The Security Director of the Year award is awarded each fall to a senior security director or manager who has demonstrated leadership and achievement in the industry.
Nominations for 2022 are now CLOSED.
2021: Lina Tsakiris, Director, strategic security partnerships, corporate security, CIBC
2020: Harold Wax, Senior Director & Chief Security Officer, North America, BGIS
2019: Robert Kilfoyle, Director of public safety and emergency management, Humber College
2018: Silvia Fraser, Head of security, City of Mississauga
2017: James Armstrong, Vice-President of Security, Ottawa International Airport
2016: Patricia Patton, Director, Security and Operations, University of Regina
2015: Todd Milne, Director of Security Operations, University Health Network
2014: Tom Rousseau, Associate Vice-President, Corporate Security, Canadian Tire
2013: Sean Sportun, Manager of Security and Loss Prevention, Mac’s Convenience Stores, Central Canada
2012: Carol Osler, Senior Vice-President, Global Security and Investigations, TD Bank Group
2011: Thomas Gerstenecker, Unops’s Chief of Corporate Security
2010: Don Macalister, Frasers Health
2009: Ric Handren, Royal Bank of Canada
Jason Caissie
Profile Group
Profile Group
Ken Close
Ashley Cooper
Paladin Security
Paladin Security
David Hyde
Hyde Advisory & Investments
Hyde Advisory & Investments
Sherri Ireland
Security Exclusive
Security Exclusive
Mark LaLonde
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Bill McQuade
Final Image
Final Image
Carol Osler
TD Bank
TD Bank
Tim Saunders
G4S
G4S
Sean Sportun
GardaWorld
GardaWorld