G. Whitfield

G. Whitfield is experienced in serious threat management, investigations and asset recovery with deep experience in conflict zones in crisis management, risk and disaster management. He has conducted asset recovery for USAID, the Kingdom of Jordan and corporate clients, including Anardarko Petroleum. He received the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite from the Government of France for outstanding work and contributions in global security. He has a law enforcement background in intelligence and managed safety and security protocols during the civil unrest in Bahrain, providing stability and enabling businesses and government services to continue through the State of Emergency.

He has managed the security of offshore drilling infrastructure for the private sector in the Persian Gulf to safeguard personnel and critical infrastructure. He has been involved in threat assessments, risk mitigation and due diligence on staff, supply chain and end users concerned with financial services in Africa and has written policies and procedures at country and regional levels for national intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

Many of his assignments are classified.

COUNTRIES OF EXPERTISE
  • Morocco
  • Algeria
  • Tunisia
  • Libya
  • Egypt
  • Turkey
  • Lebanon
  • Israel, and the occupied territories
  • Syria
  • Jordan
  • Iraq
  • Bahrain
  • Qatar
  • UAE
  • KSA
  • Yemen
  • Oman
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • South Africa
  • the Ivory Coast
  • Kenya
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Serbia and Djibouti
AREAS Of expertise

Business Intelligence, Investigations, Kidnap Recovery, Asset Tracing and Recovery, International Due Diligence, Fraud and Foreign Corruption, Disaster Management, International NGO and Charitable Aid Oversight and Compliance, Threat Management, Corporate Security, Politically Exposed Persons, Chain Management Investigations

S. Richards is a global business intelligence expert with expertise in a range of sophisticated enforcement and intelligence areas, including threat actor mitigation, transnational criminal organizations, foreign corruption, terrorist organizational threats, tracing proceeds of crime through the financial system and asset recovery. He has advised heads of state, government ministers and ambassadors on such matters as foreign funding, NGO operations in the Middle East, terrorism, corruption, money laundering, weapons proliferation, kidnapping and asset recovery.

He is a foremost expert on the illicit removal of state-owned wealth in the Middle East through the path of politically exposed persons to other states.

He is a founder and Executive Director of the NGO, the Joint Task Force for Anti & Counter Corruption in the US.

COUNTRIES OF EXPERTISE
  • UK
  • Australia
  • Middle East
  • Libya
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
  • Portugal
  • Sierra Leone
AREAS Of expertise

Business Intelligence, Investigations, Fraud and Foreign Corruption, Money Laundering Investigations, Asset Tracing and Recovery, Kidnap Recovery, Politically Exposed Persons, International NGO and Charitable Aid Oversight and Compliance, International Due Diligence