James Blakeney

Chief Security Officer at International Monetary Fund

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

About

Specialties: Operational Risk Management - Asia, EMEA & USA , Regional Management & Establishing Operations, Relationship & Key Account Management, Busines development and Marketing, Mandarin Linguist.

Experience

  • International Monetary Fund (Washington D.C. Metro Area)
    • Chief Of Security
      Apr 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

    • Deputy Division Chief - Security Services & Business Continuity
      Dec 2015 - Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Control Risks (8 yrs 8 mos)
    • Managing Director - Americas
      Aug 2013 - Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      I manage the Strategic Account Relationship and Client Outreach Programs for Control Risks in the Americas and am responsible for teams focused on Washington and southern regions of the United States. In addition to this I provide thought leadership on regional issues affecting our clients and support consulting teams creating solutions for our clients seeking to understand or manage their security, integrity and political risk in complex environments.

    • Regional Managing Director - Crisis and Security Consulting - Africa, Europe & CIS
      Aug 2011 - Jul 2013 · 2 yrs

      Managing Regional Director of the teams delivering crisis management, security consulting, protection services, training and embedded consulting solutions to clients in Africa, UK, Europe and Russia/Central Asia. P&L responsibility for multi-regional budget including practices in 8 country offices. Development and implementation of business and capability strategy to achieve budgetary targets.

    • Regional Managing Director - Global Client Services - EMEA
      Aug 2009 - Aug 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Director of Europe, Middle East & Africa strategic consulting, key account management and commercial teams.Responsible for development of regional strategy to restructure approach to key account management and industry segmentation. P&L responsibility for the EMEA regional business and 6 regional teams.

  • Control Risks (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Country Manager - China
      2003 - 2007 · 4 yrs

      Responsible for the establishment of Control Risks business in mainland China with the opening of an office in Shanghai. Developed operational capability across all service lines and established a market position as a leading provider of risk management consultancy. Over the course of 4 years I grew the business across the region, opening subsequent offices in Hong Kong and Beijing.

    • Senior Consultant Security & Crisis management - Washington DC
      2001 - 2003 · 2 yrs

      I was responsible primarily for advising and supporting corporations understand and respond to threats from Issue Motivated Groups.

  • Officer at Australian Army
    1992 - 2001 · 9 yrs