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 that its expertise contributes not only to security, but also to healing, stability, and trust.
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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. Through 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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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.
