Meet The Team

Director
Andrew Simpson
Andy has over 30 years of experience working in events and security industry. Andy started his career working events at Wembley Stadium, Earls Court and the Docklands Arena. Before founding S1SS he worked as an operations manager responsible for providing stewarding and security for a number of number of high profile clients from small intimate gigs to massive events. He is also a fully licenced and experienced close protection provider and has travelled the world ensuring the safety of some really famous names. Andy started S1SS in 2020 determined to set the standard of customer service in the security sector.

Senior Operations Manager
Beth Wickstone
Beth started working as a steward in 2015. Her many years of experience in the events and catering industry quickly shone through and she began working as a supervisor. She was soon promoted to Assistant Operations Manager taking on more of a role planning and organising events during the week and because there is no rest for the wicked... working them at the weekends. Beth has joined S1SS as an operations manager

Training Manager
Simon Yorke
Simon started working for a local events company in 2009 after getting his first SIA licence. Soon after he became an assessor working with stewards in many of the local football stadiums. He has worked as an Assessor, First Aid instructor and SIA trainer for a number of large venues including Sheffield International Venues and Old Trafford. He has provided training to unemployed people in Leeds and Huddersfield to help get them back into work. Simon is looking forward to developing S1SS's training capacity to the point where we are able to deliver training courses to local business and individuals

Junior Operations Manager
Louis Elgie
Louis started work in the security industry in 2015. Since then he has worked countless events in many different roles. He has experience in control, traffic management, gained a door supervisor qualification and licence, helped in recruitment and is a full supervisor. Louis became a trainee operations manager in October 2021 and is very much looking forward to helping the company grow over the next year.

Junior Operations Manager
Tom Wickstone
Tom has worked in events since 2017. Like Louis he can barely keep track of all the events he has worked since he has started. He has been all over the country and worked in many different roles. He has achieved his SIA door supervisor licence, been a part of recruitment. worked in traffic management and also been in the control room for large events. He is was very excited to be offered the role of trainee operations manager and is hoping to contribute as much as he can to the continued success of S1SS.
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Recruitment Officer
Elliot J Huntley
Elliot brings with him a wealth of experience. He has done various roles across the events industry and leads on recruitment for S1SS. He is also a supervisor so is frequently seen working large scale events. He too has been all across the UK and worked just about every event you could imagine.