Sydney Gliserman Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Client-facing leadership role focusing on crisis management, security consulting, and the intersection with environment, social and governance (ESG) risks: working with organisations to develop and implement responsible security, risk and resilience structures that have no undue impact on workforces, communities, or the environment.

Dakar, Senegal

• Established Control Risks office in Dakar, including overseeing logistics, leading recruitment efforts, and managing new team
• Oversaw delivery of risk management consulting, including risk assessments and treatment plans, site security assessments, crisis management reviews and trainings, and operational security services (e.g. secure.
• Oversaw delivery of risk management consulting, including risk assessments and treatment plans, site security assessments, crisis management reviews and trainings, and operational security services (e.g. secure.
• Responsible for leading, developing business development efforts focused on Francophone West Africa Show less

Dakar, Senegal

London, United Kingdom

• Led relaunch of crisis management structure, including associated change management activities, communications, and training and exercising agenda
• Implemented lessons learned from large-scale exercise activities on site
• Managed team of eight employees

London, United Kingdom

• Planned and executed scenario and command and control arrangements for live armed attack exercise with 2000+ participants
• Responsible for evaluating and implementing lessons learned from above exercise
• Contributed to crisis plans for variety of incident and threat types, and produced relevant trainings and exercises
• Acted as part of business resilience on-call roster, responding to incidents as needed

• Editor (Jul. – Sept. 2015 and Apr. - Sept. 2017, London, United Kingdom): Editing security briefings and consulting work for corporate clients globally
• Coordinating Security Information Manager (Sept. – Nov. 2015, Washington D.C.): Driving and supervising the production of analytical content, aiding in the production of bespoke client briefings and security consulting.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Embedded consulting role at large US-based hospitality client
• Crisis planning and management: completed major update of all organization crisis plans (hotel and corporate level), managed crisis-related vendors and services, planned and facilitated crisis exercises, coordinated.
• Security: developed risk-based approach to implementing security measures globally, contributed to operational security policies and procedures at the hotel and corporate… Show more
• Security: developed risk-based approach to implementing security measures globally, contributed to operational security policies and procedures at the hotel and corporate level, including evacuation planning Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Produced analytic short- and medium-term impact, client-facing briefings on global security developments
• Compiled information on immediate impact during crisis situations, producing reports comprised of analysis and security advice under tight deadlines
• Developed an understanding of a variety of long-term trends and security threats, particularly in West and Sub-Saharan Africa

Greater Boston Area

• Member of the National Board as Program Committee Co-chair from July 2012 - March 2014
• Represented organization at “United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: Ten Years Later” conference in Stockholm, Sweden and at the 2012 Commission on the Status of Women at the UN in New York City
• Presented on youth activism at organization’s 2011 international congress in San Jose, Costa Rica

Greater Boston Area

• Conducted research and produced detailed reports on countries’ security, health, and travel information, with a focus on the Middle East and Africa

Master Of Science (Msc) In Risk, Disaster And Resilience

Dissertation Topic: Risk perception of the Nigerian oil and gas industry: comparing militant threats Relevant Courses: Risk and.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Affairs, Middle East Studies, History

Activities and Societies: Political Review Writer & Domestic Section Deputy Editor International Study: - Jordan (Summer 2012): Jordanian.