Security consultancy Restrata has appointed a former police negotiator to head up its UK emergency response and crisis management business, including a modern Incident Management Centre (IMC) in Aberdeen.
Since joining the company in 2013, Craig Menzies has worked as a senior project manager, delivering emergency response training to a host of oil and gas clients.
The IMC specialises in managing major accident hazards and provides cover to projects in Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific.
A former police officer with a Master’s Degree in Emergency Management, Mr Menzies will lead a team of more than 20 specialist staff to deliver crisis and continuity management support and training to clients based in the UK and Europe.
He brings a wealth of incident response knowledge into his new role, having accrued over 15 years’ experience as a police hostage, kidnap and crisis negotiator.
Botan Osman, managing director at Restrata, said “Craig has been a real asset to our business over the past four years and his extensive incident management experience has proven to be invaluable to both the operation of the IMC and the training procedures we offer to our clients.”
Mr Menzies added: “Having the correct procedures in place to deal effectively with an incident is crucial for operators worldwide and being able to support organisations in putting this in place can be a challenge.
“It is a pleasure to lead such an experienced team that is doing extremely valuable work. Over the past few years we have built the Aberdeen IMC into a first-class management centre for companies dealing with an incident.”
Headquartered in the UAE, Restrata provides a range of safety and security services.