The Security Institute

Details of the 2009 Board of Directors confirmed at the AGM on 2nd March 2009. Since then, David Greer has been co-opted onto the Board, as have Jerry Woods and Mike O'Neill who replace David Cresswell and Martin Smith.

General Information

Directors are elected for a period of 3 years at which point they are required to stand down. They may be re-elected, but only at the Annual General Meeting.

If a vacancy arises during the year, the Board may choose to fill this by co-opting a new member onto the Board. This person will be required to stand for election at the Annual General Meeting. It is customary, but not essential, that this new Board member has previously served as a member of the Validation Board, since this is core to the Institute's aims.

If a member wishes to put themselves forward for election to the Main Board, they will need a proposer and seconder and to have submitted their nomination at least 2 full weeks prior to the AGM. At the AGM there will be a vote of those offering themselves as Directors, and those scoring the highest number of votes will be appointed. Nomination forms are distributed to all members at least 6 weeks in advance of the Annual General Meeting.

Nominations for Directors are welcomed from all grades of membership in the Institute – it is not necessary to be a Fellow, as some think. In fact, the Board actively encourages applications from across all grades to ensure fair representation of all interests.

The key attributes for Directors are:

• To have recognised skills and experience in the security profession 
• To have an ability and willingness to contribute to the development of the Institute 
• To be able to promote the aims and objectives of the Institute 
• To have time available to participate in decision making. This is normally 4 or 5 Board meetings per year – alternating between London and SyI HQ in the Midlands. There is also some reading and correspondence outside the meetings.

Each Director usually takes the lead on one particular aspect of Institute activity, and is responsible for co-ordinating activity in this area and reporting on progress.

The next Annual General Meeting of the Security Institute will be held in March 2010.