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Mission Statement
To equip expatriates and international organizations with practical perspective, trusted guidance, and preparedness solutions that enable people to live, work, and travel safely anywhere in the world.
Our Experience
International assignments demand more than good intentions. They require informed decisions, practical preparation, and the ability to adapt when conditions change. Our team brings decades of experience supporting individuals and organizations operating across politically sensitive, remote, and complex environments around the world.
We have advised individuals, companies, and organizations on risk management, crisis preparedness, emergency response, and operational resilience in regions affected by high crime, conflict, civil unrest, natural disasters, public health emergencies, and infrastructure disruptions. Our experience includes developing security frameworks, conducting country risk assessments, supporting personnel during critical incidents, and delivering training that equips internationally mobile professionals and thier families to navigate uncertainty with confidence.
From pre-departure planning to crisis decision-making, we understand the realities of living and working abroad. Our approach combines strategic insight with practical solutions that help expatriates, international organizations, schools, humanitarian agencies, and businesses reduce risk while maintaining continuity of operations. We believe that informed preparation, sound judgment, and resilient leadership enable people to live, work, and travel more safely—wherever their assignments take them.
Crisis Management & Emergency Support
Global Hotspots Monitored
Security Risk Management
Personal & Corporate Security Training
Our team has extensive experience supporting individuals and organizations through some of the most challenging crisis situations encountered overseas. We have advised clients during emergency evacuations caused by armed conflict, civil unrest, political instability, and natural disasters, helping leaders make timely, informed decisions under pressure. Our experience also includes supporting organizations responding to government detention, wrongful detention, kidnapping incidents, and complex repatriation efforts. Working alongside organizational leadership, insurers, crisis response providers, and local partners, we help coordinate effective responses that prioritize life safety, continuity of operations, and the successful return of personnel while minimizing operational disruption and long-term organizational impact.
Our team brings decades of experience delivering security risk management solutions across diverse geographic regions, operating environments, and cultural contexts. We have conducted strategic risk analyses, country and site security assessments, and operational reviews for organizations working throughout Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Our consulting experience spans humanitarian operations, international businesses, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and globally mobile workforces. By combining regional expertise with practical field experience, we help clients identify vulnerabilities, evaluate evolving threats, and implement proportionate security measures that support organizational objectives while enabling personnel to live, work, and travel confidently in complex international environments.
Our team has extensive experience designing and delivering practical safety and security training for expatriates living and working around the world. We prepare individuals, families, organizational teams, and group leaders to recognize risks, make informed decisions, and respond effectively to emergencies in diverse cultural and operational environments. Training topics include personal security, travel safety, residential security, situational awareness, digital security, emergency preparedness, crisis response, and family resilience. Whether preparing for a first overseas assignment or supporting experienced international professionals, our instruction emphasizes practical skills, sound judgment, and confidence, enabling expatriates to live, work, and travel more safely wherever their international assignments take them.
Past Responses
Event: Riot
Response: Extraction
Event: Geopolitical Crisis
Response: On-Field Support
Event: Kidnap for Ransom
Response: Negotiation and Recovery
Expat Safety was contacted by an organization in the Horn of Africa whose expat team members and local employees were attacked by an ideologically motibvated crowd in a remote village during a company program.
In response, the Expat Safety team used their connections with national and international authorities to secure and transport both the expats and local employees and safely relocated them to the capital city and safety.
An organization with workers in a Middle Eastern country was facing increasing threats from internal strife within the country.
In response, Expat Safety dispatched a security team who brought critical safety resources to the clients and provided safety training and theat assessments that allowed the client to remain in country and contiunue operations.
An American citizen was kidnapped in Haiti. Expat Safety was called to provide crisis negotiation and hostage recovery services. Expat Safety deployed a response team to Haiti and successfully negotiated an agreement wiht the kidnappers that led to the safe recovery of the hostage and return to their family in the United States.
