About

Paul served in the Royal Navy between 1987-2000, starting his career as a Radar Operative and then transferring to Service Policeman. Unfortunately due to an injury, he was medically retired.

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An SIA Licensed Close Protection Officer, Paul has gained extensive and varied experience throughout his career. He has led operational teams in both hostile and non-hostile environments. He has provided exclusive operational security for numerous dignitaries and high-profile clients. 

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Paul provides Consultancy Services for spectator safety, which includes steward training and assessment at several large Colleges and Stadiums around the UK. 
As a Professional Trainer specialising in Close Protection, Surveillance, Private Investigations, First Aid, and Spectator Safety, Paul has trained stewards in preparation for high-profile events around the world, he has also personally worked at the following events:

• FIFA Club World Cup 

• London 2012 Olympics 

• World Cup Qatar 2022.

• Reading & Nottingham half marathons - Route Manager since 2012

• Soundstorm 2023 

Due to recognition of his high standards and commitment within these major events Paul was selected to be the Team Security Liaison Officer  allocated to the South Africa Cricket team for the following events:-

• ICC Champions Trophy in 2017, 

• SA women’s team at the Women’s World Cup 2017, SA Men’s team for Cricket World Cup 2019  

• SA Women on a tour of the UK in 2022, 

• FIFA Delegates and 

• FC Barcelona Team at the FIFA Club World Cup.

Paul established PSTC Group Ltd to provide both effective operational solutions and professional consultancy services for businesses and individuals, as well as formal training courses resulting in recognised accreditations in this specialised area. He has gained extensive experience delivering training abroad as well as in the UK. Specifically within the following countries :-
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Alsace, Gibraltar, Murcia, and South Africa 

In his spare time Paul is active in his local community and is an advocate for local veterans and veteran charities.

Prior to establishing himself in the commercial sector, Tom Davies served between 1962 and 1984 as an Officer in British Military Intelligence. During this time he held a variety of security/risk management, research, investigative, and specialist anti-terrorist appointments in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Northern Ireland. During the past 24 years, Tom has become internationally recognised as an expert in maritime security, risk management, counter-terrorism, and the use of the private sector for the custody and enforced removal of individuals under Immigration legislation.

Tom has also lectured extensively in Europe, Scandinavia, the Far East, and the United States of America on maritime security, counter-terrorism techniques, and international terrorist organisations. He also acts as a specialist adviser to a private equity funding group that specialises in investing in the security/risk management industries.

He was one of the founder directors of International Maritime Security (IMS) Ltd. Between 1991 and 2005, he was the Managing Director of the LPI Group of Companies.

He is now semi-retired and advises enterprise companies on strategy and operations. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals, a Freeman of the City of London, a Board Director of the Council of International Investigators, and a Public Governor of his local NHS Hospital Foundation Trust.

Bill Wyllie is a widely experienced security director and consultant who was formerly the Chief Security Adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England, as well as being the Head of Security and Business Continuity Manager at the Bank. He subsequently held the post of First Vice-president, Head of European Security, for MBNA Bank (Bank of America). 

Bill started his career as a military intelligence officer, spending 17 years specialising in counter-intelligence and gaining an interpretership in Arabic. Upon leaving the British Army, Bill spent 5 years in oil industry security management in the Middle East followed by 6 years as an independent security consultant operating globally across a wide range of disciplines. After a further 6 years in the financial sector, Bill returned to consultancy work and currently operates in the UK and internationally. His clients include a number of specialist organisations and private clients, and he provides training programmes for the Dubai Security Industry Regulatory Agency.

Bill's specialisations include security strategy design for major public and corporate entities, as well as the management of large-scale security projects, including infrastructure and new-build initiatives. He advises on the protection of high-net-worth individuals and persons at significant risk, as well as conducting security surveys and planning work worldwide. His work includes risk assessment and in-country intelligence evaluation, together with business continuity planning and crisis management. He is familiar with financial sector regulatory environments and has conducted both loss adjustment investigations and kidnap-for-ransom negotiations.

Bill has significant contacts within UK national and international intelligence, security, and police organisations, and has held the highest levels of both governmental and private sector security clearance. At various times, he has directed a staff of up to 800 and managed security budgets of up to US $ 20 million pa.  Currently, he has significant interests in National Health Service provision.

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A Chartered Security Professional (CSYP), Bill is a Fellow and Chair Emeritus of the UK's Security Institute, a Fellow of the Security Institute of South Africa, a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), and a Vice-president of Chapter 208 of ASIS International. He has been an external examiner for the security degrees of MA and MSc and is a former member of the academic advisory board of the UK Defence Academy and the Security & Risk Studies Institute (Rome). He is the author of the books "The Millennium Security Manager" and "A Guide to Security Surveys"

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Bill's particular forte lies in green-field project design and start-up initiatives calling for radical and innovative strategic thought.

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For more information on Bill and his background and services, check out his website: 

https://www.wyllieassociates.co.uk/