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CHRISTOPHER KERR

CHRISTOPHER KERR

Bathgate,West Lothian

Summary

A dedicated, highly motivated security professional. Former UK Military and UK Law Enforcement.

Excellent written & verbal communication, organisation, attention to detail and analytical skills and experienced in instant decision making and organisational management in large multi-national and multi-skilled team environments.

Experienced in departmental management, training coordination and growing successful working relationships with direct reports, peers, executive leadership and other departments.

Dedicated to the personal and professional development and career growth of staff through coaching and mentoring. Integrates swiftly and works productively within a team as well as having the drive, motivation and ability to work independently to achieve results.

Committed to constant personal and professional development and future study.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work history

Senior Manager Risk, Audit & Investigations

Oracle
Edinburgh
05.2018 - Current
  • Regional responsibility and primary interface for managing all aspects of physical security risk assessment, audit and investigations throughout EMEA and JAPAC.
  • Ensuring implementation and compliance of physical security risk management, audit and security principles and standards whilst managing all regional incident investigations in EMEA and JAPAC including fraud, theft, workplace civility/violence, insider threats and physical security breaches and being the point of contact for internal HR, Legal, Privacy and Ethics teams and external law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies throughout regions.
  • Responsible for protecting employees, property, revenue, assets and business resiliency by conducting thorough physical security facility risk assessments and internal investigations throughout North America, EMEA and JAPAC regions and responsibility for global coordination of the physical security risk assessment program as well as being the regional department representative for any incidents affecting business continuity.
  • Primary regional point of contact in EMEA for external and internal SOC and ISO audits for critical facility spaces and data centres.
  • Responsible for conducting internal data centre physical security audits.

GSOC Manager (EMEA & JAPAC)

Oracle
Edinburgh
11.2016 - 05.2018
  • Overall responsibility for managing all aspects of the Global Security Operations Centre (GSOC) facility responsible for real time physical security for 100,000+ employees and corporate travellers in over 80 countries in EMEA and APAC regions of the world including direct management oversight of Regional Security Centres in India, China and Japan
  • Taking the lead role within the Crisis Management hub at the GSOC during major incidents
  • Coordinating and liaising with Global Crisis Management Teams, regional security management and other lines of business such as HR, Travel and Executive Protection during crisis events
  • Coordinate regional analysis of physical security threats to company employees, travellers, assets, operations and reputation
  • Responsible for providing oversight for recruitment, selection, orientation, training, development and retention of staff and planning and direction of work whilst providing necessary support and feedback to staff in carrying out their respective responsibilities within the team
  • Responsible for coaching, mentoring and development of staff within teams
  • Identifying and providing potential resolutions to problems, project changes, and resource constraints
  • Acting as the first line in project management of establishing the Operations Centre and identifying potential opportunities for improvement within the program
  • Responsible for collation and analysis of various detailed reports and metrics and identifying their applications to the program and forming and monitoring of KPI's.

Police Officer

Police Scotland
Aberdeen
09.2008 - 10.2015
  • Preventing, detecting and investigating crime using excellent analytical skills whilst also working within a team and with partner agencies using key skills such as excellent written and verbal communication, Leadership, team working, problem solving and assertiveness
  • Experienced investigator with extended secondments as a Police Detective to the regional Rape Enquiry Team and to the national Violence Reduction Unit
  • Experienced Crime Reduction and Prevention assessor, conducting security assurance reviews and assessments of domestic and commercial properties incorporating crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)
  • Able to make instant decisions in the face of adversity whilst adapting to changing crisis environments and circumstances
  • Additional duty member of the national Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) cadre which would involve being deployed to hostile, emergency crisis environments to work in extreme conditions to forensically recover victims of serious incidents and mass casualty events.

Fisheries Compliance Officer

Scottish Government
Aberdeen
05.2005 - 09.2008
  • Formerly SFPA) - www.gov.scot/marine-and-fisheries, as a warranted British Sea Fisheries Officer in the largest white fish port in Europe monitoring regulatory compliance of the fishing industry in Scotland with face to face audits of fishing vessels, fish processing facilities and fish sales premises as well as intelligence gathering in line with Scottish government legislation, regulations and statutory instruments.

Electronic Warfare Manager

Royal Navy
Portsmouth
11.1992 - 12.2003
  • Electronic Warfare manager in the Royal Navy travelling extensively including in conflict areas.

Education

DiPLSM - Police Leadership and Management

Stirling University
Stirling
11.2011 - 11.2013

Diploma of Higher Education - Leadership & Management

NEBS
Portsmouth
08.1999 - 09.1999

Skills

  • Leadership & Team working
  • Corporate Investigations
  • Auditing
  • Problem solving
  • Information gathering
  • Process improvement
  • Risk assessment
  • UK DV Clearance

Timeline

Senior Manager Risk, Audit & Investigations

Oracle
05.2018 - Current

GSOC Manager (EMEA & JAPAC)

Oracle
11.2016 - 05.2018

DiPLSM - Police Leadership and Management

Stirling University
11.2011 - 11.2013

Police Officer

Police Scotland
09.2008 - 10.2015

Fisheries Compliance Officer

Scottish Government
05.2005 - 09.2008

Diploma of Higher Education - Leadership & Management

NEBS
08.1999 - 09.1999

Electronic Warfare Manager

Royal Navy
11.1992 - 12.2003

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