Speakers

Shaun Hipgrave is Director Protect and Prepare, two of the Ps from the UK Counter Terrorism Strategy CONTEST.  He has been serving the public either in the Army, Police or Civil Service for over 30 years and has spent 13 years in the private sector.

He was the former Head of the Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSARC) in the Homeland Security Group of the Home Office, which runs the Home Office Security and Policing show every year and is the main route for Home Office engagement with the security industry sector and the prosperity agenda.

Shaun has been working in the security sector for over 35 years.  After serving in the British Army, he joined Northumbria Police where he served for 13 years, mainly in investigation and intelligence roles.  In 2003 he joined the private sector, culminating in being the Managing Director of FTS, a services and software forensic telecoms company focused on the criminal justice space and spending 5 years with IBM.

In Shaun’s current role he is responsible for the protection for people and places from National Security threats, the Senior Responsible Owner for Martyn’s Law, the Senior Sponsor of the Security Industry Authority, and has been leading the work to support the victims of terrorism since 2019.