Established in 2002, specialising in security advice and travel safety awareness training for a wide range of professionals and individuals prior to their travels.
With a range of consultants who assist us in delivery of training, workshops and the provision of security advice. All have worked extensively overseas for the last 20 years, many of them are either ex-military or have worked as front-line media correspondents. If a task is particularly specialised, such as evasive driver training or courses for media professionals working in a riot situation, we bring in specialist consultants.
Founder and Director of Objective Travel Safety. Charlie spent 15 years as a British Army Officer. He spent five years on operations in Northern Ireland and also served in Central America, Southern Africa and during the First Gulf War. He was awarded an MBE for his work in South Africa during the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. Prior to joining the army, he spent his gap year travelling in South America and has travelled widely thereafter, including to all the world’s seven continents.
Grant spent 13 years as a Royal Navy Medic serving operationally around the globe in many hazardous environments with Royal Marines Commando Units and British Special Forces (Special Boat Service). He has instructed on the EBU Academy’s Hostile Environment Safety Training (HEST) courses for the last 12 years and delivered training for BBC, ITV and NPR in the USA.
He also has specialist knowledge in digital security.
Caroline has trained both international and national journalists for 22 years, in various regions of the world, also working as a media safety advisor in conflict and post conflict areas. She shaped the Hostile Environment Safety Training programme for the BBC and then headed up the High Risk Security Team for the Corporation after the Iraq War. Since then, she has supported media organisations to formulate contingency plans in the Middle East, Africa and Central and South America as well as training individuals in risk management and first aid and trauma skills.
Eric is a Frontline Freelance Cameraman and has worked for Dutch Media, NOS and other broadcasters for more than 20 years. He covered the Balkans conflict in the 1990s and covered both Gulf wars. He has worked extensively in Afghanistan, Libya and recently in Ukraine and also across Asia as well as covering many humanitarian disasters. Eric is a lead instructor on our EBU Hostile Environment Safety Training courses.
Peter has been a Foreign Correspondent for Dutch NOS for over 20 years and now has a safety and security role. He was based in Israel from 1996 to 2001 before becoming the Special Correspondent for Afghanistan. He is also currently advising the Dutch Ministry of Justice and the European Council on Journalist Safety.
Peter has instructed on our EBU Academy HEST course for over 10 years.
Looby is a Gap Year Course Instructor. She has travelled from a young age, a trip to Kenya being one of her earliest experiences abroad where she was stalked by a lioness at the age of 5, only to then be charged at by a rhino ten years later. Since leaving school, she has backpacked through much of South America; Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru, India and Myanmar. She has also travelled around Cambodia mainly through doing Work Away Placements teaching English to local children as well as adults.
Our unsurpassed international experience in travel and safety solutions, covering a wide range of situational contexts, means we are trusted travel safety advisors
For all companies; NGOs, charities, not-for-profit organisations and those providing humanitarian aid, the ability to either avoid a crisis situation or be able to react to unfolding events is of vital importance. Providing assistance and safety training in a bespoke manner.
The production of crisis management plans, providing help with training staff and finally, test plans and procedures via test exercises. Crisis management is not a ‘black art’, to be effective, we strongly believe that plans need to be simple and generic so that they can then be adapted to the specific situation.
Objective Travel Safety will identify and minimise risks that may affect your business and your employees. We have extensive experience of carrying out security reviews for NGOs, corporations and high networth individuals working and living abroad.
Our consultants are ex-military officers, including former Intelligence and Special Forces officers, with extensive experience in the commercial sector.
View our range of Travel Safety Courses to find the right one for your needs.
