Minimal Risk Senior Management & Support Team

• Bob Cole - Director
• Jill Cole - Recruitment Director
• Major General Arthur Denaro CBE DL - Specialist Adviser to Minimal Risk
• Nick Gammon - Human Resource Manager
• Greg Cole - Project Manager
• David McKeown - Finance & Administration Manager
• Dan Reast - Operations Support Manager
• Natalie Stevens - Administration and Finance Assistant

Bob Cole - Director

Following a highly successful British Army career serving in the Royal Engineers and the SAS, and a further 5 years as a corporate Head of Security, Bob established MRC in 2002 to provide independent advice for commercial operations so to counter terrorism and crime. He is a specialist in security audits, business contingency planning, risk and project management; in particular for VIP Protection and Corporate security. During 2003/4 he was the 'start up' project operations manager for a contract in Iraq with 300+ operatives deployed providing mobile and static protection teams, communications control centres and a risk analysis service for the UK Government. Since 1996 he has conducted several similar projects worldwide as a contract security manager and specialist consultant.

In 1998 Bob co-wrote the Museums and Galleries Commission Inaugural Security Manual, since adopted by 2500 Museums, Galleries and Libraries in the UK and overseas. In 2002 he also co wrote British Standard BS 8406:2003 'Event stewarding and crowd safety services-code of practice'.

Bob has a full range of recognised security qualifications and speaks Arabic; he is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management (FInstLM), Member of the Association of Security Consultants (ASC) & American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS).

Jill Cole - Recruitment Director

Jill takes prime responsibility for ensuring that recruitment candidates are suitably matched by experience and qualifications to meet the job criteria. Quality and welfare are strong company principles and Jill takes the lead to ensure that these commitments are implemented throughout the business. In her role overseeing the entire recruitment team Jill is able to verify that each candidate deployed not only meets the client’s high standards but also were appropriate they have been vetted and screened in accordance with best practice standards.

Through establishing the recruitment business Jill has been able to gain significance within the security and recruitment industries. Jill is frequently the key point of contact during presentations that the company undertakes at service leaver events and seminars to encourage the best candidates to register with the company. Though establishing the business with Bob and jointly leading it through both large and smaller start-up operations with clients Jill has developed a wealth of business acumen and is a major contributor to the company’s tendering and commercial activities. This has been assisted by Jill’s prior experience of running and promoting home based businesses during her early career when she developed a training programme for several similar companies as well as her own franchise.

Jill is the main point of contact for key Government and commercial clients worldwide coordinating simultaneous recruitment and selection programmes. In working on these major contracts and in developing these programmes further Jill has been instrumental in enhancing the company’s capability and service offer. She introduced the ‘managed service’ for recruitment clients after identifying the need that some clients required additional support so they could focus on their core activities. More recently she has taken the lead of widening the scope of the company’s vetting and welfare programme though the introduction of psychometric testing, pre-deployment medical screening and enhancing the corporate insurance policies so that they exceed current industry standards. Despite being senior in the company Jill takes a personal involvement in key recruitment tasks and often acts as a point of contact for families of those deployed overseas.

In the earlier part of Jill’s career she qualified as a Teacher and while in the education sector for 20 years she held various positions of responsibility across the UK. These early years built a solid foundation for understanding the needs of individuals and the ability to assess the merits of candidates for tasks. Jill still assists individuals with personal development by coaching individuals to prepare CVs and interview techniques often at events the company hosts or attends for service leavers.

Major General Arthur Denaro CBE DL - Specialist Advisor to Minimal Risk

During his 35 years as a soldier, Major General Denaro commanded his Regiment in the first Gulf War, was Chief of Staff of some 44,000 multinational troops during the Balkans conflict and then became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) for 3 years. Until December 2002 he was the Middle East Advisor (MEA) to the Secretary of State for Defence, a position he held for 6 years.

He was commissioned from Sandhurst in 1968 into the Queens Royal Hussars. He has also spent time with UK Special Forces. Major General Denaro has had honorary appointments as Colonel The Queen's Royal Hussars and Honorary Colonel The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and The Royal Wessex Yeomanry.