Spear’s Review

A veteran adviser accustomed to addressing the most complex client needs and security situations, Simon Giddins is the founder of esteemed security experts Blackstone Consultancy. 

The firm is involved in ‘challenging and evolving’ risks, highly private investigations, personal protection and the ‘securing of some of the most iconic properties and assets across Europe’. The firm can also conduct background checks and undertake legal, tax and operational due diligence on behalf of corporations and individuals.

‘We need to understand potential risks – from geopolitics to crime and terrorism to cyber threats – to enable, inform and advise our clients,’ Giddins says. After nearly 15 years in the British Army, Giddins spent several years at Aegis Defence Services managing international private and government clients before founding Blackstone in 2010.