Wednesday, 13 April 2016
GardaWorld International Protective Services presented with International Safety Award for protecting its employees from the risk of injury and ill health at work.
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Wednesday, 6 April 2016
GardaWorld’s International Protective Services was selected as the official logistics partner for the performance of Hamlet in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 6 April 2016.
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Sunday, 6 March 2016
GardaWorld was pleased to sponsor a recent discussion in Washington, DC with The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) and Major General Khaled Megawer Defense Attaché, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
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Tuesday, 1 March 2016
We are pleased to announce that all of our operations around the world have been externally certified to ISO 18788:2015 Management system for private security operations - Requirements with Guidance, the new standard for responsible security operations.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016
GardaWorld announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Rhône Capital to acquire forty-five percent (45%) of the outstanding shares of a parent company.
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Sunday, 31 January 2016
GardaWorld has been cited in the recent edition of the US Army War College PKSOI (Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute) publication.
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Monday, 26 October 2015
American Chamber of Commerce Afghanistan (AmCham/Af) and the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), with sponsorship by Aegis Defense Services and GardaWorld, hosted an event that highlighted US coalition base conversion and the possible investment opportunities
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Monday, 12 October 2015
GardaWorld, the world’s largest privately owned security and cash services provider, announced today the acquisition of Aegis Group has sucessfully closed.
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Thursday, 17 September 2015
Kurds and friends celebrate launch of Kurdistan Tour Guide in Washington DC.
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Monday, 27 July 2015
GardaWorld team raises vital funds for reconstruction following on from a devestating earthquake in Nepal.
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Monday, 13 July 2015
GardaWorld, the world’s largest privately owned security and cash services provider, announces today the strategic expansion of its protective services platform in Africa and the Middle East.
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Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Our newly revamped GardaWorld Blog launches to clients and staff around the world.
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Monday, 4 May 2015
GardaWorld Government Services (GWGS) is pleased to announce that all of its operations around the world have been externally certified to ANSI/ASIS PSC.1-2012 (Management System for Quality of Private Security Company Operations - Requirements with Guidance).
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Wednesday, 22 April 2015
The Secretariat of the ICoCA recently confirmed GardaWorld’s Transitional Membership in the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA)
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Thursday, 26 March 2015
GardaWorld SVP Pete Dordal Jr was recently interviewed by RANE for their paper on ISIS: Assessing the Real Threats
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Thursday, 26 February 2015
GardaWorld International Protective Services wins International Safety Award for protecting its employees from the risk of injury and ill health at work.
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Tuesday, 13 January 2015
In 2015 we proudly celebrated our ten year partnership with Siemens.
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Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Mali is a fast growing country for GardaWorld, we have an established in-country infrastructure and extensive expertise ready to provide security and risk management solutions across the country.
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Monday, 5 January 2015
Our mobile team from Erbil save a young family at the scene of a serious RTA
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Sunday, 4 January 2015
As a company we are committed to CSR and we believe in helping however we can the communities in which we work. We are always looking for new project ideas and our latest project supports a secondary school in the town of Qalat Dizah in Kurdistan.
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Wednesday, 26 November 2014
The Pentagon is for the first time requiring private security contractors to meet a series of certifiable standards that govern how their businesses are run and how they operate overseas, a move that some say is long overdue. One of the first companies to be certified by an accredited body is GardaWorld.
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Tuesday, 11 November 2014
GardaWorld offices around the world supported the annual Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal to commemorate servicemen and women who have been killed in all conflicts since 1914.
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Monday, 10 November 2014
Andrew Farquhar our MD London conducted Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) with the London based staff from the Amar International Charitable Foundation in early November.
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Monday, 10 November 2014
Andrew Farquhar GardaWorld's Managing Director, UK is re-elected as Chairman of Security in Complex Environments Group (SCEG).
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Sunday, 21 September 2014
GardaWorld International Protective Services is pleased to announce that all of its operations around the world have been externally certified to ANSI/ASIS PSC.1-2012 (Management System for Quality of Private Security Company Operations - Requirements with Guidance).
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Thursday, 18 September 2014
A celebration of long service, 33 staff awarded their 10 year awards in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
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Friday, 5 September 2014
In conjunction with the Department of Health and the Erbil Governorate a team of staff GardaWorld staff conducted a medical outreach initiative in the main Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Erbil.
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Tuesday, 2 September 2014
The Department for Petroleum Resources has issued a “DPR License”, separate from the Government issued business license to GardaWorld in Nigeria.
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Thursday, 14 August 2014
In August 2014, our PSC Operating Licence was issued from the Ministry of Interior in Baghdad.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014
More than 50 people attended a breakfast briefing entitiled 'Iraq in extremis, a ground up perspective' at the Reform Club in London 22 July .
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Tuesday, 3 June 2014
The Transform Awards programme is held annually in Europe, the Asia-Pacific and MENA regions. It is a global celebration of brand development, reputation management and rebranding.
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
Becomes world’s first security company to achieve four internationally-recognized externally certified standards for all of its operations worldwide.
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
GardaWorld is pleased to announce that all of its operations around the world have been externally certified BS OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management) as a security and risk management company.
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
GardaWorld is pleased to announce that all of its operations around the world have been externally certified to ISO 22301:2012
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
GardaWorld is pleased to announce that all of its operations around the world have been externally certified to ISO 14001:2008 (Environmental Management)
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
GardaWorld is pleased to announce that all of its operations around the world have been externally certified to ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Assurance Management)
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Thursday, 3 April 2014
At the Transform Awards ceremony in London on 1st April 2014, GardaWorld and Bladonmore (our UK branding agency) won a Bronze award for our digital rebrand and bronze for our corporate rebranding project.
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Thursday, 20 March 2014
In March 2014, our Risk Management Company licence was successfully renewed by the MOI in Afghanistan.
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Thursday, 20 February 2014
Courtauld Gallery opens up identity of 700-year-old treasure at an event supported by GardaWorld.
Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq runs at the Courtauld Gallery from 20 February to 18 May
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Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Two GardaWorld projects shortlisted for industry awards
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Monday, 9 December 2013
GardaWorld offer a fully accredited 4 day HEAT course to our clients in the UK.
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Thursday, 21 November 2013
On 20 November we hosted our Annual post OSAC Annual Briefing Dinner in Washington D.C.
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Thursday, 24 October 2013
On October 24th our SVP Pete Dordal continued our support of the AMAR, attending their AMAR US Inaugural Gala Dinner.
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Friday, 4 October 2013
Pete Dordal, Senior Vice President GardaWorld re-elected to the ISOA Board of Directors
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Friday, 20 September 2013
GardaWorld was well-represented recently at the formal creation of the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA) in Geneva, Switzerland with GardaWorld President and COO Oliver Westmacott signing the Association’s Charter for the company.
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Tuesday, 20 August 2013
In August 2013 GardaWorld received approval to run three Safe Driver training courses accredited by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
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Monday, 8 July 2013
Earlier in July, several of the Dubai HQ from GardaWorld were pleased to attend and support the AMAR Middle East Chapter launch reception in aid of their annual Ramadan food box appeal.
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Thursday, 16 May 2013
In May this year our corporate HQ in Montreal launched a new logo and brand identity for our global business, changing from GARDA to GardaWorld.
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Friday, 10 May 2013
Major General Andrew Farquhar, MD UK and Caroline Passey, Marketing Director GardaWorld were pleased to support the AMAR Foundation fundraising Gala dinner.
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013
As part of our commitment to quality we are proud to receive HABC certification to support our local national staff training in Iraq.
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Thursday, 11 April 2013
On Thursday 11 April GardaWorld senior management, as part of the United States-Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC), we pleased to meet with a ministerial-level delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Washington D.C.
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Tuesday, 5 March 2013
GardaWorld SVP Pete Dordal was pleased to support a meeting this week between Iraqi National Security Advisor and a delegation of Iraqi Parliamentarians brought together by the US Business Council Iraq (USBCI).
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Each year, young business leaders from around the world gather for the YPO Global Leadership Summit, the 2013 event security was provided by GardaWorld.
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013
On the 19th Feb, GardaWorld supported the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) 4th Middle East Security Conference presenting threats to the oil and gas sector and risk mitigation solutions.
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Brent Wegner and Andrew Farquhar recently participated in the final negotiations of the Charter to form the Oversight Mechanism of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (ICoC). The negotiations were hosted by the Swiss government and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Montreux, Switzerland from February 19-22, 2013.
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013
In early Feb three of our local national employees prevented a fuel theft attempt and vandalisim at one of our project sites in Afghanistan.
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Sunday, 20 January 2013
In January this year, GardaWorld (GW) served on the host committee for the International Security Management Association’s (ISMA) annual winter meeting held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Wednesday, 2 January 2013
GardaWorld and its subsidiary company CRS are pleased to announce new permanent Iraq PSC licenses have been issued for 1-year by the MOI.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012
USBCI Celebratory Dinner for His Excellency Dr. Khalaf AbdulSamad Khalaf, Governor of Basra, and his esteemed delegation attended by GardaWorld.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012
On 14 Nov we hosted our Annual post OSAC Annual Briefing Dinner in Washington D.C.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Garda World Security Corporation (“Garda”) (TSX:GW), announced today that the consortium formed by Stephan Cretier, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Garda, and a subsidiary of funds advised by Apax Partners (“Apax”), a global private equity firm, have concluded the acquisition (the “Transaction”) of Garda
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Thursday, 1 November 2012
Shortlisted for the Best Rebranding Project, Corporate Communications Award.
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Thursday, 1 November 2012
We are pleased to announce that Pete Dordal, SVP GardaWorld has been voted in as the Chairman of ISOA Board of Directors for the International Stability Operations Association (ISOA).
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Thursday, 18 October 2012
The United States Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC) is in the Kurdistan Region on the largest ever trade mission of US business people to the region, supported by GardaWorld.
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Wednesday, 1 August 2012
On the 1st August, we completed our acquisition of Consilium Risk Strategies (CRS).
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Friday, 1 June 2012
First Private Security Company to Significantly Invest in Training Local Kurdistan Staff
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Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Last week, the newly formed United States Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC) held its first briefing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with the largest United States congressional staff delegation to ever visit the region.
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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
GardaWorld announced today it has appointed Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Eric T. Olson to its International Advisory Board.
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will advise on public and private sector engagements
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Monday, 21 November 2011
Will Play Key Strategic Role with Major Clients in Government and Industry
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Wednesday, 20 October 2010
GardaWorld, international leader in global risk consulting, was present at the 2010 International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) Summit. This 3-day summit is the premier event of the stability operations industry. GardaWorld selected its Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) and risk advisory expert, Andrew Gibson to speak on its behalf.
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Monday, 11 October 2010
Oliver Westmacott, President and Chief Operating Officer of the GardaWorld Global Risk Consulting Group, signed the document at a ceremony held in Geneva, Switzerland on November 9, 2010.
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Wednesday, 1 September 2010
GardaWorld Global Risk Advisory Group to provide protective services for the Canadian Embassy in Haiti.
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Monday, 19 July 2010
Oliver Westmacott, Managing Director, International, has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the GardaWorld Global Risk Consulting Group
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
GardaWorld, in response to client requests, has moved forward to establish a long term presence in Haiti.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010
GardaWorld announced today it has donated to World Concern, a non-profit humanitarian organization, logistics services and use of cargo aircraft from its fleet to deliver relief supplies to World Concern’s staff of 100 people working in Haiti to assist in recovering from the recent earthquake.
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Tuesday, 2 February 2010
GardaWorld Senior Vice President Steve Casteel participated on a panel addressing “Narcoterrorism, Organized Crime, and Political Corruption” at the 2010 Chapman Law Review Symposium recently.
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Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Garda World today announced it has been awarded a three-year contract valued at more than $100 million (USD) from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to provide security services for the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Embassy Office in Basra.
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009
BNN speaks to GardaWorld’s Pete Dordal: Security in Iraq
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Saturday, 24 October 2009
Pete Dordal, Managing Director for GardaWorld was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the 336th Military Police Battalion in Iraq on November 3rd, 2009.
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Subsidiary Garda Cash Logistics is in the final process of achieving compliance with CICA 5970.
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Monday, 5 October 2009
Garda World today announced its experts will show financial professionals at the AFP Annual Conference in San Francisco this week how they can increase productivity, enhance security and save costs while growing their bottom line.
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