![]() ![]() In Iraq, Aegis is under contract (worth $293 million over three years ) to the United States Department of Defense to provide security support services to the Project and Contracting Office (PCO), responsible for managing the reconstruction program. In October 2015 Aegis was taken over by Canadian security company GardaWorld. It is also a member of the Private Security Company Association of Iraq. It is a founding signatory of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers, inaugurated on 9 November 2010, a 'Swiss government convened, multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to both clarify international standards for the private security industry operating in complex environments, as well as to improve oversight and accountability of these companies.' It was a founding member of the British Association of Private Security Companies (BAPSC), a body lobbying for the regulation of the British PSC sector, which is now defunct. It was founded in 2002 by Tim Spicer, who was previously CEO of the private military company Sandline International Jeffrey Day, an entrepreneur and Mark Bullough and Dominic Armstrong, former investment bankers. It is part of the Aegis Group of companies, which includes Aegis LLC, which is based in the United States. Aegis Defence Services is a British private military and private security company with overseas offices in Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Somalia and Mozambique.
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