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Keel Strategic

Keel Strategic’s formation in 2010 was the collaborative work of a number of people from across the emerging investment world, military command and business leadership with the common desire for market growth and raising the standard of services in support of this goal. Our products are unique and diverse yet mutually supporting. The calibre and diversity of our people is our bedrock. We are an eclectic mix of business, banking, military, intelligence and law enforcement professionals who believe in the unrelenting pursuit of excellence. We are selective, discrete, ethical and effective.

Our Services

Soteria™

The threat against high profile organisations and individuals has increased, whilst the spectrum 
of attack methods has widened. Keel Strategic understands the complex nature of today’s range
 of threats. We have harnessed our extensive and collective experience and the result is our product Soteria. Developed in close consultation with our existing clients Soteria can deliver Understanding, Training and Contingency against any organisations threat.

The Process

Keel Soteria

Methodology

Objective Outcome
Assess Understand our clients requirements
Assess and understand the operating environment
Fully understand the component nature of our clients threat
Reconnoitre and assess all relevant locations and venues
Assess, understand and liaise with all relevant local interlocutors, partners, official authorities and services
Design Work with our clients to ensure all subtleties are identified and addressed
Presentation of findings to key management
Interactive sessions to ensure a fit for purpose service and delivery
War-Game all courses of action.
Present Strategic Plan for programme delivery and support
Select the necessary delivery team
Build Position the delivery team
Configure the selected training modules
Write and implement the necessary standard operating procedures and protocols.
Shape the necessary contingency options
Rehearse and sign off
Execute Activate all programmes and services.
Train all necessary personnel
Rehearse all contingency services
Assess Constant assessment to understand and update threats, inform
planning and decision making, implement protocol adjustments and
profile amendments

Understanding the Environment

The cornerstone of planning to counter threat is the complete understanding of the operating environment. This understanding must be as broad as the spectrum of threat it presents. Keel Strategic knows that time spent in reconnaissance is time well spent. A key aspect of the ASSESS phase is to get forward and fully evaluate the clients operating environment and identify possible pinch points. The Assess phase can include:

  • Assessing a clients Standard Operating Procedures (if they exist)
  • Understanding the clients operating requirements
  • Assess all existing national and local threats
  • Reconnoiter all related points of entry
  • Reconnoiter all related locations, venues, accommodation, and social sites
  • Reconnoiter all emergency capability and procedures.
  • Vet all associated individuals, partners, companies, and agencies
  • Assess and establish links to all national security capabilities

Training to Counter Threat

Keel Strategic has developed a number of threat mitigation training programmes specifically geared to support international companies, organisations and teams. The Counter Threat Training Programmes are designed to ensure that participants are prepared to face the challenges of visiting operating and completing in a wide range of potentially hostile and challenging environments. Working with our clients Keel Strategic produces Tier 1 programmes attuned to individual organisation requirements.

Unlike most hostile environment programmes, Keel Strategic has ensured that all Counter Threat Training Programmes are interactive with lots of focus on practical learning sessions. This minimises classroom power point and encourages understanding and application of the various skill sets. Lessons and practical sessions are delivered by UK Special Forces Instructors. The programme is constantly adjusted and updated to ensure information and procedure currency and accuracy.

Contingency support

Keel Strategics emergency response services and the supporting elements are designed to ensure effective contingency ‘back up’ for clients whilst traveling and operating overseas. Utilizing land transport, maritime, aviation, tracking, travel management tools, satellite imagery, medical, intelligence, diplomatic, military and civil authorities Keel Strategic can ensure complete contingency coverage in emergency situations including:

  • Production and implementation of bespoke contingency plans
  • Emergency extraction of personnel
  • Safe havens
  • Close Protection Teams
  • Medical evacuation
  • Kidnap and ransom support
  • Trained negotiators
  • National and local authority liaison
  • Tracking and travel management tools

Mission Command™

Mission Command is the delivery of an unsurpassed standard of capability to effectively enable friendly nation state organisations and forces to counter a broad spectrum of threats, both symmetric and asymmetric.

THE PROCESS

THE METHODOLOGY

Objective Outcome
Assess Current capability testing
A completely confidential 3rd party assessment of current capability
Identification of areas for concern and development
Capability measured against current and future threats
Design Command and control (c2) model
Support infrastructure
Communications model (secure strategic to tactical)
Planning and decision making development
Sub-unit development programmes
Build Deployed c2 advisory teams
Expert instructor and mentoring teams
Training the trainer programmes
Exercise Scenarios
Simulation Capability
Execute Crisis management support
Real-time targeting support
Embedded specialist mentors
Assess Continuous assessment process
Lesson identification and capture
Continuous capability development to counter developing threat

Examples of our Programmes include;

COVERT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET DEVELOPMENT

‘Specialist Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SpSR)’ 

Our unique training packages deliver an unsurpassed surveillance and target development capability, completely tailored to the requirement and moulded around the environment and regional demographic back drop. The programme is aimed at Law Enforcement and Intelligence target development, surveillance and reconnaissance units involved in support to intelligence directed operations and has been developed using our extensive target development and cell busting experience gained in the post 9/11 world of counter terrorist operations. The duration of the programme is completely dependent upon existing levels of existing capability. The end result is the delivery of the ultimate national deterrent, a proven ‘end to end’ capability to counter cells of terrorists, criminals and insurgents aiming to destabilising governments of friendly foreign nations.

COUNTER TERRORIST [CT] PROGRAMME

‘All environments against all options’

Our CT Programme is designed from a number of modular phases allowing us to take a student from basic to advanced CT operator with the culmination of multi-option training, tailored to suit local threats, host nation infrastructure and assessed vulnerability. The programme is aimed at Law Enforcement paramilitary units and Military Special Forces Units. All of the modules are delivered by our Special Forces Tier 1 CT instructors each with vast operational experience in all elements of urban, rural and maritime TTPs. Modules include; stronghold assault, breaching, demolitions, assault EOD, medical and sniping. Our additional ‘command and control’ module combined with our national interagency programme ensures a complete ‘end to end’ advisory and mentoring package. As with all of our programmes, our equipment advisories and procurement services are included and kept within stipulated parameters on required capability.

EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD)

‘Encompassing Weapons Forensics and Exploitation’

Our EOD and WFE programme delivers capability through a series of modular courses designed to take a student from basic ordinance disposal to advanced device technical attack with equipment support. To complete the package we offer a weapons forensics and exploitation module. The syllabus has been developed by our high threat qualified EOD/WE Operators with unsurpassed operational experience in ordinance disposal and weapons exploitation in Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan and UK domestic CT. The programme is aimed at Law Enforcement and Military EOD units. As with all of our programmes, our equipment advisories and procurement services are included and tailored to support the specific training package.

Mission Command areas of expertise include;

  • Intelligence Development and Targeting
  • Conventional Military Training (Land/Sea/Air)
  • Elite Military Training (Land/Sea/Air)
  • Counter Terrorist Training
  • Paramilitary and Law Enforcement Training
  • Counter Narcotics
  • Strategic Command and Control (In association with McChrystal Group)
  • National Security and Interagency Command and Fusion (In association with McChrystal Group)
  • National Crisis Management
  • National key decision maker development (training and mentoring)

Cohesion™

Keel Strategic know all about project delivery in difficult locations. Through our knowledge and experience we have been able to develop Cohesion, a product that provides quality human resource support to the natural resource and energy markets.

Its modular design can competitively deliver everything from single subject matter expert placements to ‘turn key’ human resource solutions in support of projects anywhere around the globe.

Cohesion is about unity of effort. The success or failure of a project is dependent upon it’s team. From project management to locally employed staff, the cohesion of a team is vital.  It’s in our DNA and our company has been built through cohesion.

The Process

Keel Cohesion

METHODOLOGY

Objective Outcome
Assess Understanding the intricacies of the requirement
Assisting and advising on project HR planning
Production of bespoke HR delivery plans
Production of staff preparation and deployment training plans
Design Reach across a broad spectrum of natural resource HR
Know and understand the capabilities of our contracting team
Design bespoke and cohesive HR solutions to unique projects delivered in unique environments
Monitor and adjust our selection process in line with client’s requirements.
Build In-house and networked based
Subtle but extensive
Inherent element of Keel Strategics unique recruitment service to our clients
Constantly monitored and adjusted
Execute Every aspect of the team’s requirements.
Payroll and accounting support.
Travel/Visa support.
Exemplary assurance/insurance cover
Medical assessments and ‘fit to travel’ certification
NOK/medical emergency support
In-country life support packages
Hostile environment staff preparation
Specific staff training packages
Local national staff development programmes (VPSHR) & (NIBOSH)
Assess In conjunction with our clients we continuously assess our teams
We test and adjust our practices in accordance with each requirement
Specialists in mentoring programmes we implement and mange effective project capability glide paths

Consultation

We deliver what you as the client want. We engage in the planning early. We aim to understand and contribute to the delivery of solutions. This process is critical to our mutual understanding of
the requirement. Through early engagement Keel Strategic can best deliver a ‘fit for purpose’ HR solution to any scenario.

Selection

We take the selection of our people very seriously. We understand the natural resource industry and the people required to make it work. Our links across a wide spectrum of international
industry experts ensures that we have access to the best professionals in the specific fields of Project Management, Logistics, Health and Safety, Security and Medical Support. Unlike our
competitors, we actually deploy selection teams forward to assist with local human resources selection, conducting in-country selection processes and ensuring we build teams fit for purpose.

Vetting

A key part of a project success is reliant upon knowing your team. Understanding who you have and how to get the most from them is critical to team cohesion. Our vetting processes are subtle
and extensive. We deploy teams forward to vet on site and assisting with the delivery of local national HR solutions.

Management and Development

Cohesions approach to the management and development of Our Placements and your team is comprehensive and progressive. We offer a ‘turn key ‘ package to our clients that includes, full payroll and accounting support. A market leading package of health and benefit cover, including cover in hostile environments. A full travel and visa assistance service to safely and efficiently get your team to task. Our preparatory programs ensure that Placement individuals are fully ready to deploy. It includes full medical screening, Hostile Environment Training (HET), bespoke and current regional and specific country briefs, up-to-date threat and risk assessments. Through our partners we can provide full medical and medical evacuation support to any project team anywhere.

Our local national staff development programmes can be delivered on site and through an extensive range of languages. We can deliver training across a wide range of expertise and can configure our deployable training teams to meet the requirement. Cohesions expertise in design and implementation of mentoring programmes will ensure a cost effective and efficient ‘glide path’ to a capable and cohesive local project team.

Assessment and Adaptation

Unlike many HR providers, Cohesion is not about hiring and forgetting Placements. We actively engage with our clients to ensure our people are preforming to the highest standards. We seek to adopt our client’s performance measuring metrics and apply them to our people on task. This coupled with our own performance assessment criteria ensures a complete and balance view of out-put and achievement. We seek to adapt our delivery at every opportunity, ensuring optimum results. Our mentoring programmes are continually assessed to ensure milestones are reached, in budget and on time. Our people are our hallmark and we tirelessly ensure that they deliver to our client’s satisfaction.

Ground Truth™

Ground Truth is the facilitation of market growth through the improvement of an organisations relationships, accountability and execution. We deliver honest and accurate accountability and oversight of your business operations through the forward collection, assimilation, assessment and dissemination of the relevant information, gained through an overlay of networks and relationships. Ground Truth ultimately provides greater oversight of investments while enhancing your strategic decision making.

THE PROCESS

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THE METHODOLOGY

Objective Outcome
Assess Assess the operating environment
Partners
Contractors
Suppliers
Local national officials
Production of assessment brief back
Design Design of a resilient operating plan
Strategic planning session
Presentation of findings to key leaders and decision makers
Contingencies and alignment
War Game
Build Keel strategic/client co-build
Facilitate and develop relationships
Valdate/hold accountable 3rd parties
Execute Keel strategic project management
Assess Constant assessment to inform planning and decision-making while militating against reputational, financial, political and physical risk

Relationships

Our relationships and networks across the developing world provide us the reach required to touch even the most ungoverned space. Market expansion is made possible through the access we provide. There are still many unconsidered markets waiting to emerge. We provide the facilitation necessary to reach those markets, the surety of accessibility and the knowledge that dispels fear of foreign ways and business practice.

Accountability

We deliver honest and accurate accountability and oversight of your business operations through the forward collection, assimilation, assessment and dissemination of the relevant information, gained through an overlay of networks and relationships. Ground Truth ultimately provides greater oversight of investments while enhancing the ability to make effective strategic investment decisions.

Execution

The execution of Ground Truth is a cyclical process. The aim is the ‘unblinking eye’ of situational awareness and an intimate knowledge of environment (physical, cultural, political). Ground Truth
is the continual understanding of likely macro and micro issues while developing a contingency of multiple solutions to solve them. The bedrock of Ground Truth’s execution is the team and
their ability to Plan, Execute, Assess and Adjust. The knowledge and experience of the process and the ability to apply it under extreme pressure in hostile environments is what differentiates
Ground Truth from any other corporate support programmes.