Graeme Gerrard
Deputy Chief Constable

Graeme Gerrard has been a Police Officer since 1975.  His police career has been varied and has included periods in general policing, training and criminal investigation.

In July 1998 he was appointed to the post of Assistant Chief Constable and became Cheshire’s Deputy Chief Constable in April 2005.

Graeme is the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead for burglary and CCTV.  He is chairman of the ACPO Burglary Reduction Working Group and is a member of the ACPO Acquisitive Crime Board. He has been chairman of the ACPO Video/CCTV Working Group for over 10 years and is chairman of the Video Analysis User Group.  He was co-author of the National CCTV Strategy published in October 2007 and chairs the National CCTV Strategy Programme Board.  In November 2009 he was asked to chair the Olympic CCTV Project Board.

Graeme acts as police spokesman on matters relating to CCTV and has published a number of articles on the subject.  He regularly speaks at conferences and gives advice to foreign governments and police on how CCTV is used by the police in the UK.  His overseas visits have included Canada, USA, Morocco, Singapore, Brazil and India.

A graduate of the FBI National Academy in Washington, USA with an Honours Degree in Politics and Economics from Manchester University and a Masters Degree in Applied Criminology from Cambridge University, Graeme is married with two children.  He was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished service to policing in June 2009.

Gary Johnson
Managing Director
Afrisec Group

Colin Brown
Global Head of Security
DeBeers

National Prosecution Service
Representative from the Pietermartizburg Department

Francois Malan
Technical Director
Camsecure

Francois is the technical director at Camsecure. He matriculated at Grey High School and obtained a B Com Degree from the University of Johannesburg. He has completed British BTEC certificates for CCTV and numerous product courses from switchers, wireless radios, IP cameras and storage solutions.

He installed his first major IP Camera surveillance system over 5 years ago, when IP was still a fledgling industry and has gained invaluable practical experience since. Contracts include hospitals, hotels, large retail outlets, warehouses, military, police, border posts, mines and foreign governments, the largest projects being close to 700 cameras.

Recent achievements include a Milestone Partner of the Year Award, which he received in Copenhagen on behalf of Camsecure.

Sgt Lebo Maimane

SAPS Forensics Laboratory

Lebogang studied Fine Arts at the University of Pretoria, graduating with an Honours Degree in 2007 majoring in Visual Communications and Professional Art Practice. It has always been her intention to become a Professional Artist but she became increasingly interested in a career in the Forensic Sciences.

Lebogang joined the Image Analysis Section as a Sergeant Analyst at the South African Police Service in 2008 and her career at the Forensic Science Laboratory began.  Despite being new in the profession, she has gained practical experience in Computer Science Technologies such as Video Capturing and Enhancement, Video Authenticity and Process media. Lebogang also developed an interest in forensic science particularly in the field of Image/Video analysis.

Geraad Loots
Commercial Director
ATEC Systems and Technologies

Gerhard has been the Chief Commercial Officer for ATEC Systems and Technologies since November 2004.  ATEC is a telecommunications company specialising in last-mile network provisioning, and delivers various telecommunications, entertainment and security services on the platform.

In July 2008, SA Technologies, a Telecommunications Installation Company specialising in fibre optic installations joined ATEC with Gerhard in the position of Chief Commercial Officer.

In addition, Gerhard has performed in the position of Project Manager for Arun Property Development from March 2004 to December 2008.

Rob Anderson
Rob Anderson & Associates cc
Consulting Security & Electrical Engineers

Rob Anderson is a Professional Engineer who has been operating his own Consulting business for the last 13 years. Rob saw the need for providing sound technical expertise in the security industry. He has developed this area of his business for the last 13 years, completing some large complex security solutions, which has included ongoing management of the result.

He has taken part in high profile security projects in such interesting places as the Middle East, Africa and in South Africa.

Work has included both engineering design and manpower solutions that work as an integrated solution.  This has included the CCTV surveillance arena as well as secure estates and National Key Points.

Dr Craig Donald
Industrial Psychologist
Leaderware

Dr Craig Donald is an industrial psychologist and a Director of Leaderware with a focus on human factors in security and the application of CCTV. He consults internationally in security management and CCTV, and is a specialist in body language and the detection of incident behaviour.

He has trained police in CCTV surveillance in several countries, as well as sectors such as shopping centres, town centres, customs, aviation, precious mineral producers and casinos.

Craig has published over 200 conference papers and articles in journals and magazines locally and internationally, and his work has been translated into Russian and Polish. He has worked and lectured in the UK, Canada, Australia, Dubai, Poland, Singapore, and Southern and East Africa.