Company

Birdwatcher Group

BWG was founded with a single, uncompromising vision; to deliver intelligence that protects and empowers free and democratic societies. Its guiding principle remains integrity and alignment, serving only ethical, legitimate, and democratic partners. BWG operates globally, supporting governments, corporates, and institutions through discreet intelligence services, strategic reform, and technical solutions. 

At its core, BWG bridges the domains of state-level and private-sector intelligence, establishing a new standard for intelligence-led decision-making and advancing effective public-private cooperation across sectors. Through this convergence, BWG enables leadership to recognise, anticipate, and withstand the hidden dynamics shaping a volatile world.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Intelligence, at its highest purpose, serves humanity; protecting people, strengthening societies, and upholding democratic values. Beyond its operational work, BWG invests time and expertise in pro bono initiatives that foster resilience, integrity, and freedom.

BWG supports the Mountain Seed Foundation, a veteran-led initiative helping children and families from conflict zones rebuild through mountain-based recovery programmes. It also contributes to Defend Democracy, an independent foundation in The Hague dedicated to safeguarding democratic institutions against foreign, domestic, and technological interference.

Through these partnerships and its own community commitments, BWG ensures its expertise contributes not only to security, but also to healing, stability, and trust.

Tim Bosch
CEO & Co-Founder
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After leaving public service, I recognised that resilience grows more complex each day, and that intelligence plays an ever-greater role in sustaining it. At Birdwatcher Group, we generate the power to respond to those challenges with clarity and purpose.

The goal is to strengthen resilience through intelligence to uncover risks, expose manipulation, and protect the integrity of democratic institutions and corporations. My work concentrates on building strategy and partnerships that connect leading expertise in intelligence, security, and resilience, forming a global network equipped to confront hybrid threats with precision and purpose.

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Bob Dirkse
Managing Partner SSR & Co-Founder
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After a public intelligence career that took me across the world, it was in Ukraine, just before the war, that I truly saw the power of effective training.

I realised that private, mission-driven institutions can often strengthen intelligence structures more effectively than government systems alone; faster, more targeted, and with lasting impact. At Birdwatcher Group, I lead our Security Sector Reform and Capacity-Building division, dedicated to helping democratic governments and organisations develop the resilient intelligence and security capabilities needed to withstand today’s authoritarian threats.

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Team

Tim Bosch
CEO & Co-Founder
Bob Dirkse
Managing Partner SSR & Co-Founder
Aart Zwart
Senior Case Officer
Loes Van den Hof
Business Operations
Michael Sikalas
Senior Consultant
Mario Abrego
Senior Analyst
Luca Vousten
Project Manager
Lilou Franke
Project Manager
Philippe Wijs
Intelligence Portfolio Manager