James Wood
Regional Security Director, Northern Europe
United Kingdom
James is our lead security professional in Northern Europe. In this role, James provides strategic security advice, guidance and support to our clients throughout the region on all aspects of our Security service delivery. Prior to this, James led our global Security Consulting Practice between 2019 and 2022, where he oversaw the security consulting support we provide our clients through our services, including consulting on Travel Risk Management, Crisis & Escalation Management, Security Incident Response, Business Continuity and Security Intelligence. He also professionally led a team of 35 security experts who focus on expert consulting engagements with clients in their geographic regions of responsibility, as well as thought leadership, operational delivery and oversight and delivery of our solutions.
A certified Business Continuity expert through the Business Continuity Institute, James joined International SOS in May 2011 as Coordinating Security Manager for the Asia Pacific region before moving to the Europe Regional Security Centre, with a focus on Europe, Central Asia and West & Maghreb Africa. As part of this role, James also oversaw the business continuity of the 24/7 team, ensuring continuous service and support to our clients, developing, and refining processes to meet our clients’ needs.
Prior to joining International SOS, James was a police officer with Thames Valley Police, UK. Having spent time as a uniformed officer in Oxfordshire dealing with incidents ranging from large scale protests to murders, he then moved to a specialist detective unit investigating acquisitive crime throughout the southeast of England. While in this post he also organised and conducted surveillance, investigation, and disruption operations, gathering intelligence and targeting Organised Crime groups throughout the Thames Valley area and with other UK police services.
James has a BA (Hons) in French and History from the University of Warwick, specialising in French foreign policy and American politics and is a member of both the Security Institute and the Business Continuity Institute.
A certified Business Continuity expert through the Business Continuity Institute, James joined International SOS in May 2011 as Coordinating Security Manager for the Asia Pacific region before moving to the Europe Regional Security Centre, with a focus on Europe, Central Asia and West & Maghreb Africa. As part of this role, James also oversaw the business continuity of the 24/7 team, ensuring continuous service and support to our clients, developing, and refining processes to meet our clients’ needs.
Prior to joining International SOS, James was a police officer with Thames Valley Police, UK. Having spent time as a uniformed officer in Oxfordshire dealing with incidents ranging from large scale protests to murders, he then moved to a specialist detective unit investigating acquisitive crime throughout the southeast of England. While in this post he also organised and conducted surveillance, investigation, and disruption operations, gathering intelligence and targeting Organised Crime groups throughout the Thames Valley area and with other UK police services.
James has a BA (Hons) in French and History from the University of Warwick, specialising in French foreign policy and American politics and is a member of both the Security Institute and the Business Continuity Institute.