Adam Lakhani

Security Director, Information & Analysis @International SOS

London, GB

Delivering tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence. Tactically, northern hemisphere lead for the global 24/7 team going back-to-back with Australia, delivering threat to life incident alerting. Operationally and strategically, focused on Europe, West and Central Africa, Maghreb, Sahel, Israel and the Palestinian Territories.Management of 17 analysts, varying in levels of seniority and subject matter. Geographic spread across the UK, France, Spain, Germany, UAE, and USA. Complex stakeholder management in a matrix organsiation and across operational and commercial teams. Peer-to-peer, senior management, including senior management in other business verticals. High level briefing of crisis events and impact to clients as well as internal operations. Highlights include Niger coup, Gabon coup, DR Congo conflict, UK riots, Israel-Iran escalation. Translation of intelligence into the real world. Both operationally, ensuring real world impact was realised, as well as commercial value, bringing new content services online and monetising them. Acting Global Security Director, covering my manager’s role during extended periods of absence, stepping up from regional to global responsibilities.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Year Abroad, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations

Quantic School of Business and Technology

Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

King's College London

Bachelor of Arts (BA), War Studies

Uppingham School

GCSEs & A Levels