Mark LaLonde, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Mr. LaLonde has extensive strategic and operational experience locally, nationally, and internationally in risk, security, emergency management and human safety.
Most recently the Chief Safety and Risk Officer at Simon Fraser University, his professional experience includes Director of International Operations for a large consulting firm, Program Director at the Police Academy, Justice Institute of British Columbia responsible for public policy research and training standards development for non-police professionals involved in regulatory compliance. Additionally, he has many years experience as a sessional faculty member in the School of Criminology at a local university.
Mark has worked on risk, human security and state capacity development projects in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Arabian Gulf, Middle East and East Africa. Mark continues to consult with the United Nations on human safety and police capacity development in low income and post-conflict states.
International work has included risk identification and mitigation within the extractive industry including country threat assessments, travel risk management, emergency response policies and procedures, and operational standards for locally contracted security providers that are consistent with international norms and standards. Mark has also consulted with the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime on the development of global standards for the civilian private security industry.
With a graduate degree in Justice and Public Safety, Mark began is professional career with the Vancouver Police Department. Mark was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement award by the Canadian Security Magazine in the fall edition of 2022.
