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MD | Principal Security Specialist
Black Hawk SA (Pty) Ltd\u00a0 | 2004 – present<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded and now head a company providing professional security solutions to the consumer and corporate sector, to private and public \/ government entities. Serve as both the head of the business and as the Principal Security Specialist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Services: Security Consulting & Advisory;\nForensics & Investigations, Strategic Planning; Emergency & Disaster\nManagement; VIP, Escorting, Body Guarding; Physical Security; Armed Response\n& Monitoring; Alarms, Electric Fencing, CCTV Installations; Construction\nSite, Perimeter & Special Events Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Value: developing new business ventures, identifying and enabling and laying foundations for newopportunities as a a principal\/mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company employs up to 300 staff and has\nthe SA government ministers, large corporations and high-profile legal \/ senior\ncouncil high-risk clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO | Security Advisor, Covert Intelligence Consultant
The Firm cc | 1993 – 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led <\/em><\/strong>the specialist consulting firm offering international investigation and covert operations and security advisory services to large corporations as well as to the national and local government sectors. Played a special role in advising the new South African government on Security matters, recruiting people for covert operations, and in identifying enemies of the state, and formulating strategies to neutralise risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Forces Operative
South African Defence Force | 4 Reconnaissance Unit
1989 – 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Served within Covert Special Forces Wing as an operative \u2013 establishing networks for information gathering, identifying and eliminating threats. Additionally employed Bomb \/ Explosives knowledge in dismantling military and commercial explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detective
South African Police | Brixton Murder & Robbery Unit
1987 \u2013 1989<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigated <\/em><\/strong>serious crime \u2013 fraud, theft, armed robbery, ATM robberies, fuel station robberies, etc \u2013 driving the investigation from the initial call out and crime scene analysis through collection of evidence and to successful prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIP Protection Officer
South African Police: Security Branch | VIP Protection Unit
1982 \u2013 1987<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trained <\/em><\/strong>in VIP Protection and was appointed to protect a wide variety of South African VIP\u2019s up to Cabinet Minister level locally and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MD | Principal Security SpecialistBlack Hawk SA (Pty) Ltd\u00a0 | 2004 – present Founded and now head a company providing professional security solutions to the consumer and corporate sector, to private and public \/ government entities. Serve as both the head of the business and as the Principal Security Specialist. Services: Security Consulting & Advisory; … Continue reading “Security Experience”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlbotha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlbotha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlbotha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlbotha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlbotha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carlbotha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/carlbotha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlbotha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}