The management of the company is fully committed to providing the highest levels of service and customer satisfaction.

The key members of the team are:

Edward Devereux (Ted)

Chairman, Spearpoint Security Group Limited

Apart from 5 years in the British Army as a regular in the Royal Corps of Signals, Ted has spent his working career in the Security Industry. He joined Hong Kong Security Limited as a Project Manager in 1973 where he gained valuable knowledge about all aspects of the security industry. Including designing and introducing the first armoured vehicles in Hong Kong following the first ever armed attack against a “soft skin” CIT vehicle.

In 1977, he Co-Founded the Guardforce Group in Hong Kong. He was appointed CEO in May 1981. The Group was sold to Chubb in 1999. Over the years he built the business throughout Asia, with offices in New York, London and Bahrain. He managed a number of key integrated security system projects, most notably:

  • 1982 Hong Kong Bank Main Treasury
  • 1985 Hong Kong Bank Main HQ 1 Queen’s Road, Central
  • 1995 Spearheaded the sales strategy and tender process resulting in the award of the CCTV, Access Control and Public Address systems at the Hong Kong International Airport

On the sale of the Guardforce Group to Chubb, annualized revenues were in excess of USD200 million. Ted was appointed Regional President, Asia Pacific for G4S in January 2002. He built the business from 8 countries with revenues of USD130 million to 15 countries with revenues of USD640 million by December 2010. Following a restructuring, he was appointed COO Asia Middle East January 2011. He retired in June 2011.

Ted was elected Chairman of the Hong Kong Security Association in 1986 and served until 1989. During his Chairmanship, he promoted the introduction of legislation to govern the Security Industry with the key objective of improving standards. He was elected Chairman again in 2002 and served until 2011, during which time he sat on a number of Hong Kong Government committee’s to promote training needs and career opportunities within the industry and to liaise with the Industry Authority to update and improve the implementation of the licensing process.

Joyce Wong

Senior Finance and Admin Manager

Joyce started her finance and accounting career in Kuala Lumpur where she acquired comprehensive training and grounding in a public accounting and audit firm.

Besides being fully responsible for the financial management and accounting functions of the Spearpoint Security Group, its subsidiary Castillon Security (S) Pte Ltd and overseas investments of the Group, Joyce oversees the daily office administration, payroll and human resources. She also coordinates company secretarial matters and annual corporate audits.

Joyce holds a Diploma in Accounting and is also the Company’s representative in the Union of Security Employees.

Serene Ong

Human Resources Manager

Serene manages the human resource functions in the Company and assist to oversee the staffing needs of the operations with proper processes and documentation in full compliance with official policies and guidelines.

Besides being in charge of the payroll of all security personnel ensuring accurate and timely salary payments, Serene liaises closely with the relevant government authorities and training organisations in planning the career development of security officers of all grades to develop a core of well trained and qualified security personnel to enhance the Company’s security manpower capability.

Serene is a Certified Human Resource Administrator (CHRA) accredited by HRSINGAPORE.

Mark Elder

Managing Director

After completing his military service with 7th. Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles in 1982, Mark joined Guardforce Limited, a regional security company based in Hong Kong. He was the Executive Director in charge of all security activities including the provision of Armoured Transport and Cash Processing, Security Personnel, Courier and Data Storage services.

In 1990 he became the National Sales and Customer Service Manager in the United Kingdom for Abloy (UK) Ltd.’s security locking and access control systems.

Following that, he was Managing Director for a nation wide Courier company, ICS Ltd., providing overnight and same day parcel and mail deliveries and the provision of Mailroom Management services.

Mark joined Security Engineering Pte Ltd in Singapore as its Managing Director in 1996. He was responsible for the management and development of the company’s Electronic Security and Security Guard Services. The company was generally acknowledged to be a leader in the industry.

Mark left the company in 2001 to form Security Personnel Pte Ltd in response to market demands for enhanced professional services that were then not currently available. After successfully managing the company for 21 years Mark closed Security Personnel Pte. Ltd in 2022 to join Castillon Security (S) Pte Ltd as its Managing Director.

Charlie Tay

Operations Manager

Charlie is a veteran of the Security Industry and has extensive experience working for five Agencies before finding his home with Castillon Security in 2020.

Having worked across a broad spectrum of commercial and industrial properties to major Government sites, Charlie has many years of experience of recruiting, rostering and deploying Officers to ensure the efficient managing of your site requirements regardless of size and complexity.