Allied Universal

Steve Jones

Appointed: 1996

Skills and experience: As Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allied Universal, Steve Jones presides over Allied Universal companies and their respective divisions. Under his leadership, Allied Universal has grown from $12 million in revenue to more than $20 billion with a workforce of approximately 750,000 and has acquired over 75 companies.

Career experience: Steve began his security career with Universal Protection Service in 1996, after holding executive level and management positions within two Fortune 500 companies. He was previously CEO of Universal Services of America, which merged with AlliedBarton in 2016 to create Allied Universal, the largest security services company in North America. In 2021, Allied Universal acquired London-based global security company G4S.

Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and received an MBA from the University of Redlands, California.

Current external commitments: Steve is the author of “No Off Season” - a story of his path to success and the priceless wisdom gained along the way. Over the years, he has received numerous honors and awards including being named the top job creator for two consecutive years by Inc. Magazine, winning the Vistage International Leadership Award, and earning the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Steve won the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 award from Orange County Business Journal. In addition, he has completed thousands of interviews for top national/international news organizations such as CNN, FOX News, Forbes, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, etc.

Steve Jones is a member of the Allied Universal Board.

Tim Brandt

Appointed: 2020

Skills and experience: Tim leads the financial operations of the company, and specializes in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and public debt offerings. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Career experience: Prior to joining Allied Universal, Tim worked for 30 years with Deloitte and was the Managing Partner of the Orange County practice for the last four years of his career. He also has international experience, having worked in Deloitte's Osaka, Japan office.

Michael Beregovsky

Appointed: 2021

Skills and experience: Michael works with the company’s executive leadership team to develop and execute the strategic direction for the organization to continue driving strong, consistent and profitable growth.

Career experience: Prior to joining Allied Universal, Michael served at Warburg Pincus’ Industrial and Business Services group in London and New York. Prior to that, he worked at Thomas H. Lee Partners and at Banc of America Securities’ Leveraged Acquisition Finance Group.

Michael received a bachelor’s in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ryan Manning

Appointed: 2022

About:

As global chief compliance officer, Ryan Manning uses his more than 20 years of experience navigating complex legal and regulatory environments to spearhead Allied Universal's global ethics and compliance program. Through strategic oversight and governance, he empowers the company’s businesses and support functions to operate ethically with integrity and adhere to the company values, Code of Ethics and relevant laws.

Beyond compliance, Manning champions an ethical culture within Allied Universal based on the leadership traits he learned as a U.S. Marine. He works closely with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) team to develop and implement corporate sustainability and reporting (CSR) and related strategies.

Manning is relentlessly devoted to driving positive global change rooted in responsible practices. Prior to joining Allied Universal, he served as a trial lawyer in both private practice and the U.S. Marine Corps, solidifying his unwavering commitment to integrity and service.

Education:

Manning earned a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University.

Involvement:

Manning participates in several philanthropic groups supporting various charitable causes.

Andy Sause

Appointed: 2017

Skills and experience: Andy is highly skilled and experienced in identifying best practices and developing strategies to drive organizational accountability and efficiency, especially with mergers and innovation. He graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in Ocean Engineering, received a MS in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from Stanford University.

Career experience: Andy began his professional career as a Nuclear Submarine Officer in the U.S. Navy, where he served as the Reactor Controls Assistance and Quality Assurance Officer. After leaving the military, he became a core member of the Corporate Development practice area for the Boston Consulting Group.

Don Tefft

Appointed: 2019

About:

Don Tefft serves as global chief human resources officer for Allied Universal, the third largest private employer in North America and seventh largest in the world. Tefft leads all areas of human resources for the company, including talent acquisition, workforce management, employee relations, talent development, employee benefits, employee experience and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Prior to joining Allied Universal, Tefft spent 30 years rising through the ranks at UPS, a multinational shipping, receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. When he retired from the company he was leading numerous human resources teams in multiple geographies.
 

Education:

Tefft holds a bachelor’s degree from Portland State University and a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.

Lasse Glassen

Appointed: 2023

Career experience: Glassen has more than 30 years of senior-level investor relations, corporate communications, media relations and corporate finance experience. Before joining Allied Universal, Glassen was managing director at Addo Investor Relations, a strategic communications firm where he advised a broad array of clients on investor relations, merger and acquisition transaction communications, corporate communications, media relations and initial public offerings.  Prior to this, Glassen was director of investor relations at Fisker Automotive, Inc., a privately held global automotive company where he oversaw and directed the establishment of the company’s investor relations function.  Earlier in his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility in investor relations and corporate financial planning and analysis at The DIRECTV Group, Inc., formerly Hughes Electronics.

 

Education:

Glassen holds a Bachelor of Science degree from The Wharton School of Business at The University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from The University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

 

Involvement:

• The Conference Board’s Global Investor Relations Executives Council: Member
• National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI): Member

Loretta Cecil

Joined Allied Universal: 2024

Appointed to Current Role: 2024

About:

Loretta Cecil serves as Allied Universal’s global general counsel, providing strategic legal guidance and overseeing the company’s global legal function. Cecil has more than 40 years of experience as an executive and legal professional, most recently as executive vice president and general counsel for Change Healthcare Inc., one of the world’s largest healthcare IT companies. In that role, she led all legal and compliance support for Change Healthcare’s successful initial public offering in 2019. The company was acquired by UnitedHealth Group in October 2022 in a $13-billion transaction.

In her professional past, Cecil spent more than a decade at McKesson Corporation, serving as senior vice president, governance relations and general counsel for the technology solutions business unit. Prior to that, she was law vice president, chief counsel, and ethics and compliance officer for NCR Corporation and general attorney for AT&T Corp.

Awards and Recognitions:

Cecil is the recipient of the Corporate Counsel's Women, Power and Influence Lifetime Achievement Award and a two-time finalist for the prestigious Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards. She has won 13 national awards for excellence in compliance training and her corporate governance and board work has been nominated for several shareholder engagement recognitions, including by the New York Stock Exchange in 2014 and the Corporate Secretaries of America in 2015. In 2021, she led a team that was named Corporate Secretary's Best Compliance & Ethics Program, Corporate Counsel's Compliance Department of the Year, and a Value Champion by the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Education:

Cecil earned a law degree with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Involvement:

Envision Healthcare: Board Member