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G4S Plc.

GFS is in the Business Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$8.7B
  • Public
  • UK
Dow Jones Description

Uniformed & Covert Security Guard Services, Cash & Valuable Transportation Services, ATM Management & Security System Design & Installation Services

Chief Executive Officer
Nicholas Buckles
Number of Employees 570,000
Contact Information

Manor Royal

Crawley

www.g4s.com

(44) 20 8770 7000

NAICS Code Security Guards and Patrol Services: 561612

Recent Events

  • G4S plc acquires Control Systems Argentina

    10/27/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

g4s plc. - All News and Analysis

  • Security Giant G4S Sales Up 9 Percent

    ReutersUK - 2009-11-08

    LONDON (Reuters UK) - G4S GFS, the world's biggest security firm, said revenues for the first nine months of 2009 were 9 percent ahead of the same period last year, driven by strong performances in its new markets and government business.The company, which supplies security guards and other safety-related services...

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  • Reid in row as firm wins contract

    - 2009-03-15

    EX-Northern Ireland Secretary Dr. John Reid is at the centre of a row after it emerged the world's largest security firm had won a multi million euro contract for supplying guards to British military sites - just weeks after taking him on as a consultant. Dr Reid,...

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  • Investors will get security with G4S stock

    - 2009-03-11

    Investment Column Our view: Buy Share price: 187.8p (+11.3p) The casual reader of the business pages of any newspaper may be forgiven for thinking that it is all doom and gloom out there. G4S, the FTSE 100-listed group that specialises in security services,...

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  • Offender had tag fitted to false leg

    - 2009-02-14

    Britain in brief COURTS A man convicted of possessing cannabis had a tracking device attached to his false leg. Bret Ravenhill, 29, who lost his limb in a motorbike crash six years ago, said a security worker with G4S failed to spot his left leg was made...

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  • Security firm G4S offers growth and protection in tough times

    - 2008-11-11

    Investment Column Our view: Buy Share price: 205p (+1.75p) In most years, investors could be forgiven for being less than impressed by a company that had delivered only a flat year-on-year share price. In the last 12 months, however, given the hammering some...

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  • It's 'cash only' UK

    - 2008-11-02

    PEOPLE are hoarding cash because of the credit crunch, new figures show. The number of pounds 50 notes in use has jumped by 20 per cent - and experts expect the figure to keep growing. Nick Buckles, of security transport company G4S, said: "The...

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  • Rising profit and earnings make G4S a secure bet

    - 2008-08-28

    THE INVESTMENT COLUMN Our view: Buy Share view: 224p (-12.5p) There are not too many companies that have made money for their shareholders in the past 12 months. One of those that has is the security company G4S, which before yesterday's interim results...

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  • Gurkhas - smart, effective, highly motivated and courteous

    - 2008-07-04

    Wimbledon Diary *The Diary asked a few days ago whether it was the Gurkhas' warrior mentality that made them ideal to guard car park No4 at Wimbledon. John Whitwam, the managing director of G4S Gurkha Services Division (which supplies the staff, all ex-Army Gurkhas) rang yesterday to tell...

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  • Gurkhas - smart, effective, highly motivated and courteous

    - 2008-07-04

    Wimbledon Diary The Diary asked a few days ago whether it was the Gurkhas' warrior mentality that made them ideal to guard car park No4 at Wimbledon. John Whitwam, the managing director of G4S Gurkha Services Division (which supplies the staff, all ex-Army Gurkhas) rang yesterday to tell...

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  • LIFT ESCAPE

    - 2008-05-18

    A SEX attacker escaped his guards - by jumping out of a lift as the doors closed. Hardeep Singh, 25, due to be deported to India after finishing a sentence at Chelmsford Prison, Essex, for indecent assault, was appearing before an immigration tribunal in North London when...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Nicholas Buckles Chief Executive Officer
Grahame Gibson Coo & President, Security Services
Ken Niven President, Cash Services
Trevor L. Dighton Chief Financial Officer
Malcolm Williamson Executive Director
Thorleif Krarup Executive Director
Debbie McGrath Director, Comm
Irene L.E. Cowden Human Resources Director
Rob Gurner Manager, Investor Relations
Dan Evans Head, Public Affairs
Nigel Griffiths Secretary
Peter David Company Secretary
Soren Lundsberg-Nielsen General Counsel

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Alf Duch-Pedersen Chairman
Bo Lerenius Board of Directors
Mark Elliot Board of Directors
Mark Elliott Board of Directors
Mark Seligman Board of Directors

Nick joined Securicor in 1985 as a projects accountant. In 1996 he was appointed managing director of Securicor Cash Services and he became chief executive of the security division of Securicor in 1999. He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc in 2000 and became its chief executive in January 2002. Following the merger between Securicor plc and the security businesses of Group 4 Falck in July 2004, he was appointed deputy chief executive and chief operating officer of the merged company, Group 4 Securicor. He became the chief executive of Group 4 Securicor on 1 July 2005.

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Chief Executive Officer Current
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Coo & President, Security Services Current
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC President, Cash Services Current

Trevor Dighton is Chief Financial Officer of Group 4 Securicor plc. He joined Securicor in 1995 after a previous career which included posts in both the accountancy profession and in industry, including five years in general management in Papua New Guinea, three years in Zambia and seven years with BET plc. He was appointed Finance Director of Securicor's Security division in 1997 and Deputy Group Finance Director in October 2001. In June 2002, he was appointed to the main board as Securicor's Group Finance Director.

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Chief Financial Officer Current
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current

Sir Malcolm Williamson*, 68, Chairman (since June 2006) appointed in 2005. He was President and CEO of Visa International between 1998 and 2004 before which he was Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered PLC from 1993 to 1998. He is Chairman of National Australia Group Europe Limited (and a Principal Board member of National Australia Bank), CDC Group plc, Youth Business International Advisory Board and Deputy Chairman of Resolution PLC. He is also a non-executive director of JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings and Group 4 Securicor PLC and a non-executive member of the Board of Trustees for The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum.

Organization Position Status
Signet Group plc President Current
G4S PLC Executive Director Current
Resolution plc Deputy Chairman Current
Therightsize, Inc. Member, Board of Directors Current
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current
Signet Group plc Board Member Current
Visa International CEO Former
Visa International President Former
Visa International Chief Executive Former
Standard Chartered plc Group Chief Executive Former
Standard Chartered Bank Group Chief Executive Former
Girobank Managing Director Former
G4S PLC Non Executive Director Former
Barclays Bank PLC Former
National Australia Bank Limited Former
Barclays Former
Visa Inc. Former
CDC Group plc Chairman Former

Thorleif Krarup is a Non Executive Director of Group 4 Securicor plc and was previously appointed to the board of Group 4 Falck A/S in 2003. He is a member of the board of directors of Bang & Olufsen A/S, Lundbeck A/S (Deputy Chairman), the Lundbeck Foundation LFI A/S (Deputy Chairman), the Denmark-America Foundation and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (Observer). He is also Chairman of TDC (Tele Danmark Corporation).

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Executive Director Current
G4S Global Risks Ltd Non Executive Director Current
Lundbeck A/S Deputy Chairman, Supervisory Bd Current
Transport Distribution Company Chairman Current
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current
Bang & Olufsen A/S Director Current
G4S Global Risks Ltd Board of Directors Current
Brightpoint, Inc. Board of Directors Current
G4S Security Services Limited Board of Directors Current
Nykredit A/S Group Chief Executive Former
G4S PLC Non Executive Director Former
Lundbeck A/S Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Director, Comm Current

Irene Cowden is Group Human Resources Director of Group 4 Securicor plc, having previously been appointed to the Securicor plc board in August 2002. She joined the Securicor group in 1977 and held senior management appointments specialising in employee relations, compensation and benefits, and organisation development. She was a director at both divisional and company level before her appointment to the Board of Securicor plc.

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Human Resources Director Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Manager, Investor Relations Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Head, Public Affairs Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Secretary Current
G4S PLC Secretary Former

Peter David joined Securicor's UK cash services business in 1984, moving to its group legal department in 1988. He is a solicitor and has been group legal counsel with Group 4 Securicor since the merger between Securicor and Group 4 Falck's security business in 2004.

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Company Secretary Current
G4S PLC Secretary Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC General Counsel Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Chairman Current

Organization Position Status
Associated British Ports Holdings Plc CEO Current
G4S Security Services Limited Board of Directors Current
Land Securities Group Plc Board of Directors Current
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current
Thomas Cook Group Plc Board of Directors Current
G4S Global Risks Ltd Board of Directors Current
Associated British Ports Holdings Plc Board of Directors Current
Stena Line Limited Chief Executive Former
Land Securities Group Plc Non-Executive Director Former
Stena Line Limited Vice Chairman Former

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
G4S PLC Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • Immigration Contracts Boost G4S

    The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 8/24/09 - View Story

  • 2nd UPDATE: G4S Pfts Rise As It Scores UK Immigration Deals

    Morningstar.com - 8/24/09 - View Story

  • 2nd UPDATE: G4S Pfts Rise As Its Scores UK Immigration Deals

    Morningstar.com - 8/24/09 - View Story

  • G4S 1st Half Pretax Profit Up 18%; Confident About Full-Year, 2010

    Morningstar.com - 8/24/09 - View Story

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