Case Study: Aberdeen Energy Sector Executive Protection

Quick Answer

An energy company board member visiting Aberdeen for a contentious restructuring announcement required protection across four days of site visits, a town-hall briefing and airport movements. Town-hall briefing completed with no disruption to the principal.

Key Takeaways

• Town-hall briefing completed with no disruption to the principal
• One aggressive approach de-escalated verbally without physical intervention
• All movements completed on schedule across four days
• All officers SIA licensed and BS 7858:2019 vetted
• Written risk assessment issued before deployment

The Brief

An energy company board member visiting Aberdeen for a contentious restructuring announcement required protection across four days of site visits, a town-hall briefing and airport movements.

Threat Picture

Announced workforce reductions, credible online hostility directed at a named individual, a publicly advertised meeting location, and heliport transfers with fixed timings.

What We Deployed

• Single low-profile CPO in business dress for meetings, uplifted to two officers for the town-hall briefing
• Security chauffeur with route planning between the airport, hotel, corporate office and heliport
• Open-source monitoring of hostility indicators before and during the visit
• Venue advance including a rear-access egress route and a nominated safe room
• Corporate duty-of-care documentation prepared for the company risk register

Measurable Outcomes

• Town-hall briefing completed with no disruption to the principal
• One aggressive approach de-escalated verbally without physical intervention
• All movements completed on schedule across four days
• Board received a written after-action report supporting its duty-of-care record

Indicative Cost of This Deployment

Element	Basis	Indicative price
Single CPO, business dress	12-hour day	pricing confirmed in a written quote
Second officer, town hall	Per day	pricing confirmed in a written quote
Security chauffeur	Per day	pricing confirmed in a written quote
Open-source threat monitoring	Four days	pricing confirmed in a written quote

Prices exclude VAT and reflect 2026 rates for this assignment type. Travel outside the M25, congestion and clean-air charges, parking and accommodation are billed at cost with receipts.

What This Assignment Teaches

Corporate hostility is usually verbal and public rather than physical and private. Officer selection for de-escalation and appearance matters more than physical presence.

How a Deployment Is Set Up

Initial call — a senior advisor takes the brief, straight away.

Threat and risk assessment — written, covering the principal, property, routes and travel pattern.

Officer matching — operatives selected for the environment, not for physical presence.

Written quote — itemised, VAT shown separately, no open-ended charges.

Deployment — same-day where required; 48 hours preferred for planned work.

Debrief — written record of activity, observations and recommendations.

Standards We Work To

• SIA licensing — every officer holds a current Security Industry Authority licence in the correct category, and licence numbers are supplied in writing before deployment.
• BS 7858:2019 screening — five years of employment, financial and criminal history verified for every operative.
• public liability and employer's liability — certificates issued on request.
• UK GDPR — assignment logs, imagery and personal data handled under a documented retention policy.
• Written risk assessment — issued before deployment on all ongoing assignments.

Confidentiality Note

This case study is published in anonymised form. No client, address, venue or individual is identifiable, dates are generalised, and publication follows our standard confidentiality policy. Every operative works under NDA and no client is named in marketing without written permission.

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