Recommendations
“As a trusted and established law firm, we have a responsibility to our clients to only work with the very best partners. We have utilised State2 Security on several security projects for our clients and continue to use their services with complete confidence. Charlie is thorough, professional, and personable – consistently delivering to the highest standard. We have received overwhelming positive feedback from our clients about his work, which reinforces the trust we place in him. Without doubt, Charlie is one of the best, and we would highly recommend him and will continue to use his services".
Jane Pinfold
Head of Health & Safety at AfterAthena
“I had the pleasure of a rewarding professional relationship with Charles Frank, over a 5-year period within areas of the security industry. I worked alongside him on both a frontline, high tempo, operational delivery role and later in an assurance role assessing his organisation's output and delivery, for which he had a focal leadership role. Throughout, I found Charles to be a consummate professional, an individual that set high personal standards and championed those around him to follow that lead. He had an addictive, proactive approach to all taskings and problem solving. In either role, I often sought him out when new security issues evolved, where he proved to be a great lateral thinker, diplomatic in his delivery, and not confined by process. I found him to be a wholly reliable and much respected team leader”.
John Lugg
Major Royal Marines (Ret'd).
“I have personally worked with Charles over a number of years and he has been a great asset in assisting the delivery of high-profile sporting events. From security planning, council and government liaison and risk management, Charles was an integral and highly respected member of the team. His attitude and professionalism, aligned to his expertise and knowledge proved essential and would recommend him for any security, close protection or risk management appointment”.
Lloyd Bailey
Tournament Director, LIV Golf UK by JCB
“I had the privilege of working with Charlie in his capacity as Head of Security for the Thames Tideway Tunnel. He was proactive in engaging with London Resilience Partnership and working to develop the security and preparedness of the Thames Tideway project through a joint training and exercising programme. I enjoyed working with Charlie to deliver these and appreciated his informed and professional approach towards the complex risks and threats we face”.
Alex Townsend-Drake
(London Resilience Manager)
“I had the pleasure of attending the PGA Legends tour in 2023 and the LIV Golf tournament in 2024, both held at JCB Golf Course in Staffordshire. I had lots of contact with Charlie during the planning phase of each operation, and was very impressed with what I saw. Knowledgeable, pragmatic and holistic in his approach to deterring threats to the events. Charlie welcomed scrutiny and review by others with similar skill sets meaning that his plans had undergone some element of review (formal and informal) before they made first contact. Prepared to challenge where necessary, Charlie clearly had the interests of the event, its attendees and the reputation of the stakeholders at the forefront of everything he did”.
Kath Taylor
(Police Ret’d)
“Charles led the security team in helping us to plan and implement security for our public entry cycling event. He led us through the process of identifying and assessing risk, and then evaluating, selecting and implementing risk management methods. Charles approach made it really easy for us to understand, building confidence that we could hold a successful event, managing security risks appropriately and safely, ultimately freeing us to focus on the event itself. Thank you Charles”.
Adam Holland,
JCB Commercial Director, Group Purchasing