Having spent over thirty years working within the private security industry, for the past twenty years Finbarr has held both regional and global senior security leadership roles with US Fortune 500 companies. Finbarr specialises in developing dynamic and sustainable physical security programs across multiple geographies having extensive experience in technical systems design, project management, policy development and risk identification and mitigation. Finbarr is passionate about professional development and holds qualifications in both corporate security and adult education disciplines. Finbarr is a board Certified Protection Professional (CPP), a Certified Protection Officer Instructor (CPOI), a Fellow, and Ireland chapter Secretary of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM), holds memberships of the Irish Security Institute, ASIS Chapter 216, Irish Institute of Training & Development, is a serving IFPO Advisory Board member in Ireland and winner of the 2022 Outstanding Security Performance Award (OSPA) for best in-house Security Director.

Zsuzsanna Bencsics - Vice Chair of IFPO European Executive Committee
CSSM, F.ISRM, ATO, TCCC

Zsuzsanna holds a degree in Public Relations from the Budapest Business School, Faculty of Foreign Trade, specializing in emergency communication.
She is also a board member of multiple security organizations like ASIS Hungarian chapter as a Secretary, the Hungarian Security Forum as Chair of Admission and Disciplinary Committee, and a fellow member of International Security Risk and Management.

She is currently a sub-regional Head of Physical Security for the Central and Eastern Europe region of the German company SAP (Fortune 500) at the company's headquarter in Vienna. She oversees the company's EMEA-wide SOC, as well as the overall strategy execution of corporate security processes and physical security systems. Previously she has held roles at world leaders like Nokia, G4S and Mylan Pharmaceuticals.

Zsuzsanna is dedicated to constant self-improvement within her professional career, demonstrating her commitment to lifelong learning by organizing and conducting training courses across various parts of the world, including the US, UK, EU, and her home country.

Nicholas Reed is employed as European regional enterprise risk manager for a global bluechip enterprise, with a strong focus on risk, sustainability, security and governance of organisations. He has previously worked in both consultancy and in-house risk, compliance & security capacities across a range of organisations in both the public and private sectors including NHS, Police and the London 2012 Olympics. He has been involved in the development and consultation on multiple national security standards and qualifications and written material used in national security accredited training programs.

Actively involved with professional associations in the industry, Nicholas sits on the Board of Directors for the UK Security Commonwealth, as an advisory board member with IFPO UK, plays an active role within the Food and Drink Security Association, sits on the validation board with the Security Institute and as a coach for the IIRSM for Emerging Risk Leaders. Previously Nicholas has been the immediate past COO and an Executive Director of the National Association for Healthcare Security.

Nicholas has held board positions in several charitable organisations, including a mental health organisation, in the UK Search and Rescue field, with a disability support group and on the board of a local Business Crime Reduction Partnership (CIC). In prior assignments he has performed the role a Freedom To Speak Up Guardian, PREVENT Lead, sat on the Strategic EPRR Forum and held a seat on the Local Authority Safeguarding Committee. He currently fulfils the role of Director of H&S and Safeguarding for a charitable community group.

Nicholas is committed to EDI and Welfare in the security industry, with a focus on mental health. He is a qualified TRiM Practitioner, an ASIST Suicide Intervention practitioner and a Mental Health First Aider. He is a founding member of the Security Institute’s award-winning Inclusive Security SIG; the award-winning Security Minds Matter initiative with IFPO UK in partnership with the SIA and a member of the IFPO App development team.