Brian Riis Nielsen

Managing Director and Country President, Securitas Security Services Ltd

Brian Riis Nielsen is the Managing Director and Country President of Securitas UK. Denmark-born, Nielsen will be tasking with growing the UK market from its current position of strength, with an initial focus on ensuring a sound process management system for Securitas UK and embedding innovation and advanced technologies into the business. Nielsen takes up the helm as UK Country President following a seven year tenure in the same role in the Danish arm of the company, which has 900 employees. With several degrees, including Business Administration from Odense University in Denmark, Nielsen first pursued a career in in the insurance industry for over a decade, before entering the security sector in 1995.

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