Senior Management

 

Graeme Gibbon-Brooks

 

Graeme Gibbon-Brooks is  Dryad's Chief Executive and a former Mine Clearance Diver and Above Water Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy. Prior to leaving the service Graeme spent over a year researching, for the service, the nature, behaviour and challenges posed by the piratical, terrorist and Human Trafficking threat. He has served extensively in the Middle East and East Africa and his experiences in these theatres led to the development of many of Dryad's products. Graeme is a renowned expert on maritime threats and lectures widely as well as regularly offering specialist subject matter expertise to UK and international media organisations.

 

Prof Max Taylor

 

Max Taylor is Professor of International Relations at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews. He is a Legal and Forensic Psychologist with wide international experience of research and consultancy in the area of terrorism and terrorist behaviour, including consultancies for Government and Private companies, and legal and forensic court work. His books include The Terrorist (1988), The Fanatic (1991), Terrorist Lives (with E. Quayle: 1994) and Future Developments of Terrorism (with J. Horgan: 2000).

 

Jim Kelman

 

Jim Kelman was an official in the US Department of State for over 30 years. He has extensive experience of the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. He has served in US embassies in Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, Cairo, Bonn, and Manama (Bahrain). He has also served with the U.S. Mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency, in Vienna. Jim is Dryad's Director of North American Operations.