Philip Kennington - Senior Managing Consultant, Crisis24 (Australia)

Philip is based in Australia and brings a wealth of regional and global security experience.  Over the last 30 years, Philip has led Product Risk, Security, and Crisis Management projects in all major Asia Pacific countries for a wide range of clients. He has also held senior risk management roles in the Banking, Telecommunications,  High Tech, and Energy sectors.  He has been heavily involved the full range of ‘resiliency’ projects including Crisis Management and Communications, Business Continuity, Evacuation Planning and execution as well as training delivery and simulation.  Philip has also been deeply involved with leading corporate investigations in fraud, complex due diligence, and managing sensitive internal issues for corporations. As a Regional Security Director for several international companies he prepared and lead the company in response to man-made crises and natural disasters.  He previously spent six years as a Royal Marines Commando operating in Internal Security and Arctic Warfare environments. He holds a Master’s degree in Security and Risk Management and is a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Over the past three months, Philip has been deployed to Eastern Europe where he was responsible for managing the ground operations for major international companies evacuating from Ukraine and facilitating the return of Ukrainian citizens returning after the initial invasion.