Examination of Witnesses (Questions 178-179)
MR CHRIS
SANDERSON MBE AND
MR CHRISTOPHER
BEESE MBE
1 APRIL 2008
Q178 Chairman: Thank you very much for
coming. You have been listening to the evidence given earlier
this morning. Perhaps we could begin by the witnesses introducing
themselves.
Mr Beese: I am Christopher Beese,
a director and chief administrative officer of ArmorGroup, a risk
management company that has 8,000 employees in 27 countries, of
whom about 1,700 at any one time are former British servicemen.
I have been working with these people now for 20 years.
Mr Sanderson: I am Chris Sanderson,
Director Government Support at Control Risks, which is an international
risk consultancy and security management company based in London
with 28 overseas offices. Historically, we have employed a number
of ex-Armed Forces personnel typically from the ranks of corporal
to major but also from private to general. I left the Army three
years ago after 30 years' service. My service career included
a tour as commanding officer and chief of G3 Operations and Commitments
Branch Headquarters (Land Command) Wilton.
Q179 Chairman: In your opening remarks
you have answered my first three questions. How do you recruit
from the Armed Forces? What methods do you employ? How do you
recruit from beyond the Armed Forces?
Mr Sanderson: Currently, we employ
fewer than 500 ex-service personnel. The majority have come to
us not directly from the Armed Forces. I suspect that no more
than 10% of those have come directly from the Army, which is the
majority service, into Control Risks. We advertise in Quest,
the Services' resettlement magazine. Very occasionally, we have
advertised to meet surge requirements in the regional press but
to negligible effect.
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