SIRS - Key Persons


James Hamelink

Job Titles:
  • North Island Operations Manager

Lee Savage

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Owner and Founder of Security Investigations & Risks Solutions ( SIRS ), and Savage Protection
Lee is a highly motivated and dedicated professional Security Specialist, With a Diploma in Security and Risk management. Lee is highly experienced in Security management, threat analysis, risk management and implementing security operations globally. Former Solider with over 17 years of military service predominately in the British Army culminating in 2 years of service in New Zealand Defence Force. Accustomed to working in high risk environments which include several deployments in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Northern Ireland. Able to lead supervise and train teams Lee has led highly skilled teams during some of these deployments. His extensive experience in operational deployments is reflected in him earning the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (UK) which is awarded to soldiers who have accumulated 1080 days or more in a combat theatre. After leaving the Military Lee then completed 6 years as a Private security operator providing Close Protection and Maritime security services, nationally and internationally. Lee is passionate about providing the highest levels of professional security services for his clients. With values of Family, Teamwork, Integrity, Comradeship and maintaining the highest possible professional and personal standards have become the foundation that SIRS and Savage Protection are built on. Therefore, Lee insists that he monitors and mentors the development and qualifications of his team as well as having them complete police checks bi-annually.

Salah Joumaah

Job Titles:
  • Iraq Director
Salah has a background in the private security industry in Iraq and possesses a vast amount of knowledge in the oil and gas security industry in Iraq. He started working for the major private security companies' oil and gas industry in 2010 when he moved back to Iraq from New Zealand. Salah started in oil and gas industry as a static guard protecting the oil fields in Basra. Within 6 months Salah was selected to attend PSD team leader course held in Basra where he achieved distinction, he was then promoted to PSD team leader/ interpreter for the private security company he was responsible for managing the local PSD team and planning all the requirements for the client. 2014 Salah was recruited by am major security company to work in the operations room as a senior team leader interpreter. He oversaw all operations that required the local national security teams from PSD to static guards. Meeting the clients' requirements' and delegating the local PSD teams for each task making sure the teams are trained and ready to deploy. Salah reached the position of operations manager for the local nationals' this is where he found his place for the security industry feeling he could make a difference to the security in Iraq.

Serge Artieu

Job Titles:
  • Ukrainian Project Manager
Serge Artieu has been with S.I.R.S. last six years as a consultant, co-ordinator and business advisor for Eastern European Region projects. Serge acquired highly polished skills working for more them twenty years with New Zealand Government which include risk and stress assessment and management, sensitive information gathering and analysis, working with documents and reports preparation. He has extensive experience working in harsh environment and training and communicating with people of different nationalities and culture. Serge has a university degree in engineering and is an expert in martial arts and self-defence.