Personnel

Service specialists

Blayze personnel are predominately ex officers (including army & police), plus civilian specialists. As a disciplined team their combined skill sets bring synergy and a comprehensive investigative capacity.

Two of the Blayze specialist services are surveillance and undercover assignments. As a consequence anonymity is vital. Blayze personnel skill sets are described here without identifying the people concerned.

Skill set 1

Intelligence Officer with training & experience in surveillance and image capture; service with pool of UK Specialist Scientific Intelligence Officers run by the Defence Intelligence Service. Operational ‘Black Arts’ experience in various tactical environments using state-of-the-art communication means and encoding & encryption.

Skill set 2

Female detective with a notable ability in questioning techniques; she has a gentle assertive manner and supreme tact.

Skill set 3

Health Services Senior Level Manager & Consultant, with many years Pharmaceutical industry exposure working at global project level. Familiar with leading-edge concepts and research in biology & medicine, pharmacology and pathology, organic chemistry including industrial (scale-up) processes, medical gas testing. Customer focused with significant experience working with senior management and directors.

Our Dr E Bliss is registered with the Expert Witness Directory and Referral Service in the fields of drugs, doping, pharmacology and pharmacy. An experienced Health Services manager, he later accumulated further consultant exposure in the pharmaceutical industry at a global project level. He is familiar with many leading-edge concepts and research in biology & medicine. Dr Bliss‘ background experience of working with senior management and directors enables him to relate well to medical and legal Clients‘ needs. Read his Expert Witness Directory entry.

Skill set 4

Specialist in technical surveillance: using electronic devices to covertly gather information. Core skills in audio surveillance, covert CCTV and covert tracking.

Experience includes law enforcement operations to counter serious and organised crime.

Skill set 5

Former Royal Marines Officer of 12 years service with operational experience in multi-national and diverse environments, in intelligence & battlefield assets coordination. Many years experience in the commercial security sector. Qualified SIA licensed Close Protection operator. Strong communication skills, with extensive experience of liaison at a senior level in the milatary, ambassador service, United Nations & foreign Government staff.

Skill set 6

Experienced & licensed technical consultant with previous background as an electronics engineer. Specialises in CCTV, access control, computer networking; cutting edge tools for internal and external property protection.

Skill set 7

A technical operator with primary skills in external property protection especially in gates & doors, and external CCTV installation.

Skill set 8

Surveillance Specialist with 16 years in police service and 9 years in Royal Corps Signals. Considerable experience and training in: covert operations, surveillance & investigation; intelligence gathering & analysis; tracking techniques; police driver (class 1 qualified); video techniques - both overt and covert e.g. using body worn video equipment. With an impressive record of successful operations he has worked on large scale operations for corporations in London, gathering surveillance intelligence.

Skill set 9

Security Consultant with extensive experience of: all types of locks; safes (safe breaking technology & techniques); security cameras (both covert and overt); close protection of personnel (bodyguarding); advanced driving; underwater search (qualified diver); aerial photography (qualified pilot - fixed wing and helicopter).

Skill set 10

Ex-Army officer with varied intelligence background including experienced use of “state-of-the-art” cameras; aggressive “methods of entry”; superlative interpersonal interactive skills (handling aggressive & violent people).

Skill set 11

Fraud investigator, particularly research fraud relevant to the Pharmaceutical Industry. Medical / personal injury / insurance claims investigation.

Skill set 12

Legal process servers.

Skill set 13

Family history tracing. Genealogist.

Skill set 14

Project Office Manager providing administrative support.

Skill set 15

Access to a range of other specialisms. e.g. Forensic Science, Forensic Accounting, Medical Research, Legal Services, Chartered Surveyors & Accountants; both in academic and practice environments.

Training

Blayze personnel are highly trained to ensure we provide you with a professional service.

• Civil investigator training through Institute of Professional Investigators and the Association of British Investigators.
• Skill specific training through the services.
• MA programme participant in Security Management at Loughborough University.
• Professional links with a number of other UK Universities.

Professional Associations

Principals of Blayze hold memberships of relevant professional associations.