Alan Smith,  Operations Director

Alan commenced his career in local government and spent 9 years working in a number of posts in the general rates, Poll Tax and Council Tax departments of two local authorities. He saw early on in his a career that enforcement was the pathway he wanted to take.

In 1993 he left the public sector and joined a Yorkshire sheriff's office. He passed Sheriffs' Officers' Association examination in 1995 and was appointed a Sheriffs' Officer for West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Cumbria in that year.  Alan was made an Associate Partner of that business in 1999.  In the same year Alan became a committee member of the Sheriffs' Officers' Association and was also active on the National Sheriffs' campaign working group promoting the use of Sheriffs's Officers' and the High Court for the enforcement of County Court judgments.

In 2003 Alan joined one of the country’s largest High Court Enforcement offices and was appointed an Authorised High Court Enforcement Officer by the Lord Chancellor in 2004. In 2007 he was made Chief Operations Officer and managed the field enforcement operations through a dedicated support team.

Alan sits as a Director and Treasurer of the High Court Enforcement Officers’ Association. He has worked on the expert working group with the Security Industry Authority on the future licensing of enforcement agents and also worked closely with the Ministry of Justice to develop a new fee scale for High Court enforcement. Alan has a commitment to professional standards throughout the enforcement industry.