Gallagher’s Sherilyn Tasker and Pascale Howell have won ‘Engineer’ and ‘Rising Star’ respectively at this year’s Women in Security Awards Aotearoa. The Engineer award recognises a professional working within software or hardware engineering that supports the security sector, and the Rising Star award recognises an early career professional who is expected to achieve great things in the security and resilience sector.
“Everyone at Gallagher was absolutely thrilled to hear that both Sherilyn and Pascale are winners at this year’s Women in Security Awards Aotearoa,” explains Mark Junge, Global General Manager for Gallagher Security. “When we announced these wins internally, there was a flood of celebration, which just reiterated how valued and respected these deserving recipients are within Gallagher.”
“As an organisation, trust is at the centre of all we do. We build lasting relationships, we’re creative problem solvers, and we help each other to grow. We are committed to a better tomorrow and sharing knowledge freely – and our diversity makes us stronger. Sherilyn and Pascale not only embody our Gallagher values, but they inspire everyone across Gallagher with their passion, hard work, and dedication to delivering the best outcomes for our team, our Channel Partners, and our customers.”
Sherilyn Tasker, Software Team Leader at Gallagher has worked in the security industry for more than 30 years, starting with PEC Ltd as a Software Tester in 1989. With Gallagher for the past 20 years, Sherilyn is a senior people leader in Research & Development (R&D), currently overseeing the work of two development teams. Sherilyn influences the development of new security products in her Release Management role, through coordinating and quality assurance – ensuring both product quality, and quality of the technical and user documentation that accompanies it – of the release process across more than 10 development teams.
Pascale Howell joined Gallagher as a Product Manager within the Security Customisation Team in 2018 straight out of university. Earlier this year, she started a new role as a Customer Research Manager in the recently established Research Centre of Excellence.
Pascale’s dedicated work ethic and ability to quickly learn new concepts – and rapidly apply these learnings to her next challenge – is what inspired her nomination.
Organised by the New Zealand Security Sector Network (NZSSN) and supported by the Women in Security & Resilience Alliance (WISECRA) and Defsec New Zealand, the WiSAA initiative was established in 2020 to recognise women who have advanced the New Zealand security and resilience sectors.
