John Donlon appointed Chairman of IACIPP

John Donlon, former chief officer in policing within the UK and national coordinator of Protect & Prepare has been appointed chairman of the International Association of Critical Infrastructure Protection Professionals (IACIPP). The IACIPP is an international association of practitioners and professionals involved in the security and safety of critical infrastructure, both physical and information infrastructure, with the aim of sharing ideas, information, experiences, technology and best practise. Donlon joined the police service in 1976 where he served in a wide variety of roles including assistant chief constable for Thames Valley Police Service. In July 2005, as chief officer, he was appointed national coordinator, Protect & Prepare, working with the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland He provided the strategic policing lead for all policing activity relating to the protect and prepare strands of the UK counter terrorism strategy CONTEST and is the immediate past president (and currently the strategic advisor) to the European Association of Airport and Seaport Police. As the new chairman Donlon will chair the third Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience Europe (CIPRE) conference in The Hague in March and Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience Asia (CIPRA) in Bangkok in June 2016. Tony Kingham, IACIPP communications director, said: “John brings a huge amount of international expertise and experience to the role and will provide the leadership and the strategic vision that will enable the IACIPP to grow and fulfil its goal of bringing Critical Infrastructure Protection Professionals together to share knowledge and experience to make the society a safer place.”