Christopher Smith
Security Forward Co-Chair
Chris has spent over 30 years in senior corporate security roles in the leisure industry (Marriott, Four Seasons and Trust House Forte), financial services (Deutsche Bank and HSBC) and currently in media and advertising (WPP). His responsibilities have included fraud risk, physical security, business continuity, cyber security, geopolitical risk, insider risk and crisis management. Chris started life in law enforcement and intelligence. He is a founding Fellow of the Security Institute, an Advisor to the Asia Crisis & Security Group and past Chair of OSAC (Hong Kong & Macao). He is a Board Trustee and Chair of the fund raising committee for Hostage International. Chris has an MSc in Criminology from Leicester University.
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