Executive Protection & Protective Security
Executive Protection Programme Review
Is the protection you pay for actually protecting anyone?
Who it is for
Who this is for.
Principals, family offices and corporates already funding a protection team who want an honest read on it.
What it solves
An independent review of an existing protection programme: how the team operates, how protection is planned and delivered, the procedures in place, and whether they reflect the actual threat. The review identifies what is working, where the gaps are, and what needs to change.
Turnaround
Two to four weeks, by scope
What you receive
- Programme structure, mandate and decision rights reviewed
- Team selection, training and performance standards assessed
- Operating procedures and drills tested against realistic scenarios
- Protective intelligence and advance work capability graded
- Security driver standards and vehicle procedures reviewed
- Prioritised findings, each with effort, cost and risk reduction stated
Why Daniel
Experience behind the advice.
Executive and close protection experience at principal level, including executive and CEO office support for the leadership of a global business, and protective operations through sustained civil unrest.
The advice is independent. Daniel Smith Advisory does not supply guarding, install systems or take commission on anything recommended, so a recommendation only appears if it is needed.
Delivered work
Corporate / international
Global CEO and senior leadership protection
Consistent protective coverage sustained across a sustained travel and events programme.
- 25+ trips
- 30+ events
- 95%+ on-time starts
- Zero principal harm
Private client / Hong Kong and international
Family protection during civil unrest
Safe family movement and continuity maintained throughout a volatile operating environment.
- 14-person team
- 9 protection officers
- 5 drivers
- Continuity maintained
Client and principal identities are withheld. These are genuine assignments and documented outcomes, and operational detail is deliberately limited.
Next step
Talk it through first.
Fifteen minutes to establish the exposure and what the work would involve. You will leave the call with a fixed scope and price, or with the reasons the work is not warranted yet.




