Kenneth Guest Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Speaker, strategy advisor, author and consultant.Afghan experience spans 1979 (outbreak of the Soviet/Afghan War) to the present day. Ken has also covered conflicts in The Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Cambodia, The Congo, Sudan, The Philippines, Croatia, Bosnia, Iran/Iraq War, West Africa, Colombia, & The Gulf.Ken was based full time in Afghanistan beginning 2007 to the end of 2009, as a security consultant and independent analyst. After return to UK he has continued to contribute to the debate on Afghanistan.• Speaker -- UK Joint Services Command & Staff College- 3 Cdo. Brigade, Stonehouse- Defence Cultural Studies Unit• Author – - Co-Author with Lt Col RAM Seegar & L Morgan Edwards "A Better Path to Peace" - written evidence for Parliamentary Defence Select Committee - Afghanistan. Nov 2012 - “The Dynamic Interplay between Religion & Armed Conflict in Afghanistan” – ‘Red Cross International Review’, Cambridge University Press- Co-Author with Lt Col RAM Seegar. “Fighting for the Future – Local Governance & Security in Afghanistan” – commissioned for US DoD at request of US Defence Sec - Robert Gates- Briefing paper for HM Gov. conference on Afghanistan (London, Jan 2010), presented by Lt. Col. Justin Holt, Royal Marines- Co-Author with Lt Col RAM Seegar & L Morgan Edwards – “The Tribal Path – A Better Alternative”- Author – Afghanistan Monitor - Aegis- Author – Reform of the Private Security Industry within Afghanistan - for Afghan Interior Ministry- Principal Author - House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Report - 8th Report of session 2008-09- Author - USAID/OTI feasibility study & budget for Trans-border regional analysis, Afghanistan• Consultancy–- Transparency International (Defence & Security)- RUSI- Next Century Foundation (Conflict Resolution)- National Coalition for Dialogue with the Tribes of Afghanistan - policy advisor- Aynak Victims Council (Lohgar Tribes) - strategy advisor- Afghan Support Group - founder member- Aegis

West Africa, Gulf Of Aden & Indian Ocean

Full compliance with certification for ISO 28007.* IRTC, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Guinea. Risk Assessment, crew training, journey planning, vessel hardening/preparation and response procedures in accordance with IMO Guidelines, UNCLOS 1982, SUA 1988, ISPS / ISM Code and BMP 4.*Security Auditing and installation of primary anti-piracy measures, drills and crew training on new vessels for Shell and others.*Solo Liaison coordinating Togo Navy Armed Defence Team & local National Security (Gulf of Guinea). Bunkering Operations*Team Leader on Oil Rig Support Vessel (Super Large Multifunctional Anchor Handling /Tug/Supply and Sub Sea Service Vessel) attached to Total’s Prime FPSO, Nigeria.• Team Leader on BW Danube when attacked - 15th Nov 2011. http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/39038

Afghanistan

Regional Security Consultant deployed to the USAID funded ASMED Aid program, with management responsibilities in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad. *Recruitment and training of local national security. *Creation of SOPs and Risk Assessment for full range of security threats to ASMED compounds.*Monitoring threat level on local, regional and national level*Client liaison and briefing*Mission planning, post-mission evaluations, incident investigations• Key member of hostage negotiation team tasked to meet with Taliban in Nov 08, for direct face to face talks to secure the release of an Afghan National security guard working on a US Aid program and freelance Dutch journalist Joanie de Rijke. Successful negotiated release of hostages.

Various Locations Wordwide

Soviet/Afghan War & Other ReportageKen’s experience in Pakistan and Afghanistan began with the advent of the Soviet Afghan War, working as a freelance journalist/cameraman. He covered the Soviet Afghan War for 10 years, making 36 trips with the Mujahidin and spending in all over three and half years inside Afghanistan. This meant more time inside, on foot and over all terrain types in all seasons than any other Western observer of that conflict. These trips could be up to four months in duration and involved the observational advantages of walking with the Mujahidin through Badakshan, Bamyan, Bhaglan, Ghazni, Hazzarjut, Helmand, Kunar, Kabul, Kandahar, Laghman, Kapsia, Logar, Nangrahar, Nursitan, Paktia, Paktika, Panjshir, Pawarn, Takhar, Urzgun, Wardak, Zabul. This placed him in close cohabitation with his Afghan hosts through all phases of the Soviet-Afghan War, allowing a unique grass roots perspective of the evolution of the Soviet approach and Afghan response. His Afghan travels involved time with commanders such as Jalaluddin Haqqani (now leader of the Haqqani Network), Rahim Wardak (later Afghan Minister of Defence) and the legendary Ahmed Shah Massoud. He also knew the prime Pushtun Commander, Abdul Haq, very well throughout the duration of the conflict. He continued to cover Afghanistan in the following period and his documentary (original concept/ investigative journalist/cameraman) - “Abdul Haq: The Life and Death of An Afghan Warrior” won the Royal Television Society’s ‘Best Investigative Documentary Award’ 2003. Ken also reported on conflicts in Lebanon (with the US Marines, Israeli IDF, Lebanese Christian Phalange and Muslim Mourabitoun, Druze and Palestinian PLO and PLFP organisations), Israel (West Bank), Kurdistan, Cambodia (with the KPNLF, ANS and Khmer Rouge guerrillas), Colombia, Congo, conflicts in former Yugoslavia (Croatia and Bosnia), Iran/Iraq War (both sides), First Gulf War, Liberia, Philippines and Sudan.

Cambodia

Contracted by United Nations to record (on film) the pivotal work of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and the Cambodian electoral process. UNTAC was envisioned at the time as the UN blueprint for any future rehabilitation and reconciliation in a post conflict nation. Ken was granted complete access to every aspect of the operation at all levels of deployment from UN Deputy Secretary General, Yasushi Akashi, downwards.

Northern Ireland, Norway, Uk

• Mountain & Arctic Warfare • Royal Marine Free Fall Parachute Display Team (founder member)• Unarmed Combat Display Team• Abseil Display Team • Basic Norwegian Language Course• GSM - Northern Ireland deployment• RM Marksman