Breno Araujo is a Security Executive with over 15 years of experience leading Corporate Security and Investigations across global market leaders such as BAT and Corteva (DowDuPont). He specializes in deploying new security departments and functions and designing Global and Enterprise-wide Standards and Governance for new structures and ventures. He advocates for driving organization change through a data-oriented, ROI, and Risk-based approach (ESRM). His work has secured some of LATAM’s largest and highest risk supply chains with over 3,500 robberies per year, mitigating over US$50 million in fraud losses and achieving zero long-term business interruption during major crises in the past years. He is a CPP, CFE, and a co-author of ASIS Global Business Continuity Guideline.

Previous experience as a Program Manager and Senior Security Threat Analyst for Control Risks, embedded with Uber Global Security. Duties included- leading a team of analysts to assess and triage threats to Uber worldwide in a 24/7 intelligence monitoring center. I use creative problem solving to identify and manage high-profile crises in real-time including political unrest, terrorist attacks, active shooter incidents, and natural disasters to mitigate impacts to Uber operations, staff, and assets. Strong academic, professional, and self-taught background in international security issues such as organized crime, corruption, extortion, and insurgency. Fascinated by the complexity of organized crime and eager to work on these issues. At National Defense University, I conducted research on national security and defense issues using a full range of unclassified sources. Created strategic-level exercises that represent the complexity of the security environment.

Rachael has also worked for a Cuba-focused environmental diplomacy organization and an international economic policy institute. With a double major in International Affairs and Geology, I am fascinated by the cross section between international security and the environment. As a recently-graduated Division 1 student-athlete I am skilled in time-management and leadership. I have done extensive research into International Security Sector Reform and Latin American security issues.

Richard Barta currently serves as a Senior Manager of Global Intelligence at Marriott International where he leads the company’s geopolitical and security risk interests throughout the Western Hemisphere. Before joining Marriott’s Global Safety and Security team, Richard served at the U.S. Department of State’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) where he managed outreach programs and facilitated security information sharing for the premier international security public-private partnership in the U.S. Government. Prior to OSAC, Richard held roles at USAID as well as research positions within the university and advocacy sectors. He received his master’s degree from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs where he focused on national security policy and U.S. diplomacy. He also completed his undergraduate degree in Latin American history at the University of Minnesota.

After 25 years’ service as an officer in the Royal Marines, Mark made the transition into Corporate Security in 2006. He has been the Director of Global Security at Smiths Group, Cadbury, Philip Morris International and PwC before taking up their present position as Group Security Director at CRH.

Specialties: Security of People, property, information and reputation. All levels of investigation (including fraud and corruption), risk assessment and mitigation, contingency planning, crisis management, business intelligence and business continuity.

Ned currently manages a globally dispersed strategic intelligence team, embedded with a major technology company.
Before joining ERI, Ned led global intelligence for Transocean, a world leader in offshore drilling.
Prior to that, as Geopolitical Risk Manager at American Airlines, he designed and implemented the geopolitical risk and security intelligence program; Ned has also served in a variety of leadership positions within the US State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC).
Ned has previously worked at Royal Dutch Shell, the Inter-American Development Bank, the US Congress, and Morgan Stanley.
Ned received his B.A. in Political Science from McGill University in Montreal and his M.A. in International Affairs from American University in Washington, DC. He also studied at the Universidad de Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. He is fluent in Spanish, proficient in French, and has traveled to over 100 countries.

Dr Leivesley, sally@newrisk.com works on generic solutions to catastrophic risks to critical infrastructure across all disciplines and contributes practical applications to government policy and business. She has been a Panel adviser to for the British IET and CPNI supported publication for Cyber Security in the Built Environment.
As an Advisor to companies and governments on protection of people and infrastructure and strategies for security and business Dr Leivesley has worked across industry sectors gas and petrochemicals; power distribution; hazardous goods transportation by rail; underground and aboveground rail; underground mines; bulk shipping and banks.
As an international media commentator she has commentated for BBC World Service and other news outlets on extreme threats – Chinese spy balloon over USA nuclear missile site, uranium package at London Heathrow airport, cyber; terrorism; aviation losses; nuclear reactor explosions; Kabul 2021 evacuation; South China Sea; Polonium-210 and Novichok poisonings, Beslan siege; Iran; DPRK; USA Presidential security abroad; Covid-19, unexplained incidents such as MH370 and chemical incidents.

Dr Leivesley has held international scientific meetings on issues of catastrophic risk including risks of emerging nuclear weapons, infrastructure resilience including cyber, Covid-19 solutions and hazardous near-earth objects.
She was director of two disaster recovery units in Australia (weather and chemical incidents) and trained by British Home Office as Scientific Advisor holding a Cold War appointment as on all aspects of nuclear war.
PhD London University; Member of the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists RSES; International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigator; Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, and the British Information Assurance Advisory Council Community.