Lianne Kennedy-Boudali

Partner

  • Americas
  • Security Consulting
  • Security and Intelligence Programmes
  • Managing political risk
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Lianne is a Partner in Control Risks’ Crisis and Security Consulting practice in North America, where she advises Control Risks’ clients on enterprise security risk management, security program development and implementation, and the development and implementation of risk management frameworks. She works with clients across industry sectors, including technology, retail, social media, manufacturing, finance, health care, traditional media, real estate, biotech/pharmaceutical, agriculture, non-profit and private families.  

Recent tasks that Lianne has worked on include:

  • Leading and executing the development of security and intelligence programs for dozens of corporate clients, including assessing organizational risk, conducting needs assessments, identifying staffing and organizational requirements, and implementing risk management programs for both pre-IPO and Fortune 100 companies.  
  • Leading a Fortune 10 client through significant structural and programmatic change following a crisis. 
  • Leading strategic advisory services and security program development for private families and high-profile clients.
  • Developing data-driven risk and threat monitoring processes that effectively leverage technology. 

  • Prior to joining Control Risks, Lianne served as chief strategy officer at a private risk consultancy and directed an international research group working for a US cyber security company in Abu Dhabi She also served as a policy analyst in the National Security Research Division of RAND Corporation, where she conducted classified and unclassified research on national security policy and planning, violent non-state actors, and partner capacity-building. Prior to her work at RAND, Lianne taught in the social sciences department of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where she conducted research for the Combating Terrorism Center  

    Lianne holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California Santa Cruz. 

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