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Security Industry Authority
24 May 2024
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is pleased to announce that Heather Baily QPM is continuing in her role as Chair. Heather was first appointed by the Home Office on 7 June 2021 for a period of 3 years. The Home Secretary has re-appointed Heather for a further 2 years, commencing on 7 June 2024 and ending on 6 June 2026.
As Chair, Heather will continue to provide effective strategic leadership for the SIA’s operations, ensuring that the organisation and its staff maintain the capability to deliver the UK private security industry regulator’s statutory responsibilities and objectives. Underpinning this is the SIA’s strategic purpose: protecting the public through effective regulation of the private security industry, and working with partners to raise standards across the sector.
Heather will also chair all board meetings, ensuring that they are conducted efficiently and effectively, and carry out annual performance appraisals of the non-executive board members.
Heather said about her tenure extension:
I am honoured to be the Chair of the Security Industry Authority and am fortunate to lead a talented board with a wide variety of professional skills. Together, the board and SIA staff are committed to delivering on our strategy and supporting the Government’s public safety agenda.
I look forward to continuing to work with our statutory partners and stakeholders, particularly those in the private security industry, over the next two years. Collectively, we can improve public protection and raise standards across the industry – realising practical and lasting change for the benefit of all.
7 June 2021
A senior public sector leader with extensive experience in leadership roles across criminal justice and health sectors has been appointed as Chair of the Security Industry Authority (SIA).
Heather Baily will take up her role today (June 7), taking over from David Horncastle who has occupied the role on an interim basis since January 2021.
The Chair’s responsibilities include:
providing effective strategic leadership for the operation of the SIA
playing a significant role in ensuring that the SIA and its staff maintain the capability to deliver the SIA’s statutory responsibilities and objectives
taking into account government’s safeguarding objectives and priorities
chair all meetings of the board and ensure that meetings are conducted efficiently and effectively
undertake annual performance appraisals of the Non-Executive Board members and the Chief Executive in line with agreed procedures and timescales
Heather said:
I am delighted to be appointed as the Chair of the Security Industry Authority.
This is an important time for the organisation, as the SIA continues with its plans, having in the past year to respond quickly to the impact of the pandemic. I look forward to working with the dedicated staff there and with our partners as we shape the organisation to ensure that the SIA is as effective, productive and consistently reliable and operates to the principles of the Regulators’ code.
Heather has worked as Deputy Chief Constable for Hertfordshire Constabulary and was Deputy Chief Inspector for Garda Inspectorate, Dublin. She was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for services to policing in 2011.
In addition to her policing experience, Heather has served as a Non-Executive Board Member for the Department of Justice, Northern Ireland and currently serves as a Non-Executive Board Member for Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust where she is also Deputy Chair.