Norman Shanks

Norman Shanks

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Former Airport Security Manager, London Heathrow Airport

Norman Shanks is the Principal Partner of Norman Shanks Associates International (NSAI), a specialist security and business management consultancy; a Visiting Professor in Aviation Security at Coventry University; and a Fellow at The Security Institute. As Airport Security Manger at Heathrow Airport and later head of Group Security for British Airport Authorities (BAA), he designed and pioneered the 100 percent Hold Baggage Screening (HBS) system that is used globally for checked baggage screening.

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