Nina Smith is the current Head of Aviation Security Training and Human Factors at the UK Civil Aviation Authority, where she leads a team responsible for the regulation and quality assurance of security training in the industry. One of her current projects focuses on the professionalisation of the workforce including a new regulatory approach to the assurance of aviation security training in the UK, which mandates internal quality assurance for training providers and creates close links with the existing UK SeMS framework. She is also the current chair of the Training Taskforce at the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), and a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Training Working Group.  Prior to her current role, Nina worked as a Senior Regulatory Advisor and National Aviation Security Auditor in the UK.