|  Peter Clarke CVO, OBE, QPM
Senior Advisor
Peter advises Olive Group on Policing, Special Events, Critical National Infrastructure Protection and Counter-Terrorism.
Peter joined Olive Group in April 2008 after 30 years with the Metropolitan Police. During his most recent tenure as Deputy Assistant Commissioner he was responsible for the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-terrorist strategy. Peter has been engaged in operations, training and inter-governmental negotiations in Europe, North and South America, Australia and the Middle East. At governmental level he frequently attended COBRA crisis management meetings and was a former commander of the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Team.
During the 5 years that Peter was in this role, he has played a leading part in many events and investigations, including the Bali bombings, attacks against British interests in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and elsewhere, the response to the July 2005 attacks in London and every major counter terrorist investigation in the United Kingdom, including the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.
Peter attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2002. He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 2001, Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2006, and awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in 2003. In 2008 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Laws by the University of Bristol.
 Dame Glynne Evans DBE, CMG, PhD
Senior Advisor
Dame Glynne advises Olive Group on its work for the British and foreign Governments, with links to the science and technology sectors, International Organisations and NGOs in addition to her role as an advisor to the Director of the Defence Academy and an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute.
She was a British diplomat for 34 years serving in Buenos Aires, UN New York and Brussels and on secondment to the UN Secretariat and developed particular expertise on the EU, UN and international peacekeeping, conflict and humanitarian affairs on which she lectured regularly at Defence and War Colleges in the UK and overseas. She was Ambassador to Chile and later to Portugal and worked with major British companies to help promote their export interests in those markets.
Dame Glynne holds a PhD in Latin American History from University College London and was a University lecturer in Latin American history before joining the FCO. On secondment from the FCO she was also a Research Associate at the International Institute of Strategic Studies and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the NATO Defence College. Since retirement, she has been a Research Associate at the Royal United Services Institute and an Advisor to the Director of the Defence Academy. Her interests are military history and music.
 Frederick Newton QPM
Senior Advisor
Fred joined Olive Group in October 2006 and is one of the most experienced organisers of port security in Europe and has a global track record in counter terrorist policing and border control.
In a long and distinguished career with the UK Police service, he has acquired a wealth of experience in all major support aspects of port security, from biometric applications and integrating IT counter-measure within a ports policing environment to organising inter-agency co-operation and hands-on management of physical security.
His experience of wider security and policing matters includes disaster response and logistics management for major incidents such as Lockerbie, running covert counter-terrorist agents, membership of teams leading security planning for nuclear power stations and involvement in hostage negotiation work.
During his career he was appointed Assistant Chief Constable and seconded to the Home Office in London as the National Co-ordinator Ports Policing (Special Branch) for the United Kingdom. In this role, he acted as an advisor to the Home Secretary; Secretary of State & Scottish Executive; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and all 55 Chief Police Officers in the UK on counter-terrorism measures for air and seaports and the Channel Tunnel.
He currently acts as an independent consultant on police systems and management, communications/intelligence management, Special Branch IT projects and proactive counter-terrorism measures at ports and border controls.
 Lord Renwick of Clifton, KCMG
Senior Advisor
Lord Renwick advises Olive Group on business and political affairs internationally.
Lord Renwick is currently Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, of JP Morgan Europe and of JP Morgan Cazenove.
Lord Renwick served in the British Diplomatic Service, rising to become Ambassador to South Africa from 1987 to 1991 and Ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 1995. He is Chairman of Fluor Limited and a director of Richemont AG, Kazakhmys plc and GEM Diamonds Ltd. Lord Renwick is also a trustee of The Economist.
Lord Renwick has a MA Honours degree in History from Jesus College, Cambridge.
 John Donlon MA
Senior Advisor
John Donlon advises Olive Group on Policing, Port Security, Critical National Infrastructure Protection and Counter-Terrorism.
John joined Olive Group after 33 years with the Police Service where he has been working for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters). John is an internationally recognised intelligence and protective security expert for designing security and risk management strategies and policies. He is an expert in development of different counter terrorist tactics and technologies for the physical protection of people and premises.
John is also a highly effective facilitator and negotiator, who uses well developed interpersonal skills and has strongly influenced and shaped central governmental policies over a number of years.
John is President of European Association of Airport and Seaport Police, a Director of the International Association of Airport and Seaport Police, an Executive Board Member of National Aviation Security Committee and the National Maritime Security Committee. He is also a Steering Group member for the Centre Protection National Infrastructure and a member of the Government Counter Terrorism PROTECT Board.
 Christopher Beese
Senior Advisor
Christopher Beese advises Olive Group on Business Management Systems, including quality management systems, corporate governance, regulation, duty of care, and operational protocols, he is also part of Olive Group Ethics Committee.
A former Officer in the Armies of Britain and Oman and former chief of staff to the EC mission in Bosnia Herzegovina, Christopher recently retired after 21 years in the private security sector. His past experiences saw progressive advancement from contract and regional management positions in Africa and the Balkans, to Chief Administrative Officer with responsibility on the main board of ArmorGroup International Plc. Focussing on human resources, ethics, reputation regulation and quality management as both director and company secretary. Christopher has been a key influence in the development of both national and international regulation of private security companies and he continues to support efforts to achieve an international code of conduct.
 Charlie Hobson
Senior Advisor
Charlie Hobson advises Olive Group on the defence sector, military operations and logistics.
Charlie is the former Head of Expeditionary Logistic Support for UK Ministry of Defence who held the responsibility for the long term financial and strategic planning for the purchase of logistical equipment for the entire Armed forces. He is a highly experienced retired Brigadier in the Royal Marines with vast experience in the military, commercial supply, distribution and transport sectors. Charlie is also an adviser to BAE Systems.
During his career, he has accomplished designing and implementing a radical new logistic plan for the Armed Forces. He was responsible for planning and directing the deployment and supply chain for the operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq as well as to numerous national and multinational forces in Kosovo. Charlie also enforced new concept of logistics support for amphibious operations and established the Senior Responsible Owner concept for MOD.
Charlie has proven ability as a team builder, motivator, negotiator and administrator, delivering acclaimed results and is an effective communicator with a record of managing and implementing change at board level.
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