The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals
The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals traces its origins back to 1999 when the now Past Masters, Steve Neville OBE and John Purnell GM QPM DL registered The Guild of Security Professionals with the City of London Chamberlain’s Office. On January 15th 2008 the Court of Alderman was petitioned and it declared that the Company became the 108th Livery Company from February 19th 2008. In 2009 the Security Professionals’ Company petitioned the privy council for a royal charter and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II approved an Order instructing the Lord Chancellor to affix the great seal to the Worshipful Company’s charter, which was granted on 15 February 2010.
The Master
Michael Thwaites
After a career in the Metropolitan Police specialising in international and organised crime, Michael spent the best part of two years as an international police adviser training the Iraqi Police Service. Upon his return to the UK in 2007, Michael was the security manager for Bank Machine, an ATM provider and Green Team Services, their in-house cash in transit company. In September…
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Ceremony of the Keys April 2025
Inter-Livery Quiz 2025 Dispatch
The Sheriffs’ Award for Bravery Reception
2025 Founders’ Service at The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace
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