Board of Governors

Errol D Peace - Chairman

During his seventeen years in the Johannesburg Traffic Department, Errol started his training career, which has spanned for 34 years. He has been actively involved with training in a variety of different areas, including Retail Security, Management, Fraud Investigation, Occupational Health and Safety and Life Skills Programmes.

Errol is an Accredited Fraud Examiner and has been a member of SASA for more than ten years. He has served on the Event Security task team of the SASETA SGB.

John McMullan - Vice Chairman

After some 15 years service with a Metropolitan Council in the Protection Services Division and a military career of some 21 years, all of which were spent in the training environment, John joined the private security sector in 1998.

He took up a position as Branch Manager for a national security company in Johannesburg which resulted in his relocation from Natal.

In 2001 he took a position with a Gauteng based corporate security company as Regional Manager. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for this company and is responsible for the Northern Gauteng / Pretoria region.

During his career John has developed a sound knowledge in the field of NKP Training, Disaster Management and Event Security something which he hopes to put to good use serving as a member of the Institute.  

Peter Jephson – Treasurer

Profile to follow.

Terry Scallan

Terry has been a member of the Institute since 2000, when he started as a Junior Graduate. In 2005, he was appointed to the Board of Governors and was very active in membership recruitment, security education, training and development. He was also the convenor of the verification committee and was instrumental in establishing relaitons with the UK Security Institute.

Terry is the secretary of the Security Standard Generating Body of SAQA, a security training programme evaluator for SASSETA and serves on the SASSETA/ PSIRA training task team. He is the the convenor of the SAIS Education Committee which is responsible for the awarding and upgrading of membership status. Terry is a registered assessor and moderator at SASSETA.

Terry has been in the security environment for over 25 years. He took early retirement from the South African National Defence Force in 1997 after completing the SA Air Force Command and Staff Course. Terry has been a security consultant, the general manager of a guarding company and a security training consultant. He is presently the Managing Director of BTC Training, Johannesburg and a member of Power Corporate Consultants and Associates.

Keith Alexander

As a commissioned officer in the Police and Military, Keith Alexander gained experience in VIP Protection and special investigations into all forms of losses, irregularities, breaches of security and criminal activities with a view to ensuring successful prosecutions.

Keith is currently Security Risk Manager for the SPAR Group, where he manages the security health and safety portfolio, risk assessments, special investigations and disciplinary hearings. He is a member of the Consumer Goods Council Crime Prevention Programme and Business against Crime.

John Kole

Currently a lecturer in Security Risk Management at UNISA, John has a B Tech in Security Risk Management and diplomas in Security Management and Security Supervision.

He has worked as a Security Co-ordinator for SASOL Oil and as Security Manager for Carolina Tobacco Company, where he was responsible for the formulation and management of security strategies, policies and proceedures. Prior to this, he was Chief Protection Officer at AngloGold Ashanti where he supervised the Control Room and mobile units.

Prof. Kris Pillay is the immediate past Chairperson and is a Fellow of the South African Institute for Security.

In 2002, he was presented with two prestigious awards by the International Institute for Security and Safety Management, namely the International Security Practitioner of the Year and a Special Recognition Award for the most Valuable Contribution and Support to the promotion of professionalism with the security industry.

In 2003 he was nominated as Security Practitioner of the Year for the Johannesburg region by the South African Security Association.

He has presented a number of academic papers at various international conferences and published widely on criminal justice and security related issues in scientific journals. Most recently, he has had the honour of being elected to the UNISA council.

Gert Pretorius (Colonel, retired)

After retiring from the SA National Defence Force Gert qualified with SASSETA as an assessor and moderator.  

As a training consultant and associate of Power Corporate Consultants, he is currently acting as facilitator for various security unit standards.  He also conducted crime intelligence courses for clients in the mining industry. Gert was also previously involved as part of a project team of NICDAM (National Institute of Community Development and Management) to design crime prevention strategies for a provincial government.

Geoff Larkins

After 13 years Police service in the UK, Geoff joined a large Supermarket group, gaining wide experience over 6 years as a “Retail Security Manager”.

He came to South Africa in 1984 and worked in various senior Security/ Loss Control positions within the Retail/Wholesale/ Warehousing industry.

In 1996 he moved into the Private Security Service Industry and has, since then, been continuously involved in Training, Loss Control, ”Risk” and “I.R.” matters, Recruitment, Investigations, Quality systems, and Health and Safety compliance.  

Amongst various other qualifications, he is an accredited Assessor, Moderator and Verifier with SASSETA. Geoff has been a Member of the Institute since 1991.

Gavriel Schneider

Gavriel Schneider is a Director and founding partner of the Dynamic Alternatives Group (DAG), a Specialised Security Services and Training organisation with offices in South Africa, Australia, the UK and India.

Gavriel has over a decade of operational close protection and specialist security experience, and specialises in Unarmed Combat and defensive tactics – in which he has over 25 years’ practical experience. He has worked and/or trained on five continents and presented training to Presidential protection units, Special Forces, operational CPOs, Law enforcement personnel, reaction teams and various other security operators.

The first recipient of a Masters degree in Security Risk Management from UNISA, Gavriel also holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration and a graduate Diploma in Marketing and Management. He is an ASIS CPP and has a Diploma in Security Management from the Australian Security Academy, and is the author of Beyond the Bodyguard: a guide to protective practices success.

Mike is a corporate member of SASA (Security Association of South Africa) and Graduate Member of SAIS, where he is ETD specific advisor.

Reggie Marimuthu

Reggie Marimuthu chaired the Transmission Communications Services Committee while being a Director (Brigadier) of the South African Police. He was also the head of Detective Services, and resigned after 23 years when he was head hunted to take up a position with the South African Postal Services as a General Manager. He was the National Head of Security and Investigations Division. Throughout his career he has had a special interest in communications, experiencing the impact of instant and effective communication systems from a security point of view. He often assisted the Department of Communication Services, especially in rural areas. Realising the huge scope in the communications industry, Reggie joined forces with his co-directors to provide a full and comprehensive service to meet the standards as set by the Minister during 1997. He was also the past Chairman of the International Police Association (Head Office).He was the chairman of the S.A. Institute of Security and he served the institute from 1996. He was also appointed Fellow of the institute and awarded life membership for the Institute. He received an award for (SERVICE ABOVE SELF), He is also responsible for all fundraising events for S.A.I.S. He is currently a Chief Executive Officer at Etleimu(Pty)Ltd. Reggie was born in Durban and moved to Pretoria in 1991, and is now married with four children.

Rosemary Cowan [Administrator]

Rosemary has been involved in the security industry since leaving school when her first job was for Chubb Lock and Safe Company at the time when it was still a family concern.

She emigrated to South Africa in December 1989 and has been working for the Institute since May 1990 when her father, Frank Sims was the Administrator. Following his death in July 1997, she took over his position as Administrator for both the Security Association of South Africa (SASA) as well as the South African Institute of Security (SAIS).

She left the Security Association in July 2006 after 16 years service, but has continued as the current Administration Manager for SAIS. She has recently been awarded Honorary Membership of the Institute in recognition of her work over the past 17 years.