From security operations
to executive leadership.

Peter Friday Arikhan is a security and risk management executive, and Founder and Group Managing Director of Smartcheck Group.

His career began in Nigeria in 1997 and has developed across corporate security operations, investigations, security technology, enterprise risk and executive leadership.

At Smartcheck, he led security programs involving more than 1,500 personnel. His responsibilities included multi-site operations, workforce accountability, client relationships, quality assurance and the development of operating standards.

At Group level, his focus is strategic direction, governance and executive oversight. Subsidiary executives retain responsibility for day-to-day management and delivery.

Now based in Chicago, he brings Nigerian leadership experience and current U.S. security operations practice to his professional perspective. His continuing development in cybersecurity and governance, risk and compliance complements an established foundation in physical security and investigations.