Chris Taylor started in the industry in the 1970’s and has always had a fascination for the combination lock and the lineage of the locks as they progressed from only being considered ‘secondary locks’ to being trusted to fully lock safes and vaults in banks.

Chris has owned his own company in Manchester since 1989 and is a past National Chairman of the Association, also a past Northern Region Chairman.

As well as being a current MLA tester and tutor.

Chris sits on various technical committees and served on the N.O.S. working group helping to write the training standards for the industry. He is currently a serving board member and now semi-retired from a working locksmith