Drane appointed acting chief at SIA

24 Apr 09

By Anthony Hildebrand

Andy Drane, SIA director of compliance and enforcement, has been appointed as acting chief executive of the Security Industry Authority.

A statement from the SIA said: “The recruitment process for a permanent Chief Executive is underway and an announcement will be made shortly.”

Previous SIA chief executive Bernard Herdan, who was appointed in November last year for an interim period of four to six months, took up a new post as chief executive of the National Fraud Strategic Authority on April 1.

SIA chairman Ruth Henig said: “I would like to thank Bernard for successfully taking the SIA forward during this interim period and wish him the best in his new role.

“I am pleased to announce that Andy Drane has accepted my offer to be acting chief executive until the permanent appointment is made. Andy’s many years of strong leadership and his wealth of experience will again stand him in good stead to provide continuity to our organisation during this interim period.

“We are now in the process of recruiting a new permanent chief executive to take the organisation forward and I will make a further announcement in due course.”

Drane joined the SIA in January 2003 and was acting chief executive between January and August 2007.