Our People

We are a global network of more than 100 partners and associates from all over the world. We put teams together to suit the needs of each client. Whether we are providing a comprehensive risk assessment or helping your company plan a new risk management strategy, all our people are proven experts in their fields.

Management Team

SIR RICHARD SHIRREFF

CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

IAIN PICKARD

CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

JOHN ABBOTT

Head of Clients and Markets - Expertise: Governance, Risk Management and Assurance.

COLIN DANVERS

Head of Business Resilience - Expertise: Crisis management and resilience.

RUPERT JONES

Head of Strategy - Expertise: Strategy Planning / Execution.

DR JOHN E T LEWIS

Head of Risk and Intelligence - Expertise: Geopolitics, Corporate governance and Risk.

NICK SLINGER

Senior Advisor / Associate Co-ordinator - Expertise: Defence, Security, Campaign planning and implementation.

LORNA WARD

Head of Marketing and Communications - Expertise: Communications, Stakeholder engagement, Journalist.

Senior Advisors

TIM BIGGS

Expertise: Mining, Mining Finance, Global Business.

JUTTA BYERS

Expertise: Banking, Finance, Sales, Business Development.

IVO H. DAALDER

Expertise: International affairs, geoploitics, geoeconomics.

CHRISTINE COIGNARD

Expertise: Strategy, Corporate Finance, Natural Resources.

CATHERINE FIESCHI

Expertise: European and global politics.

ALEXANDER DAVIDSON

Expertise: Mining.

LORD PETER HAIN

Expertise: Political and Regulatory.

DOUGLAS O. MARSTON

Expertise: Financial Services.

SIR SIMON MAYALL

Expertise: Geopolitics, Strategy and Middle East.

TANGY C. MORGAN

Expertise: Financial Services, Insurance and Oil & Gas.

BARONESS NICHOLSON OF WINTERBOURNE

Expertise: Politics, Geopolitics and Trade.

SIR HUGH ORDE

Expertise: Policing, Police leadership, Risk, crisis and change management, peace process negotiations.

THE HON. MELISSA PARKE

Expertise: International development, Governance, International law, Human rights.

ALISON M. REDFORD KC

Expertise: Energy and Extractives.

MICK RYAN

Expertise: Strategy, Defence.

KLAUS SCHWEINSBERG

Expertise: Strategy, leadership and board effectiveness.

RIHO TERRAS

Regions: Baltic States, Eastern Europe and former Soviet States (based in Estonia).

ALLAN WALKER

Expertise: Renewable energy, infrastructure and mining project finance and fund management.

RAPHAEL VERMEIR

Expertise: Oil and Gas. Leadership.

PAUL MARTIN

Expertise: Political risk and security.

Associate Directors

Regional Specialists

HASAN AYGUN

Regions: Europe, Turkey, Balkans, ME, Central Asia (based in USA).

ALISON BURCHELL

Expertise: Policy, governance, strategy and planning, sports, tourism and events.

JUSTIN BUTAH

Regions: West Africa (based in Ghana).

ILLIA DJADI

Expertise: Geopolitics, Security, Human Rights, Communications.

NATASHA GIBSON

Expertise: Mining, Sustainability, Environmental Risk.

XHEMAL GJUNKSHI

Region: Albania (based in Albania).

MELESHA GUNNING-BANHAN

Region: Caribbean (based in Antigua).

DOUGIE HAY

Region: North Africa (based in UK).

RACHEL JOHNSTON

Expertise & Regions: Sustainability, International development, Mining, Africa.

CHRIS MANNING

Expertise & Regions: Security solutions, Crisis management, Industrial relations, East Africa (based in Kenya).

GEOFF MOYNAN

Regions: Middle East in particular Saudi Arabia and SE Asia in particular Burma (based in UK).

CARLOS MUNOZ

PARTNER - MONTT STRATEGIA INTERNATIONAL

MATTHEW OLEX-SZCZYTOWSKI

Regions: Europe (based in UK and Poland).

HEVJOLA SHERIFI

Region: Albania (based in Albania).

TOH HAN SHIH

Region: Asia, China (based in Hong Kong).

SANDY WADE

Regions: Horn of Africa (based in UK).

Industry Specialists

DR TOBY BRADBURY

Industry: Mining.

GREG COLEMAN

Industry: Oil and Gas.

KEVIN P.C.J. D’SOUZA

Expertise: ESG Risk and Mining.

DR SIMON DOMINY

Industry: Mining.

ROGER FLORY

Industry: Financial Services.

TONY FRIEND

Industry: Financial Services.

KATE HARCOURT

Industry: Mining.

RACHEL JOHNSTON

Expertise & Regions: Sustainability, International development, Mining, Africa.

TIM LIVESEY

Industry: Mining.

DAVID MCKAY

Industry: Mining.

CARL NICHOLAS

Expertise: Mining.

CHRISTOPHER REEVES

Industry: Energy and Mining.

MARK TURVEY

Expertise: Insurance, Law and Corporate Governance.

PETER WATKINSON

Industry: Mining.

DR PETER WHITBREAD-ABRUTAT

Expertise: Sustainability and environmental and social management systems.

Technical Specialists

DAVID ALLFREY

Expertise: Tourism, Hospitality and Events.

JOHN G. ARONSON

Expertise: Environmental Risk.

DR KEVIN BEATON

Expertise: Medical Risk and Leadership.

BARNABY BRIGGS

Expertise: Social performance planning and implementation, reputation management, government and regulatory affairs.

ALISON BURCHELL

Expertise: Policy, governance, strategy and planning, sports, tourism and events.

NICK CARRICK

Expertise: National Security, geopolitics, risk and strategy.

GABRIEL CARTER

Expertise: Extractives risk, security, crisis management.

DR ALEXANDRA CHANNER

Expertise: Politics, international relations and human rights.

JAMES CHARLESWORTH

Expertise: Contingency planning, security and intelligence architecture, crisis management.

JAMES COFFEY

Expertise: Strategic planning, strategy execution, organizational development and performance management

FRANCESCA DELL ACQUA

Expertise: International development, post conflict reconstruction, governance and corporate social responsibility.

RICHARD DENNIS

Expertise: Defence, Security, Campaign planning and implementation.

KEVIN P.C.J. D’SOUZA

Expertise: ESG Risk and Mining.

ILLIA DJADI

Expertise: Geopolitics, Security, Human Rights, Communications.

TOBY FITZGERALD

Expertise: Finance, analyst.

LAURA GARLAND

Expertise: Indigenous rights, human rights, international development and governance, consensus-building.

NATASHA GIBSON

Expertise: Mining, Sustainability, Environmental Risk.

KATIE HALDANE DAVIES

Expertise: Strategic Marketing and Business Development

MARTIN HANNIGAN

Expertise: Security, risk management and business resilience.

KATE HARCOURT

Industry: Mining.

JON HASSAIN

Expertise: Strategic communication: campaign planning, delivery and evaluation.

HOLLY HAVERS

Expertise: Legal, Marketing and Business Development.

DR SHAVANA HAYTHORNTHWAITE

Expertise: International law, human rights, security law and policy, stakeholder mapping and engagement, risk assessment.

KELLY J. HICKS

Expertise: Security, crisis management and business continuity.

SALIHA ISMAIL

Expertise: Program and project management, Training

RACHEL JOHNSTON

Expertise & Regions: Sustainability, International development, Mining, Africa.

BILL JOWITT

Expertise: Change and Programme Management.

RICHARD KNOWLTON

Expertise: Corporate security strategy, policy and risk management.

EDYTA KWIATKOWSKA

Expertise: Social, political and economic risk analysis, International relations and security.

MATTHEW LAMB

Expertise: Data protection and data security.

JIMMY LEACH

Expertise: Strategic Communications, Journalist.

JAMIE MARTIN

Expertise: Defence Advice, Campaign Planning and Disaster Management Planning.

GARETH MASON

Expertise: HR and Industrial Relations.

SUSANNA MASON

Expertise: Public policy, strategy and risk management.

CARL NICHOLAS

Expertise: Mining.

SEAN O’SULLIVAN

Expertise: Corporate responsibility, governance & public policy, multi-stakeholder partnerships.

ANNE PEDEN

Expertise: Financial services, risk and governance.

ALDO PENNINI

Expertise: Communications, stakeholder relations, sustainability, resources industry, public sector.

PRISCA PIOT

Expertise: Social and reputational risk. Mining and Oil.

DAMIEN PLANT

Expertise: Climate risk, climate security, transition to a sustainable footing, training for sustainability.

PETER RYAN

Expertise: Local government planning, emergency management, Balanced Scorecard.

ARTHUR SNELL

Expertise: Geopolitics and Diplomacy.

TRUDI STEVENS

Expertise: Design and delivery of executive education and skills development, coaching, risk management systems, project management.

JULIAN STINTON

Expertise: Defence, Strategy, Aviation / Aerospace.

ROBIN STOREY

Expertise: Legal, corporate governance, risk and compliance / anti-corruption in international oil and gas.

KRISTINA TOUZENIS

Expertise: Human Rights, Law.

ALEKSANDRA KNAPP-TRAJKOVIC

Expertise: Risk, Crisis Management and Strategic Intelligence.

MILES WADE

Expertise: Hospitality, Sports and Leisure Development Strategy, Communications and Crisis Management.

CLY WALLACE ARAMIAN

Expertise: Strategic communications, corporate responsibility, multistakeholder partnerships.

MARK WALTON

Expertise: Defence, Security and Campaign planning and implementation.

MARK WENHAM

Expertise: Strategic communications, campaign planning and implementation.

DR PETER WHITBREAD-ABRUTAT

Expertise: Sustainability and environmental and social management systems.

IAN WHITE

Expertise: Board Effectiveness, Corporate Governance, Coaching, Mediation.

ALAN WHITELAW

Expertise: Risk management and security sector reform.

Home Team

LUCY MICHAEL

BUSINESS MANAGER

LOUISE BANBURY

TEAM EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT