Our internal instructors and external associate instructors come from a variety of backgrounds, civilian, private industry, international media, military, police and special forces. We have journalists, life coaches, awareness and prevention specialists as instructors. This is the core of the successful learning experience we provide and what enables us to bring a variety of different skill sets and expertise into our workshops and courses.
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– Security Awareness Training
– Executive Close Protection
– Conflict Management
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– Security Awareness Training
– Executive Close Protection
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– Security Awareness Training
– Communication
– Crisis Management
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Associate Trainer Instructor
– Security Awareness Training
– Communication
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Associate Training Instructor
– Security Awareness Training
– Medical Emergency/First Aid
– Access Negotiation Trainings for Humanitarians
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Lead Training Instructor
– Youth Risk Awareness
– Life Skills
– Conflict Management
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– Youth Risk Awareness
– Life Skills
– Addiction Prevention
Training Material Development
Lead Training Instructor
– Youth Risk Awareness
– Life Skills
– Conflict Management
– Addiction Prevention
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He holds, among other qualifications, the widely recognised CPP certification of ASIS, a degree in Protective Security Management from the University of Buckinghamshire (UK), a Certificate in Terrorism Studies from the University of St. Andrews (UK) and a Certificate in Security Management from the University of Leicester (UK). He has also been elected a Member of IISec; having met their academic and professional requirements.
He has vast experience in the Executive Protection field and has an excellent track record in the security industry, having operated among others in most European countries, in African countries such as Libya, Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Egypt and South Africa; in Yemen and other Arab countries as well as in Mexico, the USA, Hong Kong and Thailand.
Upon completion of a two-year mandate, he returned from Nairobi, Kenya, where he was attached to the Swiss Embassy as the Security Advisor/Third Secretary. He was responsible for the security of the embassy, the ambassador and the staff, as well as for high level Swiss delegations on their visits to the region. His area of responsibility and operation were the countries of Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.
During this mandate he also developed and delivered several security and safety related trainings for embassy staff and contracted security operatives.
He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience with other people; he knows that with more awareness and knowledge, everybody can considerably improve their own security and safety. This led him to design and deliver various courses and workshops to government, corporate and private persons. Participants are taught in an interactive and experiential way how to improve their personal security and safety.
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John has over 35 years operational and strategic experience in security and crisis response. During his military service, John served with the British Army Close Protection Unit (CPU) as a Protection leader and trainer. John was attached to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth office on several worldwide assignments as the senior protection officer to Her Majesty’s UK Ambassadors.
The past 13 years on leaving the service, John has extended his experience in the commercial security industry taking up country manager and project manager/ consultancy roles throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa for companies such as Control Risks (Security), BP (Oil and Gas), The Movenpick Group (Hotels & Resorts) and Black and Veatch (Energy).
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Tanya has trained nearly 6000 people to work and live in destinations from A-Z, authored two travel security books, and has presented her approach at several international conferences. In a career spanning over 30 years, Tanya has lived and worked in over 40 countries. Her extensive experience includes working with all layers of society from government and UN officials, businesspeople, journalists, engineers, aid workers, and rural people. Her broad experience has given her intercultural, interreligious, and international perspectives – all of these she brings into designing and delivering her workshops to suit the needs of her participants.
Tanya has been a leader within the security profession. She held several top positions within ASIS International, the world’s largest security network, including as Assistant Regional Vice President and the Strategic Lead for Women in Security (WIS) on the European Advisory Council. She has been chairwoman for the Safety and Security Community of Practice of the ACT Alliance, a network of over 140 NGOs. Tanya holds two master’s degrees – Intercultural Communication (Roskilde University) and Social Policy in Developing Countries (London School of Economics).
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War reporter for nearly 20 years, he has reported the main conflicts of this early 21st century and has collaborated with media such as BBC, Al Jazeera, RTS (Radio Television Suisse), Radio France (France Info, France Inter) and Le Monde among others.
Beaten in Zimbabwe, kidnapped in Ukraine, detained by the Ivory Coast Army, chased in Hama by the Syrian regime, arrested and interrogated by FSB in Dagestan, surrounded in Zentan by the Khaddaffi army, he has an extensive experience of dealing with at-risk situations and personal experience in dealing with PTSD.
Gaetan Vannay has drawn on his experiences to develop his expertise and training with a focus on the individual as one’s own main and first security provider. He collaborates with various organizations of journalists, think tanks, NGOs and international organisations to train local and international staff, journalists and researchers all over the world. He also advises various state security bodies, such as Switzerland (foreign posting), Tunisia, DRC, Palestine, etc., specifically on strategic communication for environments where security is the main concern.
Alumni Fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Gaetan Vannay currently teaches for the “GCSP Leadership in International Security” course. He is a lecturer for the “Global Security and Conflict Resolutions” MAS at University of Geneva.
Gaetan Vannay also co-founded Securaxis, a start-up which leverages new technologies (AI, big data, … ) to develop safety & security tools.”
Gaetan Vannay holds, among other qualifications, a certificate in journalism from the University of Neuchâtel (CH), a certificate in Russian language from the Ural State Technical Institute of Ekaterinburg (RU), a certificate in Conflict Resolution & Peace Building from the International Center for Parliamentary Studies (UK) » He got trained at surviving in hostile environment by former British Special Forces.
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David Nzomo Matee is a health, safety and security consultant with over 14 years in the field. He possesses a BSc degree in Investigative Forensics and he is also a certified Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic (EMT-P)
David is currently pursuing a diploma in Security management. He has assisted in numerous medical incidents and disasters in Africa ranging from road and rail traffic accidents, collapse of buildings, fires and acts of Terrorism.
Has been involved in conducting workplace safety audits for various organisations in Kenya. Been involved in developing safety and security related training curriculums for schools, colleges, religious institutions, the diplomatic community the private sector and the Kenyan police.
David has been instrumental in developing hostile environment workshops, individual safety awareness training and access negotiation trainings for the humanitarian sector in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
David is currently contracted to work as a safety and security training consultant in Afghanistan.
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David is passionate about teaching people of different ages and backgrounds about conflict management and the awareness to avoid and manage difficult encounters. With 30 years’ experience in a wide range of martial arts and negotiation tactics, David enjoys the challenge of helping others to learn new skills that may save their lives or prevent serious risks. David’s passion and skills include being a qualified executive and life coach, a senior consultant with Rise Beyond, a qualified structural dynamics facilitator, a martial arts instructor and a lead instructor with Excel Security Solutions AG.
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Ryan is a former alcohol, cigarette and drug user who is in long-term recovery from addiction. Ryan works in international schools to share his story of overcoming addiction to help students, teachers and partners to better understand the risks around addiction and empower them to make informed, safe choices around substances. Ryan shares how his struggle with addiction to alcohol, marijuana and nicotine began in high school and resulted in getting expelled from college and nearly losing his life due to the depression and risks associated with drug use. After getting help for addiction, Ryan successfully rebuilt his connection with his family, friends and career going back to school to earn his BA and MA in political science and Chinese and worked in education, communications and health care before launching his business full-time helping students across the world to better understand the risks around drugs and alcohol. Ryan is trained in addiction prevention by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, one of the leading drug and alcohol treatment organizations in the world.
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Alex Bertea is an instructor and security consultant for Excel Security Solutions AG.
A published writer and paraprofessional educator (US), he has experience teaching groups ranging from special-needs adolescents to adult learners, in subjects such as physical education, information-literacy and history. He has also volunteered in numerous drug and alcohol treatment facilities in the US, working with individuals recovering from substance abuse issues in outpatient treatment situations.