Control Risks Group

Control Risks Group (CRG) is a private security company, based out of London, that was founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of the Hogg Robinson insurance and travel group, becoming the first company to provide advice to clients involved in kidnap situations. CRG began with the hiring of three SAS officers: Maj. David Walker, Arish Turle, and Simon Adams-Dale. Walker would go on to co-found Saladin Security and Keenie Meenie Services of Iran/Contra noteriety. Turle would go on to co-found the Risk Advisory Group after a stint at Kroll, Inc.'s office in London.

According to their website, in 1980-81, five members of the management team negotiated a buyout of the company and became an independent employee majority-owned company. Currently, the company is 82% owned by its employees. In 1995, CRG added an investigative division, and by 2003 they had become an international company with more than 600 employees and 18 offices around the world.

CRG's four main operating areas are: Political and security risk analysis, confidential investigations, security consultancy, and crisis reponse. The majority of their clients are large multi-nationals; they state that more than 90 per cent of the FTSE 100 use one or more of their services.

CRG has a long history of working with the energy sector, covering ground in Algeria, Angola, Congo, Nigeria, Russia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Sudan and Yemen. The main services they provide include political and security risk assessments, supplying site security managers for dangerous projects and kidnap and evacuation consultancy. In Iraq the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have used CRG to provide armed guards for staff in Baghdad, Basra and elsewhere.

CRG is a member of the British Association of Private Security Companies and the Private Security Company Association of Iraq.

Clients & advice

 * CRG has provided services for the UK government, Bechtel and Halliburton in Iraq


 * CRG has joined with the Energy Industry Council, the largest Trade Association for British companies that service the world's energy industries


 * CRG prepared a War, Terrorism and Political Violence briefing released by Hiscox Syndicates in October of 2004. The briefing examines the trouble regions around the world, recent acts of violence, and assessments for the near future.


 * July 30, 2004, CRG announces the release of their new travel product CRTravelTracker. This online product will allow companies to locate and advise their employees around the world through consolidating all their travel information and integrating it with all the relevant information pertaining to the region they are visiting.


 * In 1992, CRG warned their client Unocal regarding their project in Burma that the government "habitually makes use of forced labor to construct roads" and concluded that Unocal and its partners would have "little freedom of manoeuvre."

Directors and officers

 * Jonathan Fry: Chairman
 * Nigel Churton: Vice-Chairman
 * Richard Fenning: Chief Executive Officer
 * Michael Martin: Chief Financial Officer
 * Alison Crosland: Director Information Services
 * Eric Westropp: Board Director
 * John Conyngham: Global director of investigations
 * Mike Horner: Director Asia-Pacific
 * Robin Baillie: Non-executive Director pdf
 * Christopher Kemball: Non-executive Director
 * Sir Michael Rose (former SAS commander): Non-executive Director
 * Jim Drinkhall: Associate Director of Investigations

Contact
LONDON (Head office) Control Risks Group 4th Floor Cottons Centre Cottons Lane London SE1 2QG UK Tel: +44 20 7970 2100 Fax: +44 20 7970 2222 Email: crlondon AT control-risks.com Web: http://www.control-risks.com

AMSTERDAM Control Risks Benelux BV Keizersgracht 638 1017 ES Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: + 31 20 620 9585 Fax: + 31 20 620 5360 cramsterdam AT control-risks.com

BERLIN Control Risks Deutschland GmbH An den Treptowers 1 12435 Berlin Germany Tel: + 49 30 533288 - 0 Fax: + 49 30 533 28899 crberlin AT control-risks.com

BOGOTÁ Control de Riesgos S.A. (Correspondence through the London office) The Cottons Centre Cottons Lane London SE1 2QG Tel: + 57 1 636 0840 Fax: + 57 1 610 1717 crbogota AT control-risks.com

JAKARTA PT ROH - Control Risks Group Mid Plaza 1 Building, 12th Floor JI. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 10-11 Jakarta 10220 Indonesia Tel: +62 21 570 7641 Fax: +62 21 570 7645 crjakarta AT control-risks.com

LOS ANGELES Control Risks Group LLC 550 S.Hope Street Suite 2330 Los Angeles CA 90071 USA Tel: +1 213 996 7560 Fax: +1 213 624 1634 crlosangeles AT control-risks.com

MANILA Control Risks (Philippines) Inc 15th Floor Citibank Tower Cor. Valero & Villar St. Makati Philippines Tel: + 63 2 810 7607 Fax: + 63 2 810 8120 crmanila AT control-risks.com

MELBOURNE Control Risks Group Pty Ltd 1A Yarra Street South Yarra Victoria 3141 Australia Tel: + 61 3 9826 5540 Fax: +61 3 9826 9560 crmelbourne AT control-risks.com

MEXICO CITY Control Risks Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Correspondence through the London office The Cottons Centre Cottons Lane London SE1 2QG Tel: +52 55 5540 6006 Fax: +52 55 5540 0438 crmexico AT control-risks.com

MOSCOW Control Risks Group 1-aya Ulitsa Yamskogo-Polya 9/13 Office 303 125124 Moscow Russia Tel: + 7 095 232 5690/1 Fax: + 7 095 232 5692 crrussia AT control-risks.com

NEW YORK Control Risks Group LLC 19 West 44th Street Suite 412 New York NY 10036 USA Tel: +1 212 967 3955 Fax: +1 212 967 3956 crnewyork AT control-risks.com

SÃO PAULO Control Risks do Brasil Ltda Av. Eng. Luís Carlos Berrini, 1700. 6th Floor. 04571-011 São Paulo, SP Brazil Tel: +55 11 5504 7900 Fax: +55 11 5505 4296 crsaopaulo AT control-risks.com

SHANGHAI Control Risks Group Suite 1207 Lansheng Building 8 Huai Hai Middle Road Shanghai 200021 PR China Tel: +86 21 6319 0105 Fax: +86 21 6319 0103 crshanghai AT control-risks.com

SINGAPORE Control Risks Group (S) Pte Ltd 16 Collyer Quay, #29-02 Hitachi Tower Singapore 049318 Tel: +65 6227 2038 Fax: +65 6227 2062 crsingapore AT control-risks.com

SYDNEY Control Risks Group Pty Ltd Level 6, Barrack House 20 Barrack Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Tel: + 61 2 9279 0099 Fax: + 61 2 9279 3299 crsydney AT control-risks.com

TOKYO Control Risks Group KK 7th Floor Parkside House 2, Ichibancho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0082 Japan Tel: + 81 3 3261 8331 Fax: + 81 3 3261 8332 crtokyo AT control-risks.com

WASHINGTON Control Risks Group LLC 1600 K Street, NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20006 USA Tel: + 1 202 449 3330 Fax: + 1 202 449 3325 crwashington AT control-risks.com

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * British Association of Private Security Companies
 * Private Military Corporations
 * Nigel Churton of Control Risks Group is a director of the International Security Management Association