Transguard, a leading UAE-based business support services provider, has appointed Stephen Beesley as its new chief operating officer – managed services and Tim Mundell to take up the position of chief security officer.

Beesley previously held senior management positions with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Johnson Controls and Barclays Bank. He is responsible for leading the growth of the managed services division at Transguard and maintaining its market-leading position in single service excellence.

Prior to his appointment with Transguard, Mundell was director of C3 (Command/ Control/ Communications) managed services for Restrata, a UAE-based security systems integration company. Mundell attended the UK’s world-renowned Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and served in the British Army as an infantry officer for 12 years.

Beesley and Mundell will join existing executives Tony Lloyd, chief financial officer; William Moroney, chief sales and marketing officer and Paul Everitt, chief operating officer- manpower services and report directly to Greg Ward, Transguard’s managing director.

“Tim and Stephen bring with them sound technical expertise as well as a wealth of experience, which will be essential as we develop our business still further throughout the region over the coming years,” said Ward.

“Transguard is growing at a phenomenal rate. Over the last 9 months our head count has increased by 40 per cent to 42,000 employees and with our current financial year due to close at the end of March we are confident that our turnover will improve beyond the one billion dirhams we generated last year,” Ward added.

“To continue growing, it is imperative that we do not lose sight of our overall business strategy and our core aims and objectives. We need to become even more customer focused and we must optimise the quality of our operation and use our economies of scale to our competitive advantage.

“To achieve that it was necessary to bolster the group executive team, which will enable all divisions of the company, to have a dedicated member of the senior management team, offering solutions and providing direction,” concluded Ward. – TradeArabia News Service