Our Associates

Biographies

Andrew qualified as a teacher before graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Following service in the British Army and a period in commerce, Andrew entered the security industry, managing a guarding operation in the UK. He subsequently took up a series of senior security appointments in Africa, working in the diamond mining industries of Sierra Leone, Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Angola. He joined BAT with a global security management remit, and continued to develop his Sub-Saharan African responsibilities as Regional Security Manager for Africa.

He is a French speaker with extensive travel experience and intimate knowledge of most Sub-Saharan African countries.

He has recently worked closely with oil-related industries and with Government Departments and training organizations in the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East as a senior consultant.

His expertise embraces crisis management planning and co-ordination, and the management of country profiles to help protect those having to work in high risk environments. He also specializes in advising on compliance with international security treaties.

David Reece is a business consultant specialising in corporate security and business continuity management issues. Following security and intelligence service in the British Army to the rank of brigadier-general, David has worked in senior corporate security roles in several large international companies, covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

To date David has worked with companies and official bodies in 54 countries. David is competent in French and Italian, with conversational Spanish and German.

Areas of Expertise

Working with senior management to identify and evaluate threats to stakeholders, assets, and proprietary information, leading to the formulation of strategies, policies and procedures to minimise risk.

Business continuity planning, from the evaluation of vulnerabilities through the development of plans to training and execution.

Security reviews of premises and operations and the production of detailed reports and recommendations. Special expertise in film location and event security.

Problem solving over a wide geographic area using personal expertise and experience, a wide network of trusted contacts, and/or carefully selected contractors.

Public speaking at trade fairs and conferences on security and business continuity matters. Items published in the Times, the Economist, and Security Professional. Interviewed on the BBC.

Having held three various operational, management and security appointments, he joined Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) - a subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT), the world’s 2nd largest tobacco group). Anwar was the CSO of PTC for 11 years until his retirement in 2006. In addition, he has attended various advanced international programmes in the USA and the UK related to corporate security and information/ IT security.

While managing company business and operational security interests, Anwar developed effective and innovative contingency plans to identify and counter numerous threats like terrorism, various crisis situations and safety & security of the business in a high risk country like Pakistan, particularly following 9/11 events. He created and disseminated best operating practices, and coordinated and managed security activities of the whole company. He also has extensive experience in risk assessment - as risk manager - security vulnerability threat analysis, physical/ technical security, security of nation wide supply chain, anti-counterfeiting activities, investigation of fraud and other incidents, business continuity planning and management, anti-kidnapping processes and management of actual kidnapping incidents and conduct of security awareness programmes in the company.

In 2006, he was the first of 130 Security Managers, of BAT worldwide, to win the “BAT Business Security Excellence Award” in recognition of his contributions to support and added value delivery to various business activities and operations, and extraordinarily successful crisis management which included effecting the safe release of kidnapped company staff.

He developed and led military operations as a Brigade Commander in high risk areas in Colombia. He graduated in high military studies in the ESGI in Paris and in the Continental Defense Course at the Inter-American Defense College in Washington.

He retired from the Army in 1990 and joined Avianca, the first airline in Colombia as CSO responsible for the whole security operation in Colombia and foreign travel destinations in other countries.

In 1993, he was asked to return to the Army as a military strategy teacher in the Escuela Superior de Guerra (War College) for one and a half years, following which he was designated as Security Manager for British American Tobacco Colombia. In his ten years with BAT, Alvaro was recognized for creating a world class security culture and developing and implementing effective plans and measures to build a security environment against threats such as terrorism, kidnapping and other high risks associated with Colombia.

Alvaro speaks English and French in addition to his native Spanish.

Areas of Expertise

• Intelligence
• Security Industry standards
• Budget creation and management
• Recruiting, training and development of security personnel.
• Risk management.
• Counterfeit and fraud prevention and investigation
• Personnel and installations security
• Anti terrorist management.
• Security of VIPs

He has had varied experience as Director General Military Intelligence, Additional Director General Perspective Planning, and Additional Director General Public Information.

He has over twenty years of combat experience in the frontline and counter insurgency environment. He has been decorated for gallantry and distinguished service five times. He has been awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva medal,and the Ati Vishisht Seva medal. He has been awarded twenty medals during his service.

Deepak is a graduate of the National Defense Academy, Defense Services Staff College and the Army War College. He has schooled at the Doon School Dehradun and has a post graduate degree in Defense Studies from the University of Madras.

He has a Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing and Finance from the Vrije University, Brussels and the Solvay Business School. He has also completed the All India Management Association’s Strategic Management course and the Federation of Indian Industries’ program for independent directors.

Post retirement, Deepak, who has an extremely broad network of contacts, is engaged in establishing himself as an independent consultant and advisor.

Areas of Expertise

• Leadership and management
• Strategy formulation and implementation
• Prognosis of global security and political environment
• Perspective planning, financial management, risk management
• Psychological initiatives and media interface
• General and Corporate Intelligence

Prior to joining Tesco in May 1998 Mr Purnell spent 35 years as a serving police office in the London Metropolitan Police. He retired with the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner commanding cc 8,000 operational officers in North-West London. During his career he served in all ranks throughout London, investigating a wide cross section of crime and commanding terrorist bomb scenes, civil disasters, violent public demonstrations, and ceremonial events. In 1977 Her Majesty the Queen honoured him for his part in the capture of terrorists and again in 1996 for distinguished police service.

Areas of Expertise

International security of retail supply chain.
Formulation of security strategies, policies and procedures
Coaching and mentoring senior security personnel
Investigation of serious criminal threats including fraud and extortion.
Executive Protection
Country Evacuation Planning
Crisis Management
Business Continuity
Chairing and facilitation of conferences/meeting

Gennady Saraev

Gennady is a highly experienced and exceptionally effective corporate security manager and corporate security consultant who speaks fluent English.

Following a successful career as an officer in the Intelligence Service (Soviet Union/Russia) Gennady joined British American Tobacco Russia – a subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT), the world’s second largest tobacco group.

He was the head of security for BAT Russia for 11 years until his retirement in 2006. In addition Gennady provided security assistance and support to BAT companies in CIS countries. He has extensive experience in risk assessment and threat analysis, physical/technical security, security of nation wide supply chain, conducting security awareness programmes in companies and is well versed in managing critical incidents. He was also heavily involved in managing investigations of counterfeiting activities and the prevention of counterfeit tobacco products entering European markets.  Gennady has always taken an intelligence led approach to the delivery of security.

While managing business security, Gennady developed and established an effective corporate security infrastructure that ensured the provision of an appropriate security service for the company across Russia as well as security assistance to the needs of other BAT European subsidiaries.

Since 2006, Gennady, who understands the needs and exposures of Western companies operating in the former Soviet Union very well, has been providing consultancy services.  He is extremely well connected in both the public and private sectors.

Gennady’s qualifications with an MSc in Engineering, master’s level award in International Relations, diplomatic experience in Europe and S E Asia, give him a significant depth and breadth of experience in teaching, coaching and mentoring. He has deep experience in anti-counterfeit practices, and is a core faculty member in our Tutor Group.

Kevin Doyle

A creative and tenacious security specialist with extensive international experience and possessing a sustained record of success with several leading global PLCs including : BAT, Honeywell and Capital One Bank. He is capable of conducting fluent presentations and business discussions in Chinese (Mandarin) and Russian. Kevin has held substantial roles in formulating vision, creating strategic plans, composing and implementing policy and procedures. He possesses strong analytical, research and interpretation skills which enables production of detailed and authentic risk assessments. He has a proven record in influencing C suite executives to adopt and sponsor proposals and projects.

Kevin’s real forte is his ability to communicate fully and fluently in Russian and Chinese Mandarin. He has led and delivered total and complex security programmes in: Latvia, Russia, China, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia. He has also worked in Morocco and Algeria.

He has had recent experience in heading, designing and delivering a new security resilience programme for a very large educational college consisting of six campuses with 10,000 staff and students.

His latest job was as Operations Director for a US security consultancy company where he was responsible for: new business development, client management, vendor management, threat assessment, operations direction all predominantly directed at anti-counterfeiting operations in Russia.

Prior to Kevin becoming an international security consultant he served a full career in the Intelligence Corps, British Army, which saw him in several theatres including as a member of the Defence Attache’s staff in Beijing, China.

Brigadier (Retired) Brian Parritt CBE

Brigadier (Retd) Brian Parritt served for thirty-seven years in the British Army, culminating in five years as Director of the Intelligence Corps. Throughout his service he held a variety of senior Intelligence and Security appointments all over the world, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Borneo, Malta, Libya and Cyprus. He is a parachutist, and was wounded and commended for bravery as a Gunner Officer during the Korean War. He was awarded the MBE during the ENOSIS Campaign in Cyprus and the CBE in Northern Ireland. In 1986 he formed International Maritime Security (IMS), and was the Chairman and Chief Executive until May 2006. In this position he has been a guest speaker at many Maritime Seminars, which discussed the problems of Port and Ship Security.

In 1986 he participated in the series of International Maritime Organisation Meetings, which resulted in the unanimous adoption by the United Nations of the Policy Document - ‘Measures to Prevent Unlawful Acts Against Passengers and Crews On Board Ships’ (MSC/Circ.443).

Brigadier Parritt has also been an invited speaker at five Seminars organised by the IMO, three to discuss Maritime Terrorism matters and two to discuss Piracy/Armed Robbery issues. These were 1989, Puerto Rico, 1990, Greece, 1991, Japan, 1998, Brazil and 1999 in Singapore. In 2002 he was appointed by the IMO to be the "Maritime Security Consultant” and has participated in IMO training workshops in Mombasa, Singapore, Sydney, Alexandria and Gdansk.

In 2003 he was asked to revise the week long IMO Maritime Security Seminar/Workshop Manual and has conducted this revised training in Calabar (Nigeria), Durban, Mumbai, Bangkok and Peking.

In 1989 he was part of a Delegation led by the Norwegian Ambassador, which toured the Caribbean to discuss with Heads of State how to prevent the smuggling of illegal items.

In 1991 he was asked by the Nautical Institute to write the book "Security at Sea" which is a practical guide for Masters to help them deal with terrorism, drugs and piracy. This book includes a Foreword written by the Secretary General of the IMO.

Following the success of this book, in 1992 the Nautical Institute commissioned him to write a second book, "Stowaways at Sea". This dealt with the problems arising from Stowaways, Refugees and Asylum Seekers. In 1996 a third Book was commissioned entitled "Crime at Sea" to help mitigate the effect of Maritime Crime, and in 1998 a new Book was published entitled "Illegal Drugs by Sea".

In 1994 he was elected a Companion of the Nautical Institute, and in 1995 was a joint signatory with Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to a "Memorandum of Understanding" in the fight against illegal drugs. In 1999 he was selected to be a Governor of the United States Maritime Security Committee in Washington and to be a Member of the Association of Airport and Seaport Police.

Dr. Frank Marsh
Director of Cyber and Information Security

• Secure Leadership Selector

Frank Marsh is an exceptional and internationally renowned information security specialist covering all aspects of information security including physical, digital, oral and intangible forms, and the prevention, detection and investigation of information leakage. He has a PhD from Liverpool University where he worked under Professor (now Sir) David King. He did post-doctoral research before working in the University Computer Laboratory. For 25 years, until 2008, he worked for BAT Industries/British American Tobacco in a broad range of business roles, and from 1995 as Global Information Security Manager. Working with BAT‘s business operations globally, he also became the deputy CSO.

In 2001, he was elected, by the UK membership, to the global Council of the Information Security Forum (ISF) and was elected by that council of his peers to the ISF Executive a year later. He was a member of the ISF Ltd Board of Directors that led strategic business change in the ISF which resulted in renewed membership growth year on year. He was also a member of the ISF Board finance sub-group. His responsibilities with the ISF continued until December 2007.

As an information security specialist he developed various in-house training programmes for business staff that have been delivered worldwide including a 5-day specialist workshop for security managers. He has presented at numerous conferences, was a referee of the EU CTOSE project and has worked with national and international manufacturers’ associations. Throughout his career he has delivered business-focused and aligned information security that enables, rather than inhibits, business operations.

Additonal to information security, he has had responsibility for R&D and factory IT, health & safety, Quality Control, building services, and general information services. Transferred to head office in 1991, reporting directly to the Chairman, he managed the implementation of records management for BAT’s UK companies, a review of global policies reporting to another Board Director and managed disaster recovery planning and data protection.

Frank has recently become one of the first senior executives, globally, to be Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). I addition to Frank’s core skills, he also provides mentoring and coaching services.

Laurie Vanner

A corporate security expert who has operated across the Globe for a major multinational company, following on from 30 years as a senior detective with the Metropolitan Police Service (New Scotland Yard).

Laurie joined the Met in 1968 moving at an early stage from general policing both in uniform and as a detective, through anti terrorism, drugs and organised crime, kidnap, ransom and extortion investigations and hostage negotiating. With the latter responsibility, he worked for the UK Government on kidnap resolutions overseas.

He joined BAT in 1998 having a global security remit before assuming the role of Regional Security Manager for Africa and the Middle East and then for 5 years from 2002, with the same role in the Company’s Asia Pacific Region and being based in Hong Kong. In addition to the expected responsibilities, Laurie played a key part in the development and implementation of BAT’s anti illicit trade strategy.

As well as his strategic and operational capabilities, Laurie is a first class instructor.

Tony Mannakee

Tony joins BurrillGreen after 26 successful years working in corporate security for British American Tobacco, the world’s most international tobacco group.
He has broad experience in all areas of business security providing tailored advice and solutions to clients both in the UK and overseas.

Tony provides consultation in areas including, security vulnerability and risk assessments, crisis management and executive protection advising on physical and procedural security measures designed to provide protection to VIPs and corporate executives and their families.

He is widely experienced in planning and managing security for special events including:

• Shareholder meetings where disruption by either activists or disgruntled shareholders jeopardises the company’s reputation or the safety of others
attending the event.

• Executive board meetings and strategic planning sessions.

• Conferences and corporate events.

• Keynote speaking engagements.

Tony has worked on numerous major new build and refurbishment projects in the UK and overseas developing customised security solutions that integrate effective management, operations and design strategies into the security approach.

Geoffrey Rothwell, LLB (Hons), Chartered MCIPD.

• Secure Leadership Selector

Geoffrey is a dynamic, self-motivated and enthusiastic security risk management professional with significant expertise in optimising organisational security processes and the development of people. Experienced in a wide range of disciplines including Law Enforcement (within the UK and overseas), Training and Development, Team building, Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Internal and External Consultancy, and Corporate Resilience.

He is an intuitive and capable leader with a motivational management style and a reputation for effective communication and decision-making. Geoffrey served for 31 years in the British Civil Police, where as a senior detective, he gained wide-ranging experience engaged in the investigation of diverse categories of major crime and the development of policies and procedures to assist the investigator. During his time as a senior detective, Geoffrey worked in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe assisting those countries combat serious crime.

After his police service Geoffrey joined the large Financial Services Group, British American Financial Services (BAFS) as Head of Security. BAFS embraced the insurance giant Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar Investment Group, which in turn became part of the global company Zurich Financial Services (ZFS). For over eight years Geoffrey was the Director of Security Risk Management within ZFS. In addition to broad international responsibilities he was the Money Laundering Reporting Officer for the UK, this being an ‘approved persons’ role within the Financial Services Act 1986.

Specific Areas of Expertise:

•  Ability to lead and manage in Law Enforcement and Global Business.
•  Organisational Development - management of change.
•  Security risk management.
•  Formulation of policy and procedures and delivery of same.
•  Identification of Training and Development needs.
•  Coaching and mentoring.
•  Organisation and delivery of continuous professional development seminars to senior personnel.
•  Invesigative skills/management of major investigations.

For 9 years, Geoffrey was a member of the Risk and Security Management Forum (RSMF), a non-profit-making organisation that exists to advance security risk management. On a part time basis, he is now its Chief Executive.

John Hedley

• Secure Leadership Selector

John served for 26 years in the British Diplomatic Service, including postings to British Embassies in Sweden, South Africa, Spain and Mexico. He has a particular expertise in political analysis and counter-terrorism. He is a fluent French and Spanish speaker.

In the private sector, John worked in cargo security with TRI-MEX International, specialising in satellite tracking of high-value, high-risk cargo across Europe. He also built the EUROWATCH network of security companies, providing real-time cross-border response to car and truck theft.

In 2003 he was recruited by Nestlé, the world’s largest food & beverage company, to be their first Head of Group Security. Working from Nestlé Headquarters in Switzerland, John designed and developed the corporate security strategy and built and directed a team of some 40+ security professionals working across the globe on issues such as counterfeit, extortion, theft, fraud, kidnap, crisis management, emergency evacuations, expatriate travel programmes, staff security awareness, pandemic preparation, manned guarding efficiency, workplace violence etc. Commercially-oriented and fully aligned with the Group’s business objectives, the Nestlé Security Group delivered a demonstrable year-on-year return on security investment of some 300%.

John subsequently became the first Global Head of Security and Travel Facilitation for the International Air Transport Association (IATA), representing 93% of the world’s scheduled airlines.

Keith Muras

Beginning his career life as a professional economist in industry, after 8 years Keith moved from the rigours of economic analysis to join the British Diplomatic Service. In a distinguished career spanning 23 years, Keith worked in South Africa, the former Soviet Union, Jamaica (with responsibilities extending throughout the Western Caribbean), Zimbabwe, and Uganda. His focus was on international strategic political security and economic issues. Keith also spent time in the UK, seconded to the Ministry of Defence, assisting and advising on domestic and international terrorist threats.

Keith then moved to Corporate Security where, over an 11 year period, he established himself as a leading and accomplished security professional, holding senior positions with major international corporations, focusing on extractive and related engineering and support industries. These included Bechtel, and then ConocoPhillips as their Security Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa, responsible for security processes for all regional business activities, including supporting compliance and due diligence investigations. He also participated in a number of industry and international security forums, including the EU, on protecting critical energy infrastructure. Keith then held the position of Global Security Director for General Electric’s oil and Gas Business. Reporting directly to top management.

With a focus on adding value and enabling business in difficult high risk environments, Keith has had notable career successes in contributing to business development and activities on major and critical projects in regions as diverse as Azerbaijan, India, Nigeria (with operations in the Niger Delta), The North Sea, Qatar, Russia, Turkey, Yemen, and Venezuela, amongst others.

Keith also has competencies in French and Russian.

Louis Alexander

Louis is a life-long security professional. From Pennsylvania, he graduated from the University of Maryland with a BA in Criminal Justice, and took a Master’s degree in Law and Special Studies at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He entered the US Airforce, working in airbase and missile security, at home and internationally. He then joined the US Secret Service, with almost 25 years service. He topped out this service with international assignments out of Europe in such commercial enterprises as Monsanto and Pharmacia, and then with Abbott Laboratories. He joined Philip Morris International as head of global security, operating in over 160 countries out of their global base in Lausanne, Switzerland. A member of ISMA, he has also made significant contributions to the Interpol led Global Congress Combating Counterfeit, Contraband, and Piracy. He is also a member of OSAC, and maintains an interest in several other professional security organisations..