Executive Team

Barry Heselgrave

Chairman of the Board

Barry Heselgrave was recently appointed as Chairman of the Board of Commissionaires BC where he has served for more than 12 years. He brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge in the areas of strategic planning, leadership and change management, both nationally and globally. Heselgrave’s career commenced with the Canadian Armed Forces in the early 1960s. After that he worked with IBM, Simon Fraser University, Crown Zellerback Canada Ltd., Business Telecom Equipment and Russell & DuMoulin. Positions held included Sales, Systems and Computer Management, Director of Strategic Planning, General Manager and Chief Operating Officer.

In 1994, he formed his own consulting company and in 1996 was appointed President of Fraser Surrey Docks, a position he held for four years while providing management and consulting services to other successful organizations. Today Barry is still active in providing consulting services in the areas of strategic and succession planning, supply chain management, third party logistics, outsourcing and business restructuring.

Allen F. Batchelar, CD

President & CEO

Allen Batchelar’s 32-year career in the Canadian Forces, primarily in land combat communications, saw him serve in operational and training positions across Canada and hold command positions in Kingston and Petawawa, ON, Vancouver, BC and overseas. At army headquarters, he was responsible for Domestic Operational Planning, which included army plans for Aid to the Civil Power and operational planning for North America in conjunction with US Central Command. Allen attended British Army Staff College, where he studied the roles, responsibilities and interaction of police and military forces in domestic security operations.

Overseas, he served in Germany, Egypt and Israel and commanded Canadian UN signal operations on the Golan Heights while based in Damascus, Syria. In 1988, he planned and led the deployment, operation and re-deployment of the 526 man signal unit that Canada sent to Iran and Iraq to support the United Nations Military Observer Group. His last posting in the Canadian Forces was Vancouver, where he was responsible for military communications in Western Canada, including contracting for all commercial telecommunications support and training of the Communications Reserve. Upon retiring in 1996, he joined Commissionaires BC as the Operations Officer and was appointed as Commandant/CEO of Commissionaires BC in 1998.

Audrey Plé

VP Marketing

Audrey Plé is a highly regarded senior executive with extensive international experience in strategic and product marketing, corporate communications, channel management, and business development. She has applied her considerable creative energy in conceiving and leading many successful, innovative marketing strategies to secure market leadership and establish lasting customer loyalty. She is passionate in her belief that customers come first because mutual success depends upon it.

Prior to joining Commissionaires BC in 2003, Audrey played a key marketing role supporting the growth of NICE Systems, now a global hi-tech firm trading on NASDAQ, as it expanded from annual revenue of under $US 2 million to $US 160 million per annum. She has developed particular expertise at maximizing market impact, building mutually rewarding relationships with company stakeholders, identifying market needs and trends, team coaching and mentoring, and conceptualizing and launching product solutions that drive sales and build customer loyalty. Audrey is contracted as VP Marketing for Commissionaires BC, principal of her own company Magenta Marketing Inc., and Senior Strategist for Hangar 18 Creative Group.

Shaheen Sidi

Senior VP Finance & Administration

Shaheen Sidi, a Certified General Accountant, joined Commissionaires BC in 2001 after more than a decade of working in financial management, primarily in private practice.

Shaheen rose from junior accountant to controller while working for a variety of organizations, including Offshore Systems (listed on the TSE), Con-Space Communications (listed on CDNX), SFG Technologies, and the Organized Crime Agency of BC.

Douglas Stuckel

Senior VP Operations

Doug Stuckel joined Commissionaires BC in 2003, bringing more than three decades of wide-ranging experience at almost every level of policing and security operations. He served as a Constable for the Vancouver Police Department from 1970 to 1977 and then joined the Abbotsford Police Department (known as Matsqui Police Department prior to amalgamation in January 1995). He progressed steadily to become Detective Constable, Detective Sergeant, Acting Inspector, Officer in Charge – Operations Branch, and Inspector, Officer in Charge, for the Administration and Personnel Branch, Emergency Response Team and the Criminal Investigation Branch.

Doug also served as the interim Chief Constable for the Port Moody Police Department and was Appointed Special Investigator to the BC Police Commission and the Attorney General in 1994. Among his other notable accomplishments are his project management for the implementation of the Emergency 911 service to the City of Abbotsford; a major upgrade to the Police Communications Centre, and the re-structuring, training and policy development of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) for the Abbotsford Police Department.

Brian S. Garvie

Director Operations

Brian Garvie joined Commissionaires BC in 2005, after more than 30 years in law enforcement with the RCMP. He brings to Commissionaires BC a wealth of knowledge in leadership, security protection and operations management.

Brian’s career began in the early 1970’s with the RCMP. By 2001, he had risen to the level of Chief Superintendent and was transferred to the office of the RCMP’s Deputy Commissioner Operations as the Director General, Integrated Operations Support. In 2002, Brian spent one year as an investigator seconded to the Morris Tribunal, Dublin Ireland and provided expert advice and testimony to the Tribunal Chair. After retiring from the RCMP in 2005, Brian joined Commissionaires BC where he now manages the Southern Interior regional office in Kelowna.

Brian is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and a qualified Certified Protection Professional (CPP).

Suzanne Wright

Director Human Resources

With more than 25 years experience in HR management, Suzanne has demonstrated strong leadership and a proven track record as an energetic, dedicated and resourceful business leader. She has extensive experience in all areas of HR management including strategic planning, organizational change management, recruitment, performance management, communications, employee relations and compensation and benefits. Suzanne has worked in key HR management roles in Ottawa and Vancouver at Canada Post Corporation, Fujitsu Consulting, BC Rehabilitation Society and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Suzanne possesses an undergraduate Arts degree in Business Economics, Certificates in Conflict Resolution (Negotiation and Mediation) and is a Certified Human Resources Practitioner (CHRP).

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