Richard Jackson

CEO, Jackson's Fencing

Richard Jackson is CEO of Jacksons Fencing, a key player in the perimeter security / access control sector. Jacksons has built its 65-year heritage on the design, manufacture and supply of high quality physical security solutions. Richard, as the son of the original founder of the business, has in excess of 40 years industry experience and was personally responsible for masterminding the company’s entry into the steel security product market. Richard is a recognised industry spokesperson on all aspects of physical security and has regularly undertaken speaker engagements, which include presentations at the Counter Terror Expo and IFSEC. As a business, Jacksons has an established track record in the delivery of physical security solutions specifically developed for high security applications, and Richard has been heavily involved in the company’s development of products which have secured CPNI Approved and Secured by Design accreditation. In 2000, Richard set up a new Export division to enable the company to trade on an international basis. Most recently, Richard has been the pioneering force behind the creation of the Gate Safe campaign, which was founded in direct response to the death of two children in separate automated gate accidents in 2010. Today Gate Safe is a charity in its own right, supported by a number of leading industry associations including RoSPA, ECA (Electrical Contractors’ Association), SAFed (Safety Assessment Federation, Secured by Design, ECS (Electrotechnical Certification Scheme) and School Safety MARK.