Lloyd

CEO & Founder

Lloyd has nearly 20 years experience as a police officer and has developed his expertise at the College of Policing, Emergency Planning College and Coventry University gaining such skills as; Officer Safety Trainer, Public Order Trainer, Public Order Tactical Advisor, CBRN First Responder, Crowd Management and Modelling and Safety at Public Festivals and Mass Gatherings.

A career highlight was working in Tactical Support at the National Counter Terrorism Police Operations Centre between 2016 and 2019, responding to all of the terror attacks and extremist events during that time. Specialising in intelligence, public order, domestic extremism and counter terrorism Lloyd assisted law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the world  to increase their resilience by providing operational and training support.

The first operational planner in the UK to obtain a Masters degree in emergency planning and management, developing a totally new process for threat assessment. Also the author of the first JESIP operational order in the world. As well as working with the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs Council as their Academic Advisor and policy writer for the first national guidance on policing public events.

Lloyd left the police in March 2019 to take up a security position on the Organising Committee for the International Cricket Council’s Men’s Cricket World Cup and worked across the tournament assisting in security planning, crowd and tournament safety before taking up the full-time position of CEO at Halo Solutions Ltd in September 2019.

Greg

COO & Co-Founder

Greg has more than 29 years policing experience that includes Gold, Silver and Bronze Public Safety, Public Order, Firearms and CBRNE Command. This is complemented by 17 years as a detective and leading covert operations. He is a qualified Spectator Safety Officer and has worked overseas with the European Union, NATO and recently delivered command training in Sierra Leone to their police service.

Whilst studying for his Masters degree in Security Management, Greg developed the ground breaking Crowd Tension Indicator which has now been adopted by 11 police forces across England and Wales to improve and professionalise events and public safety.

He has an extensive background in dealing with demonstrations, sporting events, festivals and carnivals – working closely with promoters and the private sector. He has lectured at both the College of Policing and the University of Bedfordshire.

Rebecca

Financial Support Manager

Rebecca has over 15 years experience in business innovation and strategy. Graduating from Nottingham Trent University with a degree in Business and Information Systems (specialising in finance and ‘big data’ within FTSE 100 companies) Rebecca lead the Peter Jones Academy in Nottingham to award winning success at the Peter Jones Enterprise awards.

Rebecca then completed her Post-Graduated Diploma in Education and Leadership at Nottingham University and took her business and teaching skills into the education and training sector, quickly rising to the Senior Management Team of a local educational establishment. Having extensive knowledge of planning, delivering and assessing adult vocational and academic qualifications in both business and teacher training Rebecca is a great asset to leading the direction of our company in all strategic financial and training decisions.

Nicola

Training & Support Manager

Nicola has 30 years policing experience with 14 years as a detective. She has specialised in the fields of child protection and counter terrorism policing with a strong background in airport and aviation security and managing covert operations and surveillance. This is complimented by being a nationally trained crisis and hostage negotiator. Nicola heads up our Training Department and ensures that it runs smoothly and professionally.

Nicola is also a keen sportswoman and has swam competitively at an international level as well as being a level 2 swimming teacher and has been an integral member of the Amateur Swimming Association Child Protection board.