Global Risk Firm, Ecuador
Client: Top Global Risk Consulting Firm.
Location: Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Mission: Provide protective services for a group of executives from a foreign hedge fund taking over physical assets from local hostile management. TSS Latam was contacted by the Risk Consulting firm with an urgent request to deploy a consultant who could put together a team locally to protect their clients during a potentially explosive takeover process.
Specific Mission Tasks
- Source a protective team locally.
- Design a physical security system for the local office.
Major challenges:
- Source a capable team in a city where resources for this type of mission are scarce.
- Put together a swift evacuation for an executive who received a credible life threat via SMS.
TSS deployed a bilingual consultant for two three-week tours. In the first tour the consultant put a security detail together using his regional network. Provided permanent security support for the group and evacuated one of the members of the group who had received a life threat due to the actions they had started against the local management. During the second tour, the consultant designed a physical security system along with protocols for the local offices.
Mission was completed successfully. Assets were taken over and are currently run by local management. Executives returned home safely.