John Douglas
Director - Operations
John is currently in the Middle East playing a crucial role as a Training Director in the development of an extensive training programme. John is an expert in blended training techniques, agency inter-operability, risk assessment, HR, security technologies, and as a specialist in managing information and intelligence. In his current project he has developed an innovative leadership programme, been instrumental in providing computer based training, mobile platforms and core safety trainers.
Before this John provided the focal point for a £200 million change management programme orchestrating the resettlement and retraining of 3000 personnel as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. His experience enabled him to manage the delicate negotiations within such a political and media-sensitive arena.
He is an accomplished trainer having established the core of the 15,000 soldiers required for the embryonic FADM (Mozambique Army), repeating that successful process later in Sierra Leone. Using his knowledge of the intelligence process he has also developed innovative techniques that have become the bedrock nationally of managing information to assist in threat assessment and emergency response.
When leaving public service John set up PGS as a specialist security, training, investigative and technology brokerage company with Paul Cardew - developing relationships with individuals and organisations to create teams utilising best practice in these areas.
John was educated in Belfast and had a public service career spanning 26 years, including service in Kenya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is also an expert on Sub Saharan Africa.