Professional experience

Operational Credibility.
Senior Leadership.

Selected Senior Appointments from a four-decade career spanning Special Forces Operations and Instruction, Presidential and VIP Protection, High-Threat Private Security, Crisis Management, Intelligence-Led Risk Assessment, and the Protection of Strategic Energy and Critical Infrastructure across Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

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Selected career

Security Operations Center Manager

Mozambique LNG · Cabo Delgado

Leads SOC functions supporting security operations in an active insurgency-threat environment, including surveillance, incident monitoring, communications, movement tracking, emergency-response coordination and senior-management reporting.

Military Advisor, Trainer & Author

Africa · Independent

Advised on counter-terrorism and Special Forces training requirements and assisted with the development of Presidential protection capability.

National Operations Manager / Assistant Country Manager

Triple Canopy · Iraq

Managed Iraq-wide operations, armoured movements, intelligence-led security briefs, VIP protection support and specialised training across multiple projects.

Senior Project Manager

Triple Canopy · Southern Iraq

Established security for Iraq’s first major container and deep-water port facility, coordinating expatriate, local, K9 and maritime security elements.

Country Security Manager

EWAC · Iraq

Held responsibility across US Government reconstruction projects, motorcade movements, personal protection, intelligence collection, advanced training and construction-site security.

Senior Agent / Presidential Protection Unit

Steele Foundation · Haiti

Served on the President’s close-protection detail, performing advance duties, armoured motorcade driving, counter-assault integration and in-house PPU training.

Founder & Senior Instructor

Tactical Executives · International

Built specialist programmes in executive protection, urban warfare, advanced driving, tactical weapons, risk analysis and threat assessment.

Operator, Team Medic & Instructor

South African Special Forces

Operational service in 1 Reconnaissance Regiment followed by a formal instructional appointment at the Special Forces Training Wing.