Rachel Briggs

Rachel Briggs is a member of the Risk and Security Management Forum (RSMF) and the Foreign Policy Centre and is Head of International Programmes at Demos.

Briggs organised a convention on Risk and Security Management which took place between 14 December 2005 and 18 January 2006. The gathering was part of the Demos research project, 'Getting Down to Business: Aligning Security with Business Objectives' and speakers included Nikki Heath, CEO, SOE Academy; Linda Sharpe, Interim Chief Executive, Skills for Security; Professor Edward Borodzicz, Director, Centre for Risk, Crisis and Security Management, University of Portsmouth; and David Burrill of private security firm, Burrill Green.

The project was supported by BP, British Airways, Control Risks Group, E.On, Group 4 Securicor Global Risks Ltd., HSBC, Kroll, Prudential, Qinetiq, and Shell.