Aaron Arends

Senior Risk Consultant

  • Global Risk and Operations Centre
  • Security Risk Management
  • Operational and Protective Services
  • Crisis Response
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Aaron Arends is a Senior Risk Consultant at Control Risks ONE Global Risk and Operations Centre (EMEA). Aaron has experience in intelligence analysis and security risk management.

Aaron previously worked as a Senior Analyst at a private intelligence firm, where he led intelligence collection efforts across the Americas. Prior to that role, Aaron worked on the research team of a foreign policy think tank, where he contributed to a wide range of studies concerning international security and defence. 

Recent tasks that Aaron has worked on include:

  • Provided situational awareness and advice to a financial services organisation heavily impacted by riots. Supported the client with weekly intelligence reports and briefings, followed by a long-term political forecast and an evaluation of the client’s crisis management plans and procedures.
  • Established monitoring methods and escalation thresholds to identify threats for a multinational corporation. Implemented technology to track client assets and allow for company-wide alerts and welfare checks.
  • Provides regular travel security briefings to the executive protection team of a technology company.

  • Aaron holds a MSc in Political Science and a BA in International Relations from Leiden University in the Netherlands.  Along with speaking Dutch and German, Aaron has also studied Mandarin and Spanish during extended periods of living and working in East Asia and South America.  

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