Oliver Schofield Email & Phone Number

Cheshire

Indian Ocean / Nigeria

Responsible for the safety and protection of all vessels and crew, from bulk carriers to private yachts. As a team leader my roll included the full administration of a small professional team of upto 6 highly trained officers. Roll also included giving a full safety brief and responsible for training and Piracy drill for all ships crew and officers. • Team Leader• Skilled in ship defences • Navigation• Weapons Training• Team management / Administration

London, United Kingdom

Senior Operations Manager, McKenzie Arnold Securityresponsible for training and managing a security team consisting of 24 multi nationals with a team leader and 2ic’s, deployed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London managing crowds up to 250,000 strong across one of the busiest sectors around the Olympic Park. During this time I have also been a member of the Olympic Bronze Response team QRF, providing Close Protection for various celebrities, officials and Olympians.Have successfully conducted risk assessments and briefed head of Olympic security with regard to potential security threats and implemented an effective force to deal with such possibilities.

3rd Battalion The Parachute RegimentDeploymentsAfghanistan (OP Herrick 8) 2008Operated in the Kandahar ProvinceTasked with providing medical support and protection to non-combatantsResponsible for searching compounds, vehicles and any suspect areas in order to rid the country of terrorist activityPart of specially selected team tasked with protecting vital engineering equipment whilst on a highly hostile routeOman 2009Platoon signaller/2iCTasked with providing communications to a 30 man team whilst under intense conditionsResponsible for a 4 man team conducting road moves, medical training, survival training and navigational trainingKenya 2010Deployed as team medic in a specially trained fire support detachmentResponsible for the transportation of the battalions fire support ammunitionAssisted with a large equipment account providing