Shires Crichton

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Shires Crichton, CEO of Amba Defence, has more than 15 years of experience in security arrangements for high-risk individuals, high-net-worth clients and corporate entities.

For individual clients, Amba undertakes security audits of homes and workplaces; defence planning; assessments for specific family members, including children; security hardware planning, including fencing and equipment monitoring; counterintelligence; IT security; and staff vetting.

Amba delivers a security plan and provides a team of security managers for a portfolio of clients for whom it is responsible; the company has also worked in an advisory role to UHNW households, private family offices, banks and law firms. 

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The success of Amba Defence Global has seen the introduction of Modicum Consulting to directly work with Family and Private Offices, Insurance Companies, Legal Firms and Clients to examine complex security matters. Amba continues its upward trajectory and continues to grow the implementation and monitoring side of the business, focusing on security design for high-level end users. 

More recently the requirements of security companies have changed remarkably, and Amba is at the forefront of developments in technology and risk management. Although the client base is International, Amba retains a commitment to fostering British innovation and know-how in the delivery of its solutions. The in-house team plan, implement and monitor difficult and challenging security strategies for clients, and it is those successful, forward-thinking outcomes that support Amba’s growing presence in the UHNW area. 

With a head office located in The Cotswolds, it is here where it all started, with Amba being asked to develop security plans for large country estates, moving rapidly into Ultra Prime London Properties as awareness of the quality of service became known. 

‘Our ethos is about loyalty and privacy to every single client, large or small. We have a complete commitment to every piece of work we execute,’ said Crichton. ‘Our point of difference comes from an integrated 360-degree security approach based on the initial conversation to understand the real requirement through implementation, monitoring and continued client support.’ 

When we look at the future we see an ever-changing security landscape, with new technology developing rapidly and Artificial Intelligence making its mark on the industry. The team at Amba Defence and Modicum Consulting are involved in developing security solutions for tomorrow’s world, pre-empting change and preparing for what comes next.