Ambrey Risk: Expanding Company of the Year 2012, Expands Further in 2013 %u2013 With Emphasis on Training

 

Maritime Security specialist, Ambrey Risk, winner of a Chamber of Commerce Award for Growth Business of the Year in 2012 - after impressing Chamber of Commerce judges with their ‘sustainable’ level of expansion - has announced that the company is expanding further in 2013 with the appointment of Mick Clifford OBE as their new full-time Training Director.

Mick Clifford served for 24 years in the British Army with 19 years in 22 Special Air Service. He held all the key leadership roles before becoming the youngest Regimental Sergeant Major in the unit’s history. He deployed and Commanded at all levels on some of the most complex and challenging tasks undertaken by Special Forces and for many years he was at the forefront of the selection and training of the officers and soldiers of the Special Air Service. He was awarded the OBE in 2001 and commissioned to Captain in the Regiment.

Mick has considerable first-hand knowledge and experience of working in hostile environments. On leaving the military, he co-founded Phoenix Close Protection and as Managing Director grew the company to be one of the UK’s largest and most successful training companies which was then acquired by Armor Group in 2005. Since then Mick has been working in the private security sector with the US Government and Department of Defence, designing and delivering asymmetrical warfare programmes to the US Forces deployed worldwide. Mick joined Ambrey Risk as their full-time Training Director towards the end of 2012, after a short period as sub-contracted Training Manager.

James Gasson-Hargreaves, Business Management Director of Ambrey Risk, also based in Brockhampton, said: “The international security sector is a growing market and although much of our business is conducted overseas, we rely heavily on our Herefordshire Head Office staff to manage these operations - training is seen as a key tenet of our growth and diversification strategy. Mick Clifford is working with the City & Guilds to provide the national standard for training MSOs (Marine Security Operatives), his unrivalled expertise in this area will be invaluable to Ambrey’s intention to set the benchmark for regulatory compliance and professionalism in maritime security.”

Ambrey Risk is one of the leading Maritime Security companies specialising in Commercial Shipping and Oil and Gas installations with a core focus on the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. The company employs over 50 full time staff, has more than 100 deployed personnel at any one time and retains around 400 guards vetted and available for deployment. Ambrey offers a unique training package for service leavers, which includes opportunities for employment on completion of training. The company’s centre of operations is in Brockhampton, near Hereford.