Imbert Prize

Imbert Prize
Awarded for	Awarded for the development of ideas for the advancement of risk and security management in the UK
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Association of Security Consultants
First awarded	2005
Official website	http://www.securityconsultants.org.uk

The Imbert Prize was instituted in 2005, and is awarded annually by the Association of Security Consultants (ASC) for the development of ideas for the advancement of risk and security management in the UK.^[1]

The prize consists of three categories:^[2]

1. Best academic dissertation
2. Most notable contribution in the security industry in the preceding year
3. The ASC member that has made the most significant contribution to independent security consultancy.

The prize is named after Lord Imbert, a patron of the ASC, who was Commissioner of Scotland Yard 1987-1993, and has been a prominent figure in debates about security and policing since.

Imbert Prize recipients

Year	Academic dissertation	Industry contribution	Independent consultancy
2005[3]	Bob Ralph (University of Portsmouth)	Sallyann Baldry (Edexcel)	Mike Collier
2006[4]	Chris J. Finch (Cranfield University)	David Burrill OBE (BAT Industries)	Mike Cahalane
2007[5]	David Cresswell (Leicester University)	Peter French (SSR Personnel)	Maurice Parsons
2008[6]	Ted Antonopoulos (Cranfield University)	Stuart Lowden (Wilson James)	John Benton
2009[7]	Anders Groenli (Cranfield University)	David Dickinson (British Security Industry Association)	Graham Seaby
2010	Danie Adendorff (Loughborough University)[8]	David Evans (British Security Industry Association/2012)[9]	Jack Case[8]
2011[10]	Paul Rollinson (University of Portsmouth)	James Willison (ASIS International)	Mike Tennent (Tavcom Training)
2012	Graham Smaul (University of Leicester) [11]	Allison Wylde (ASIS International) [12]	-
2013[13]	Iain Gibson (Cranfield University)	Don Randall MBE (Bank of England) and Baroness Ruth Henig CBE DL	Mike Bluestone CSyP (Corps Security)

See also

• The Security Institute

References

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