Martin Brown

Martin is a Director in Control Risks’ Crisis and Security Consulting. He is a specialist crisis and security risk consultant with 20 years’ experience of successfully delivering solutions to clients in complex environments. He has advised on the resolution of over 70 kidnap, threat, extortion, missing person and detention cases across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe. He has also delivered training to senior executives on the management of kidnap situations.

Prior to his current role Martin was based in Indonesia, managing Control Risks’ Jakarta office. During this time he delivered a diverse range of tasks including: crisis management training for clients across multiple sectors; strategic advice over nine months to an organisation undergoing a major reputational crisis; risk assessments of industrial, energy and mixed-use facilities including a new LNG facility in eastern Indonesia; rapid threat assessments in response to physical threats and extortion. He also co-authored a white paper on combatting corruption in Indonesia and helped clients to mitigate the risk of corruption in their operations.

Recent tasks that Martin has worked on include:

Prior to joining Control Risks Martin worked in business intelligence and journalism. He has an MA in History from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in International Security & Global Governance from Birkbeck College, University of London. Martin speaks French, Spanish, German and Bahasa Indonesia with varying levels of proficiency.