Director ***** Special Projects Division: Tom ***** QGM*, QCVS*

Tom ***** is Director of ***** Special Projects Division Division. This includes Close Protection, surveillance, technical surveillance, electronic counter-measures, risk assessment, physical and property security, information security, and technical intelligence gathering.

Since entering the private sector in 1998, Mr. ***** has worked as a consultant to both governments and commercial entities. Clients include UK intelligence services, Special Forces; UK approved foreign intelligence services and police forces in Singapore, Jamaica, Trinidad, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and the USA. He has a range of commercial clients including several multi-national corporations. Main areas of operation include:

1. Protective Security operations.
2. Protective security consultancy
3. Technical Operations
4. Technical consultancy
5. Technical training for Technical Support Operations:
a. Electronic Countermeasures
b. Covert Audio and Video deployment
c. Technical Tracking
6. Surveillance operations
7. Surveillance Training
8. Security Risk Assessments, damage limitation and business continuity

Mr. ***** spent 22 years in the British Army, including 16 years with the UK Special Forces. He planned, operated and managed long-term surveillance operations against hard-line terrorists and criminal groups in many theatres, where his speciality was, covert operations and the application of cutting edge technology to them. He saw active service in many areas of the world, particularly in Northern Ireland where he served as a field operator and, later, as the operations officer of a large covert unit working against hard line terrorist organisations. In-between operational tours, he served as an instructor at the Unit’s base and as an operational advisor to the UK Defence Research Agency. In his final tour of duty, Mr. ***** played a lead role in establishing a Special Forces Technical Unit with a world-wide multi-theatre capability

Mr ***** has dedicated much of his career to anti terrorist, close protection operations and the development of new equipment and operational techniques to utilise technology as a weapon in the fight against terrorism with a specific emphasis on the gathering of audio and video intelligence. He was deeply involved in the training of close protection personnel operating in high threat areas around the world and the application of cutting edge technology to close protection operations. He was attached to the Royal and Diplomatic Protection Group as their Special Forces advisor based on his operational experience in combating the efforts of hardline terrorists to threaten the lives of high ranking diplomats and VIP’s. Mr ***** holds Instructor qualifications in the following specialist areas:

1. Close Quarter Battle and unarmed combat
2. Close Protection
3. Advanced Driver Training
4. Paramedic Advanced Trauma Life Support
5. Protective Security, Risk assessment and site surveys
6. Surveillance, Counter Surveillance
7. Covert Methods of Entry and Close Target Reconnaissance Operations
8. Technical Support Operations

During his military career, Mr. ***** was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal on two occasions and the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service on two occasions while engaged on active service in hostile environments..