Robert Lowry Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

Working for an FCA Authorised Payment Institution, that has full Open Banking/PSD2 permissions, an RTGS account with the Bank of England, and is also a BACS Approved Bureau.Regulatory Compliance Officer: a Financial Conduct Authority assessed person; member of the PayUK Joint Security Committee, member of the UK Faster Payments Scheme Operations Committee and Credit Payment Recovery Participant Group; and Safeguarding Operator with Bank of England accounts access.Responsible for Foresight and Resilience programme and Money-Laundering Reporting Officer. Developed Management Information systems and processes including: Project and Programme management with integrated Task and SWOT Management, risk register, compliance management, outsourcing governance and business continuity and disaster recovery planning; Integrated Counter-Financial Crime Management covering anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and Suspicious Activity Reporting; and Information Security Management. Developed business process control systems for customer workflow, document control, process improvement, staff induction, and staff Communication Training and Awareness. Also Manager of Client Services Department.

Consulting, lecturing and writing on political risk and security issues for private clients, postgraduate students, military personnel and specialist publications, including for Jane's Information Group, Arabies Trends, University of Aberdeen Conflict and Security Studies Programme, Middle East Security Report, Gulf Security Report. Developer of innovative Reda Currency System using pre-audited money and cereal-backed currency.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Developer of the Redteamer Dynamic Scenario Planning System and crisis management capability to share, sort and filter information that is relevant at strategic, tactical and operational levels of command for planned and unplanned events, as well as simulations. Provider of common operational picture for Integrated Emergency Management and Business Continuity.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Subcontracted to BP North Sea HQ and Apache North Sea. Located in BP Emergency Response Centre.

Terrorism and Security Monitor, Islamic Affairs Analyst, Gulf States Sentinel, East Mediterranean Sentinel, North Africa Sentinel (Editor)

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Collating, editing and publishing political opinions in English, French and Arabic from more than 100 contributors.

Cairo

Cairo

Also on Central Desk Editorial team from before Issue 1, and latterly a contributor.

Msc, Emergency Planning Management

Including campus-based courses taught at the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College

Ma (Soc Sci), Politics, International Relations, French, Computer Science, Geography

Postgraduate Certificate, Journalism