Mick Massey – Managing Director
Mick Massey is one of the country’s most experienced fire fighting experts. He spent over 30 years with the London Fire Brigade (LFB), in recent years pioneering the Inter-Agency Liaison Officers role and attending some of the most high profile incidents such as the 7/7 and 21/7 bombings in London, and the Buncefield Oil Depot Fire.
Mick was one of the London Fire Brigade’s Inter-Agency Liaison Officers, a group set up by the LFB in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police and other agencies to enhance and develop co-operation between all emergency services, and is extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of disaster management. During his long career he has experienced many major incidents including the IRA bombings in the late 70’s and 80’s, the Iranian Embassy siege, the Clapham, Southall and Paddington rail crashes, the Hackney siege and many more.
As a press liaison officer for the LFB he is also a veteran of many news broadcasts and has a relaxed unflappable style. In addition to his extensive operational background, Mick is skilled in presenting to large and small groups including major conferences, and is an experienced trainer.
Since staring his own consultancy firm, which subsequently led to the formation of Hanover Associates, Mick has undertaken consultancy work in the private and public sectors, developing the Enhanced Command Support Units for the New Dimension Project and designing and delivering Command and Control training to a variety of prominent organisations.
Mick was also involved in the provision of IT and Communications support during the major flooding incidents and at the multi-agency exercise ‘Orpheus’. He has provided expert consultancy to several large companies who have been compiling tenders for emergency service contracts. He is currently involved with developing and delivering Incident Management and Business Continuity training for the MoD.
Mick Massey's Mobile: +44(0) 7507 892156
Chris Arculeo - European Director
Chris is one of the country's experts on protective security within the fire service and an experienced EU civil protection trainer.
Chris spent 31 years in the London Fire Brigade. As a Deputy Assistant Commissioner he was head of the London Resilience Training project team. He designed and delivered training for the response to terrorism, including CBRN, hazardous materials, urban search and rescue and water response. He helped plan the response to 2012 London Olympics.
Chris was also the Deputy Programme Manager of the £200 million New Dimension Programme to increase the capability and capacity of the Fire and Rescue Service to respond to the consequences of terrorism. He was responsible for the development, implementation and training of the national command and control capability and for the National Strategic Advisory Team.
After retirement Chris held the post of Senior Fire and Rescue Adviser within the Department for Communities and Local Government. He advised the government on all aspects of protective security within the Fire and Rescue Service.
Chris is also an accredited trainer and evaluator within the training programme of the EU civil protection mechanism. He acts as a civil protection consultant to a number of international and governmental organisations in Europe.
Mike Argent - Financial Director
Mike is a Chartered Accountant with seventeen years treasury and investment banking controlling and business support experience gained whilst working at Lloyds TSB, HSBC, NatWest / RBS and Deutsche Bank.
In early 2005 Mike set up a financial consulting company providing business advisory services. The consultancy work he has undertaken includes:
- assessment and implementation of financial and business controls
- design of product accounting and systems development
- regulatory capital assessment
- economic profitability of business units, products and securitisations
Carol Morey - Marketing Director
Carol is a Chartered Marketeer with extensive brand and product marketing experience.
Carol Morey was the Marketing Director for Bosch Power Tools in the UK and then started her own company Viva Design and Marketing Ltd in 2005 with Amanda Rymel. Since then she has provided bespoke marketing services for a variety of companies from business start-ups and SMEs to multi-nationals such as Legal and General and Hill’s Pet Food.
She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing as well as being fluent in German with a first class honours degree in European Studies from Bath University.
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