MAP Datum Ltd was founded in 2002. Its Managing Director and Principal, Michael Pepper, is a graduate of the Department of Criminology, University of Leicester and holds a Master of Science Degree in Security Management. He also holds the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and Physical Security Professional (PSP) designations from ASIS International. He moved to New Zealand from Northern Ireland in 2001 to take up the role of Security Manager at a major entertainment complex in Auckland CBD.

With over 22 years management and security experience in the Northern Ireland Prison Service, he has held a range of management positions in maximum security prisons as well as within NIPS Headquarters. He has served on a number of UK government working groups with interests in Perimeter Detection, CCTV, Biometrics and Integrated Control Room Systems. Internationally, he has attended security conferences in New Zealand, Australia, Spain, Canada, Hong Kong and the United States. He is a former Chairman of the New Zealand Chapter of ASIS International and is the current ASIS Regional Vice President for Region 39 (New Zealand, South Pacific and Papua New Guinea); he is a member of the ASIS Asia-Pacific Advisory Council and a member of the Australasian Security Professionals' Council. He is a qualified workplace assessor and assessment moderator.