The Restrata Blog

A former Police Officer in Grampian Police (latterly Police Scotland) with a varied career spanning 30 years. A supervisor for 20 years with vast experience of managing and motivating both small operational teams and full Divisional Response and Incident Response Teams in Aberdeen. Previously worked in the Leadership and Professional Development Division of the Scottish Police College, where he both designed and delivered courses. He has well developed interpersonal skills and is an excellent communicator, skills acquired from over 15 years as a Police Hostage, Kidnap and Crisis Negotiator, including as an instructor and author in the UK and Internationally. He held the highest UK Security clearance (DV) until 2013. Since joining Restrata, Craig has delivered a number of projects on behalf of major clients, including the review and creation of emergency response plans (both onshore and offshore) for all business levels, and the design and delivery of specialist training in relation to emergency response management, kidnap and crisis intervention.