Roger Golland
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| Born | May 1955 |
| Residence | Kent, UK |
| Nationality | UK |
UK Diplomat, MI6 and IfS member | |
Roger James Adam Golland OBE is a UK diplomat who is also a fellow of the Institute for Statecraft, where his job is "Govt-NGO relation building", described as "Russian methodologies; security risk assessment; evaluation of hostile environments".[1]
Career
"Golland served for 32 years in HM Diplomatic Service, including tours in Ankara, Budapest, Buenos Aires and Brussels and stints as a Director in London. In recent years he has delivered capacity-building programmes to government partners overseas. He was Chair of the campaigning charity Transform Drugs Policy Foundation from 2012 – 2017 and is a trustee of Release.[2] Roger is a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft and an active participant in other think-tanks. He is married to Jane, a schoolteacher, and lives in west Kent."[3]
He is the director of Viasol Limited[4] The company, where "Integrity and loyalty is vital" describes itself as "the leader in delivering strategic intelligence advice to the public sector".[5] The Viasol website hasn't been updated since 2017.
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“Formerly Director Western Europe for a government agency close to the FCO; previously Director Training for the same institution; continues to undertake work in this area. Expert in Russian methodologies; Special ability to assist in bringing together NGOs and relevant national governmental bodies (ministries, special services); security risk assessment; evaluation of hostile environments and governmental communities in countries where we will be operating. German linguist”
Unknown (2018) The Institute for Statecraft Expert Team v 3.pdf [6]
Roger Golland's name was marked (DV), meaning "Developed Vetting", together with Diane Allen, Josh Arnold-Foster, Perry Fawcett, Phil Jolley, Steve Johnson, Andy Settle, and Andrew Shortland.[7]
Awards
Golland was given an O.B.E. in the 1993 New Year Honours.[8]
References
- ↑ https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Institute_for_Statecraft/Tor_team#Roger_Golland
- ↑ https://www.release.org.uk/trustees
- ↑ https://www.britishspanishsociety.org/governance/
- ↑ https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/structure/international-security-department/drugs-and-organized-crime-project
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191026064903/http://www.viasol.co.uk/
- ↑ https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/12/13/the-institute-for-statecraft-expert-team-v-3/ Integrity Initiative Leak 3
- ↑ http://syriapropagandamedia.org/working-papers/briefing-note-on-the-integrity-initiative
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_New_Year_Honours