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Andrew is the CEO and co-founder of Osprey, with a strong drive to combine aviation and advanced technology. His leadership has taken the company to new levels in the aerospace sector, thanks to his strategic abilities, inventive ideas, and unwavering commitment. Osprey is now a worldwide leader in aviation security solutions and risk assessment, and Andrew continues to revolutionise the approach to aviation security risk management globally. In 2021 Andrew was named a Top 20 Dynamic CEO by The CEO Publication. After graduating with a degree in engineering, Andrew spent 12 years in the Royal Navy, 6 with UK Special Forces, which included operational tours in all major conflict regions. Leaving the military at the height of the Somali Piracy phenomenon, for 3 years Andrew led the maritime and oil and gas divisions for the industry's largest provider of maritime security. At the same time, he was a member of the steering committee and subsequent Board of Directors for the only international human rights-focused initiative for the security risk management industry. Andrew moved to International SOS and Control Risks in July 2014 to head up the aviation security team. Realising that the industry’s requirement for risk management support had changed in the wake of the MH17 disaster, Andrew founded Osprey Flight Solutions with the aim of driving a quantum shift in the capabilities available to the industry for security risk management, enabled by a focus on cutting edge computing techniques and data-led risk management. Osprey is now recognised across the industry as the leader in open-source risk management data, developing innovative tools to support all operators, no matter their size or resource, in conducting comprehensive and accurate risk management.
As co-founder and Head of Partnerships, Bruce is responsible for the overall direction and vision of the business, driving rapid commercial growth and success across all sectors. With over 15 years’ experience within the aviation industry, Bruce has built a strong reputation as an innovative leader with a proven track record for increasing sales, expansion and profitability in start-up, turnaround and growth environments. Using his extensive experience in leading high-performing teams and establishing strategic partnerships, Bruce directs the Osprey team on all commercially focused activities globally, driving success at a strategic, tactical and operational level. Bruce also works closely with industry bodies to drive a collaborative approach to information sharing with the express purpose of improving aviation safety and security.
As Chief Intelligence Officer, Matt provides strategic direction for Osprey's data collection and analytical output, as well as expert analysis on a wide range of aviation-related issues, with a focus on conflict zone activity. He has 14 years of aviation security and intelligence experience in the public and private sectors. Previously, Matt worked as an intelligence analyst at the MedAire & Control Risks Aviation Security Center. Prior to that, he completed an eight-year enlistment in the US Air Force, serving as an Operations Intelligence Craftsman. During his Air Force career, Matt provided intelligence support to fighter aircraft operations, including a deployment to a location in Southeast Asia; he also completed deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Matt holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Intelligence Studies from American Military University (AMU) and, in August 2015, completed a Master’s Degree in National Security Studies from AMU, followed by a Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Studies in December 2017.
Chris is a co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Osprey. He is responsible for the technological strategy, formulation, development and delivery of Osprey’s software solutions. With an engineering background, Chris blends his critical thinking and problem-solving skills to create innovative products that deliver step-changes in awareness and capability to clients. His career has evolved from designing submarines and exploring the infancy of AI, to corporate strategic visioning and innovation consultancy. Using his vast experience in rapid prototyping and focused design, Chris presides over the product innovation and development for Osprey, delivering fast proof of concepts and breakthrough technology solutions for the business.
As Chief Financial Officer, James’s role is to oversee the financial planning and commercial success of Osprey as well as establishing long term relationships with external stakeholders and investors. James qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2004 and has held a variety of CFO roles over the last 10 years in Private-owned, Listed and Private Equity owned companies within software and technology global businesses. He has also held COO and CEO roles improving the operational and strategic plans within organisations.
As Chief Technology Officer, Kevin oversees the development and enhancement of the Osprey system, coordinating the tech team to ensure consistent and focused delivery of new features and enhancements as well as contributing to Osprey’s ongoing planning initiatives and strategy. With over 30 years of industry experience working across diverse functions, skill levels and geographies, coordinating the creation and delivery of multiple software products. Kevin has held senior positions across multiple sectors, including Rovi Europe (now TiVo), Macrovision and Shalbourne Technology and has a solid foundation in software design and development having spent the first 10 years of his career developing desktop, webserver, and mobile-based applications.
As Chief Revenue Officer Richard is responsible for the commercial side of the business including Sales, CS, Partnerships and Marketing. Richard’s core responsibility is to deliver predictable, scalable and sustainable growth of ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue). With over 20 years experience scaling businesses, Richard has a track record of implementing successful go-to-market strategies, data-driven processes and building organisations to drive aggressive growth and expansion goals. Specialising in SaaS, across multiple verticals, Richard has proven results within both start/scale-up and public organisations.
The analysts are an integral part of Osprey. They process all the raw data from our scraper tools to decide whether it gets uploaded as a ping. They write and publish our alerts, monitor situations and events as they occur and provide insight on events for our case studies and articles.
As Head of Analysis, Mark is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the Analysis team, as well as contributing to the analytical output across a wide variety of topics, with particular expertise in aviation terrorism. Prior to joining, Mark worked for the UK government for over 18 years in a variety of roles in the security and intelligence spheres. For the latter part of his government career, he was the senior aviation analyst responsible for providing assessments to the highest levels of the UK government on terrorist threats to aviation globally. As well as extensive cross-government cooperation, this also included engagement with military and commercial aviation entities in the UK and overseas governments on shared areas of aviation security concern.
As Osprey’s Analysis Output Manager, Alexandra (Ally) manages the delivery of all analysis products, including alerts and reports. She also maintains the Osprey Analytical Improvement Programme and is responsible for developing Osprey analysis quality in support of the Head of Analysis. Within the wider business, Ally's role supports marketing efforts via oversight of articles, case studies and other digital content. She also contributes to Osprey's analytical output, with a focus on migration security issues, including human trafficking and people smuggling, as well as in-flight security. She joined from Green Light where she was the sub-editor and regular contributor of the trade journal, Aviation Security International. In addition to her editorial duties, she also participated in delivering training in topics such as unruly passenger management (de-escalation and restraint techniques) and advanced interview techniques. In 2020, she also completed an MA in Forensic Linguistics at Cardiff University, with her dissertation focusing on communication between crew and aggressive airline passengers.
Isobel is an Aviation Security Analyst. In her role, she regularly researches and compiles alerts on a range of aviation security incidents and has a particular interest in narcotics trafficking using illegal flights and aviation-related cyber security incidents. Prior to joining she was a Geopolitical Intelligence Analyst for a travel risk management company, where, in addition to this role, was part of a team that managed an airline safety database. Isobel also holds a master's degree in Security Management from the University of Portsmouth, which she obtained in 2019. For her dissertation, she conducted primary research into the development of performance measurements for Security Management Systems (SeMS) within the aviation sector.
Sean is an Aviation Security Analyst for Osprey Flight Solutions, his role is to assess risks and trends, looking at how ongoing and one-time events can impact the security of operators globally. His main focus is on Africa and Asia, and takes a special interest in the impact that civil unrest, insurgencies and conflict can have on operational security. Sean has worked in the security and travel industry for nearly eight years, and has provided intelligence and analysis on land, maritime and aviation operations, with a special focus on high- and extreme-risk environments, including locations affected by active conflicts, civil unrest and severe criminality. Sean is a graduate of Brunel University, where he earned a Master of Arts in Intelligence and Security Studies with distinction. He also has a Bachelor of Arts in History and American Studies from the University of Winchester.
Mathilde is an Aviation Security Analyst. She has a particular interest in crime perpetrated at aviation facilities and corruption among employees, especially in Latin America. Prior to joining Osprey, Mathilde was a geopolitical intelligence analyst for a strategic intelligence and advisory firm where she specialised in identifying security, financial, regulatory, political and cyber risks to businesses in the Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa. She also worked for a global travel security consultancy company identifying risks to business travellers. Mathilde holds a master’s degree in security, Intelligence, and Risk Management from Sciences Po Lille, France. During her final internship as part of her studies, she worked for a geopolitical consultancy where she developed one of the first case studies examining security threats facing a specific airline.
Logan is an Aviation Security Analyst for Osprey. He provides expert analysis on electronic warfare and air defence weapons with a focus on conflict zone activity. Prior to joining Osprey, Logan worked as an Electronic Warfare Scientist and Engineer, programming sensors for fifth- and sixth-generation military aircraft. He has over 15 years of experience as an Operations Intelligence Craftsman in the US Air Force and is currently a Master Sergeant in the Air National Guard. During his Air Force career, Logan has instructed and developed courseware for the F-35 intelligence formal training unit course, driven intelligence requirements for overhead persistent infrared sensors, and currently leads intelligence training and the mission planning cell for intelligence and fighter aircraft personnel. He has also deployed to Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Korea and Poland to provide intelligence support to experimental multi-intelligence aircraft and fighter aircraft operations.
As Head of Client Success at Osprey, Claire brings a wealth of experience in client-facing commercial roles. Having previously worked as a Customer Success Manager and leader in various SaaS companies of all sizes, Claire possesses a keen understanding of client needs and is dedicated to driving value for every client Osprey partners with. Collaboration is at the heart of Claire's approach. Working closely with all departments, she ensures seamless coordination to provide clients with an exceptional experience. She leads a team of Client Success Managers, together they ensure Osprey’s clients get the outcomes they want by understanding their business, driving impact and co-creating success plans to enable them to implement strategies and tactics that help maximise ROI.
As part of the client success team, Nicola is responsible for creating long-lasting relationships with all Osprey clients and making their experience of the system and business as world-class as possible. Nicola comes to the business with over 15 years of experience in client-facing and customer-related roles. Even though Osprey is her first venture into the aviation industry, Nicola’s passion for service and extensive support background provides a seamless end-to-end journey for all of Osprey’s clients. Nicola believes that all clients, big or small, deserve a superlative voyage to success and that no one journey is more or less important than the next. Her devotion to service and creating the best for all makes her an asset to the Osprey family.
Laura is one of Osprey’s Client Success Managers joining in 2021. She is responsible for managing, creating and nurturing valuable client relationships. She ensures our clients have the best experience in their Osprey journey and always has the customer at the heart of everything she does. Laura brings over 15 years’ experience within account management and customer services roles and is passionate about customer success. She is used to working in and thrives in a high-pressure environment having come from a background in financial services with high-net-worth clients. She brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise working alongside platforms like Osprey, having used similar technology in previous roles. Laura is constantly innovating new ways to improve the customer experience and has been an integral part of implementing new processes to deliver first-class customer services.
As a Client Success Manager at Osprey, Lauren is responsible for ensuring the ongoing partnership with our clients is a success. As a passionate client-focused individual Lauren takes immense pride in creating and nurturing long-lasting relationships with Osprey’s valued clients. Lauren's professional journey began as an Implementation Manager, where she excelled in managing projects effectively. With over a decade of experience, she has gained valuable insights from various client-facing and customer-related roles, which have emphasised the importance of a client-centric approach. Lauren joined Osprey in 2023 and has continued to work diligently to improve the client journey, working collaboratively to help understand the client’s unique needs and create tailored plans to achieve objectives while overcoming any obstacles that may arise. Her dedication and expertise make her an invaluable asset to the client success team.
Tatevik is Osprey’s Senior Vice President of Growth responsible for helping Osprey drive growth across sectors and support in managing key relationships. Tatevik always stays at the forefront of industry trends and emerging technologies, with her visionary approach, she strives to propel the industry forward to embrace innovative technologies for timely decisions. She brings a unique blend of strategic thinking, technical acumen, and perseverance to enable needed change, with a track record that includes driving remarkable growth in two top aviation tech firms prior to Osprey. Most recently she served as the world’s youngest Director General of a Civil Aviation Authority and the first female Director General in Armenia. During her tenure as DG, she led the country through historic times; throughout the global pandemic, warfare testing risk assessment capabilities, and managing risk deriving from social unrest. Tatevik holds a double master’s degree (CEMS MIM) in Management of Innovation and Business Development from Copenhagen Business School & International Management from Stockholm School of Economics. Tatevik is also certified in Aviation Security and Safety Management.
As Senior Client Development Director, Richard is responsible for developing new business opportunities within the Aviation sector. With extensive experience and a deep understanding of both the aviation industry and the software sector, Richard identifies the key opportunities where Osprey’s solution can add significant value to the client’s operation. Since joining Osprey in 2019 he has secured multiple successful contracts across governments, commercial, cargo and business aviation sectors, and has built a strong reputation for delivering exceptional results for clients across the globe.
As Client Development Manager, Marc is successfully growing business in the aviation sector by structuring innovative solutions that overcome challenges encountered by airlines. With a career spanning over 30 years, Marc offers invaluable experience in the insurance, SaaS and security risk management sectors. His continued commitment to delivering exceptional service, coupled with his unwavering dedication to cultivating working relationships helps deliver exceptional results for clients. Since joining Osprey in 2022 Marc’s professionalism, integrity, and enthusiasm have already been key factors in attracting new clients who are seeking long-lasting relationships with a trusted business partner.
Kathryn is a seasoned marketing professional with over two decades of experience, specialising in digital marketing and growth strategies. As the Global Head of Marketing at Osprey, Kathryn is responsible for driving innovative strategies to propel Osprey’s growth in the aviation technology sector. Kathryn brings a wealth of expertise to the table, after five years working for her own agency, consulting for various tech and AI companies, gaining valuable insights and building a strong track record for helping businesses realise their digital potential. It was Osprey's exceptional market offerings and inspiring ethos that led her to join the team. Using her expertise and ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution Kathryn continues to lead impactful marketing campaigns, event execution and public relations, bolstering Osprey's position as a trailblazer in the industry.
As Osprey’s Brand and Design Executive Natalie plays a fundamental role in supporting the marketing team and wider business to accelerate Osprey’s brand recognition and presence across the globe. She manages the brand development and identity, ensuring consistency across all areas of the business by taking responsibility for the production of all brand collateral, advertising designs, social media strategy and graphic design. As well as working with the wider team to plan, execute, and monitor marketing campaigns, strategies, and events. Joining Osprey in 2021 she brings a wealth of marketing knowledge, having worked in a variety of fields within the industry including advertising, website design, social media planning, campaign strategy and content writing. Natalie holds a first-class honours degree in Marketing from the University of Chichester and a CIM Level 4 qualification in Marketing and actively working towards her CIM Level 6 qualification in Professional Marketing.
As Osprey’s Digital Marketing Executive Issie’s primary focus is on achieving measurable results. In her role, Issie plays a pivotal part in devising and executing the company's digital strategy, utilising her extensive knowledge of data-led B2B marketing and acute attention to detail to help deliver engaging, multi-level campaigns that effectively captivate Osprey's target audience. In her current position, Issie spearheads the management of Osprey's website and digital communications, leveraging her expertise to create compelling email communications and refine keyword and search engine optimization strategies to elevate the company's online presence. With prior experience as an SEO Manager and Digital Content Editor, Issie brings a wealth of expertise to her role, enabling her to craft digital-first marketing strategies that are rooted in data analysis, ensuring maximum efficacy and ROI. Beyond her marketing responsibilities, Issie is actively involved with the Partnership team where she works diligently to nurture and strengthen relationships with the company's strategic partners. This collaborative approach exemplifies her ability to seamlessly work with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals and drive success for Osprey.
The Osprey tech team consists of our software engineers, data scientists and testers. This team is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Osprey system, ensuring the system is using the most innovative and up-to-date technology for the best client experience.
As Osprey’s Front-End Engineering Manager Adam is responsible for the user interface of Osprey products and the day-to-day management of the front-end delivery team. Adam is a Chartered Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience in the software industry. His experience has been focused on the delivery of ‘software as a service’ products that provide a range of users from citizens to professionals for both public and private sector clients.
As Osprey’s Back-End Engineering Manager, Ricardo is instrumental in delivering key product milestones. He is responsible for developing, enhancing and improving current and new products and features within the Osprey system and for the day-to-day management of the back-end team. A highly accomplished Developer with over 20 years of experience within the technology sector, Ricardo previously worked as a Team Leader and Software Architect responsible for the entire development process, he joined Osprey in 2021.
As Lead Engineer of the front-end team at Osprey, Alex’s key role is to ensure that our platform is intuitive, user-friendly and performant. Achieving these goals by keeping up with the latest trends and advances in the “website application” space and helping to ensure the product can be extended and worked to meet market and client needs. With over 10 years of experience in the field of software development, including notable positions at a top digital automotive content provider and multiple digital agencies, Alex brings his honed skills in problem-solving solutions, prototyping, and developing proof of concepts for startups in various industries to Osprey. Alex’s day-to-day role consists of ensuring that proposed changes to processes, user interfaces, or product offerings are fit for purpose. Making informed decisions backed by metrics to deliver successful product evolutions and value to customers. Using his problem-solving skills to simplify complex tasks and make them reproducible to help speed up the time-to-market.
As Senior Front-End Developer Ryan is responsible for implementing visual elements that users see and interact with in the Osprey system. Delivering continuous enhancements to provide the best user experience for clients. Ryan initially worked as a freelance and contract web developer helping small businesses modernise their online presence, before joining the British Army as a Communications Systems Engineer for 5 years. He returned to the world of development working on software in events technology, and then frontend development at a digital agency, before joining Osprey in 2022.
As Osprey’s Senior Full Stack Developer Alan focuses on both the back-end and front-end of the system, providing the best solutions to access and process data to build a reliable, scalable and maintainable application. Alan has been a developer for over 6 years, developing his skills as a full-stack developer, working on a wide variety of projects ranging from shopping delivery companies, bespoke property portal management systems and money transfer platforms to NGOs before joining Osprey in 2022.
As a Back-end Developer at Osprey Steve focuses on the back-end of the system, designing and developing reliable, scalable and maintainable solutions to store, process and deliver data to enable our applications to provide the services they do. Steve has worked in web development for over 15 years, developing his skills primarily on the back-end but also on the front-end, working on a wide variety of projects including email marketing, e-commerce, bespoke CMS, booking systems and video processing before joining Osprey in early 2022.
As Principal Data Scientist, Matthew is responsible for leading Osprey's application of Machine Learning and AI approaches across the product range. Utilising his passion for staying up to date with the latest developments in AI to help Osprey deliver on their mission to change aviation risk management. With a wealth of expertise as a Data Scientist spanning over a decade, he has a proven track record of driving the development of AI solutions from research through to production. Before joining Osprey in 2023, Matthew worked across a range of Financial Crime, Fraud and AML projects, with a particular focus on Natural Language Processing.
As a DevOps Engineer, Mark is responsible for building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure at Osprey. After leaving university with a degree in Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security Mark accepted a graduate position with IBM, joining their Associate Scheme to work as a Technical Consultant in Global Business Services. He then went on to train as a DevOps Engineer, becoming competent in various Cloud Computing related tools and software. Before joining Osprey, Mark worked at the Department for Work and Pensions, designing and deploying various applications and services to improve their infrastructure.
As an Automation Tester, Samragi’s main responsibility is to conduct the testing phase of the production process for system developments to ensure that final products meet company standards. Serving as a liaison between developers and customer support, she identifies whether products are functional, reliable, and meet the end user's expectations. Samragi holds a master’s degree from Mohanlal Sukhadia University.
The product team ensure Osprey’s products are fit for purpose and client-focused, they are focused on providing the best user experience of the system by scoping new products, and planning enhancements and developments.
As Osprey's Product Manager, Tom oversees product scoping and development, ensuring that the latest data collection, processing and analytical techniques are integrated into every stage of our risk management process. He has been instrumental in the development of our industry-leading analysis framework, which we use to understand risk and provide actionable intelligence to our rapidly expanding client base. With an academic background in social and political science, Tom has carried out geo-political intelligence gathering in many contexts and has helped develop several threat monitoring programmes. In his previous analysis-focused role, Tom developed an in-depth understanding of the Osprey system, including its practices and clients’ requirements which he uses to develop and enhance our products to deliver a world-class client experience.
As Osprey’s Business Analyst Ben is a key part of our Product Team. A critical thinker and effective communicator, Ben works with all areas of the business to identify, analyse and document complex problems in addition to understanding internal team/client needs, bridging the gap between all areas of the business. Responsible for eliciting and interpreting requirements into understandable development tasks, allowing our engineering team to deliver high-quality products, features and improvements to our clients. Ben has over 7 years of experience in the software industry starting his career as a Quality Assurance Engineer, moving to work across a wide variety of industries/sectors including social media risk intelligence/analysis & online harms, commercial travel, financial services and e-commerce. He is also a certified Scrum Master. This has provided him with a strong foundation of technical knowledge and an understanding of how to effectively communicate with teams on different levels as well as ensuring quality is integrated throughout the product development lifecycle.
As Osprey’s UI/UX designer, Shauna works on the product team where much of her work lies at the intersection of business goals and meeting end-user needs. She helps define requirements for both new products and features coming down the line, as well as improvements on existing ones. These requirements inform the creation of user-friendly components and interfaces via wireframes and detailed designs that support the wider tech team with implementation. Ensuring the end user’s needs are met is always at the forefront. Prior to joining Osprey in 2022, she worked at a digital agency designing lead-generation and e-commerce websites for both B2C and B2B clients. Shauna is a graduate of Maynooth University in Ireland, where she earned a Master of Science in Design Innovation. She also has a Bachelor of Science in Product Design from Technological University Dublin.
The Finance and HR team are the backbone of Osprey, they ensure the business runs smoothly by allocating both the financial and human resources to support our company goals.
As Head of Commercial Finance, Catherine is responsible for helping to shape the Commercial strategy of the business, supporting the Commercial team with all financial aspects of existing and new products and markets including pricing, coordinating Osprey’s business forecast, and supporting the CFO with fund raising and banking activities. With a career that spans across a variety of industries, including financial services, defence, manufacturing, construction and sport, Catherine has developed an exceptional ability for combining financial and commercial acumen to identify and implement strategies for growth and improvement to senior leadership teams. Catherine plays a key role at Osprey by analysing all business trends and potential obstacles to evaluate the company’s financial progress towards achieving its future goals. Catherine is also a qualified management accountant and holds CIMA fellowship.
As Director Risk, Legal and Compliance, Sylvia brings a wealth of experience to the role including comprehensive legal, compliance and risk expertise. After graduating from university Sylvia undertook a traineeship at a law firm in Edinburgh and then continued with the same firm to work in the Corporate Commercial team. Other roles have included working for a Telecom company responsible for procurement before moving to head of northern region legal team. She then joined pharmaceutical and biotech company, Fischer Clinical Services/ Thermo Fisher, as European Counsel covering their business in Europe, Singapore and India & China to set up activities. Sylvia went on to join private military and security company, Aegis, in 2007 as General Counsel and became an executive director and member of Senior Leadership Board and General Counsel when they merged with private security firm, GardaWorld.
Jules is Ospreys' Office Manager and HR Administrator, ensuring that the office operates smoothly and efficiently, along with providing HR related administrative support across the business. Jules has worked in a variety of sectors throughout her career, spending the initial 17 years within the aviation industry as ground and cabin crew at British Airways. She then went on to help set up an office for the England Rugby World Cup, as well as working within the recruitment, satellite communications and pharmaceutical industries, primarily in operational and administration roles.
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