Darren Pederson

Regional President, Canada at Universal Protection Service

Appointed in February 2022, Darren is responsible for the manned guarding, aviation and technology integration lines of business in the Canadian market.

With more than 25 years of security industry experience, Darren joined G4S Cash Solutions in 1997 starting as Operations Supervisor and worked his way up to General Manager Mississauga/Greater Toronto Area (GTA). On the sale of the cash business in February 2014, Darren remained with manned guarding and was appointed to Director Commercial Operations GTA and Durham Region. In March 2015, he was promoted to Regional Vice President, GTA. In December 2016, he took up the position of Regional Vice President Central, Eastern and Operations Support and in 2017 was promoted into his current role as Senior Vice President, Manned Guarding.

Timeline

  • Regional President, Canada

    Current role