, Head of Security, Investigations & Resilience, Haleon

Jules attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst after reading International Politics at university. She commissioned directly into the Royal Military Police and during her career deployed on operations in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, leading the largest deployment of the Special Investigation Branch since World War Two in Iraq 2003. Other highlights included instructing at Sandhurst, leading the tri-service police collaboration with the Metropolitan Police on Op Olympics during London 2012 and commanding the Special Investigation Branch Regiment with global responsibility for the investigation of serious incidents and crime involving military personnel.

After 20 years in the Army, she retired from regular service in 2019, transitioning to civilian life against the backdrop of a global pandemic. Her resilience from her military career was pivotal to this journey and has seen her undertake a variety of governance and operations roles at Ricoh and Amazon before joining GSK Consumer Healthcare, now Haleon, in Nov 21. Her current role is Global Head of Investigations within the Security, Investigations and Resilience function at Haleon. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, Jules is also the Chair of Board of Directors at British Wheelchair Basketball.

Roy Lemons, Chief Security Officer, International Paper

Roy is the Chief Security Officer (CSO) for International Paper where he provides an objective view of security risk and business solutions that allow the company to retain a competitive advantage in a dynamic world. Prior to his current industry, Roy’s security management experience spans a 22-year career in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a 12-year career in the United States military. Roy has a Master of Business Administration degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and maintains certifications as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Roy is a member of the ASIS CSO Center and was a contributing author for the Senior Security Executive Standard (ASIS SSE 2022).

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