Appointments

International SOS – one of the largest security risk management assistance companies – has named Charles Langlands Pearse (former regional security and intelligence director for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the CIS) as its director of global security account management. In his new role, Charles will oversee and manage relationships with the company's key security clients. Richard Culver – formerly the senior security operations manager for International SOS in London – takes over Charles' former role at the company.

Manned security service provider Anchor Professional Security Solutions has appointed Phil Murdock to head up its growing Northern Ireland division in the post of general manager (Ireland). With a solid background in security management, Phil has previously worked for Securicor Ireland and with OCS Security in Northern Ireland during the past five years.

Perpetuity Research and Consultancy International (PRCI) has announced the appointment of Doug Smith as its new head of the security and risk team. Doug boasts extensive international experience in loss prevention consultancy across the retail, telecoms, utilities and banking sectors. He holds an MSc in risk crisis and disaster management.

Peter Wingard is the new managing director at Siemens Building Technologies. 43-year-old Wingard brings a wealth of experience to the firm's core business of fire and security solutions for end users. He moves across from Siemens in Switzerland, where he assumed responsibility for international management and business development of fire and security systems.

Steve Cruickshank has moved to leading CCTV systems manufacturer Visimetrics (UK) in the newly-created role of technical sales manager for Scotland and Ireland. Steve joins the Prestwick-based company following 20 years' experience in devising integrated systems solutions for end users, most recently working with Initial Electronic Security.

Norbain – Europe's largest distributor of CCTV and access control equipment – has appointed Andrew Pigram as Vista product brand director in order to drive forward its continuing development. Previously strategic marketing director at Novar, Andrew boasts 14 years' experience of marketing across the UK's electrical and security sectors.

Increasing demand among end users and installers for its access control systems has prompted Gardiner Security to expand its sales team and create a key new appointment in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Jack Martin – a former employee of VCL, Vicon and CardKey Systems – takes on the role of sales manager. Jack's task will be to promote Gardiner's one-stop service capability.

Networked video solutions specialist VCS has a new marketing manager. Responsible for all of the company's PR and marketing activities, Konrad Simon's main task is to raise VCS' international profile such that it might achieve ambitious growth targets for 2004 and beyond. A 40-year-old electrical engineer by background, Simon joins VCS from BinTec Communications where he managed the product marketing department.

Paul Thomas has been appointed UK sales manager at Vicon, the CCTV company that can offer end users fully-engineered surveillance solutions based on both traditional analogue and newer network digital products. Paul – who has worked in the CCTV industry for two decades – joined Vicon back in 2002, and up until now has performed a strategic business development role for the company in central Europe.

Netilla Networks' ongoing success in the UK has resulted in Jason Holloway joining the company as UK country manager (a position he held previously at F-Secure). Netilla – a leading provider of SSL VPN and secure access management solutions to end users – has seen accelerated and significant growth in the UK, responding with further investment to augment the Channel programme. Jason will be responsible for establishing a strong reseller and Channel market, thereby raising the company's profile.

Leading security and building management systems specialist Andover Controls has opened a regional office in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Situated at The Riverside Studios, the office will allow Andover to enhance service levels for the growing number of customers it enjoys in the region, and develop its business still further in the North East. To achieve this, several appointments have been made, including those of divisional manager Brian Hardy, project surveyor Richard Crouch, Jim Jefferson and Pat Birch (project managers), senior project manager Steve Store and Trevor Brooks (sales engineer). The Newcastle office can be reached on (tel) 0191-273 1166.

Simon Cuthbert has joined the biometric security middleware and software designer ISL Biometrics as sales manager for the UK and Ireland. Simon is well known in the Internet security sector, having spent a number of years working at both Content Technologies and Clearswift.

Honeywell Security has expanded the marketing capabilities of its video division by way of three strategic appointments. Mike Ward becomes European product manager in control of the 'own brand' ranges, while Chris Brown takes the same role with the company's extensive series of OEM products. Alix Ashworth joins as marketing assistant, tasked with covering a number of support roles.