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Grace Okoro

Security Manager

Leading security across people, sites and risk

[email protected]
+234 1 555 1454
linkedin.com/in/grace-okoro-security

Security manager with thirteen years in physical and corporate security, the last six leading security across a corporate campus and multiple sites in Lagos. Owns the safety of people and assets — building the security strategy, leading guard teams and contractors, managing access, incidents and investigations, and balancing tight protection with a workplace people still want to be in. Cut security incidents sharply and led the response to a serious threat without anyone harmed. Sets security strategy, leads teams and contractors, manages access and systems, runs investigations, and advises leadership on risk. Authoritative, level-headed and fair. Looking for a security-manager or head-of-security role with an organisation serious about protecting its people and assets.

LocationLagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
GenderFemale
Notice Period2 months
Date of Birth1986-09-12
Work Experience
(January 2019 to Present)7 years & 7 months

Lagos Corporate Campus - Lagos, Nigeria

Security Manager

Own the safety of people and assets, balancing tight protection with a workplace people still want to be in.
Cut security incidents sharply and led the response to a serious threat without anyone being harmed.
Build and run the security strategy across the campus and sites, deciding how people and assets are protected.
Lead guard teams and contractors, setting standards, training and making sure every site is properly covered.
Manage access, systems and incidents, keeping the right people in, the wrong people out, and trouble handled.
Run investigations and advise leadership on risk, keeping the organisation informed and genuinely secure.
(July 2011 to December 2018)7 years & 6 months

Nigeria Security Services - Lagos, Nigeria

Security Supervisor / Officer

Worked as an officer and then supervisor across corporate sites, building security-leadership experience over years.
Led shifts, handled incidents and investigations, steadily developing the judgement a manager role demands.
Learned access control, incident management and investigations on the job across more than seven years.
Gained the certification and track record that led into a security-manager role of my own.
Education
(September 2007 to June 2011)3 years & 10 months

University of Lagos

BSc in Security & Risk Management - Security Management

Degree in security and risk management covering physical security, investigations, risk and law, with a placement. The programme built the foundation leading a security function requires. It led directly into security management.
(January 2015 to June 2016)1 year & 6 months

ASIS International

Certified Protection Professional (CPP) - Security Management

Senior security-management certification covering strategy, investigations and risk to a recognised standard. It validated security-leadership competence. It underpins building and leading a corporate security function.
Professional Skills
  • Security Strategy
  • Team & Contractor Leadership
  • Access Control & Systems
  • Incident Management
  • Investigations
  • Risk Assessment
  • Crisis Response
  • CCTV & Technology
  • Budget & Vendor Management
  • Compliance
Languages

English (UK)

Full Professional Proficiency

Yoruba

Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Highlights

A trusted security leader

Relied on by leadership to keep people and assets safe and to handle serious threats well, valued for cutting incidents, leading strong security teams and balancing protection with a workplace people still enjoy.

Cut security incidents

Cut security incidents sharply across the campus and sites. Fewer incidents means people safer and assets protected, the clearest measure that a security function is genuinely doing its job rather than just present.

Led a serious threat response

Led the response to a serious threat with no one harmed. How a security team handles a real threat defines its worth, so guiding one through safely reflects exactly the leadership and judgement the role demands.
Certifications

Certified Protection Professional (CPP)

ASIS International (June 2016 to Present)

Senior security-management certification covering strategy, investigations and risk to a recognised standard, which validated security-leadership competence and underpins building and leading a corporate security function.
Personal Skills
  • Authority
  • Level-Headedness
  • Fairness
  • Leadership
  • Communication
Activities & Interests
Snow Boarding
Wash car
Sleeping
Treadmill
Gym

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