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An MBA graduate and Intelligence and Security subject matter expert, Emma leads Mitie’s Intelligence, Risk, Counterespionage, Close Protection and specialist services team.

She started her career in the Royal Military Police and later moved to UK Government before founding Esoteric Ltd, a global specialist counter-espionage and TSCM provider and consultancy, in 1998. Establishing Esoteric as the trusted counter-espionage adviser for public and commercial organisations around the world, Emma joined Mitie in 2021 upon its acquisition of Esoteric Ltd to develop and lead our newly formed Intelligence Services division.  

Emma is a woman of many firsts, including the first military policewoman to serve in the United Nations and the first female Chartered Security Professional (CSyP). She was also the first female Chair of the Security Institute, and the first and inaugural Chair of the Security Commonwealth. She has won numerous awards and is an active participant in the development of industry standards and best practice techniques for technical security countermeasures including Skills for Security National Occupational Standards and National Security Inspectorate Codes of Practice. 

Emma’s involvement with the security profession covers numerous sectors and she interacts with security professionals in various capacities. Emma is currently Board Director of Defence Industry Security Association (DISA) and Deputy Chair of the UK TINYg (Terrorist Information Network) Advisory Council. She is also a judge on a number of Industry Awards. Emma is also a Non-Executive Director of Cyber Security Challenge UK.