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'''Roger J. A. Golland OBE''' is a UK [[diplomat]] who is also a fellow of the [[Institute for Statecraft]].
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'''Roger James Adam Golland OBE''' is a UK [[diplomat]] who is also a fellow of the [[Institute for Statecraft]], where his job is "Govt-NGO relation building", described as "Russian methodologies; security risk assessment; evaluation of hostile environments".<ref>https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Institute_for_Statecraft/Tor_team#Roger_Golland</ref>
  
 
==Career==
 
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"Golland served for 32 years in HM Diplomatic Service, including tours in Ankara, Budapest, Buenos Aires and Brussels and stints as a Director in London.  In recent years he has delivered capacity-building programmes to government partners overseas.  He was Chair of the campaigning charity [[Transform Drugs Policy Foundation]] from 2012 – 2017 and is a trustee of [[Release]].<ref>https://www.release.org.uk/trustees</ref>  Roger is a Senior Fellow of the [[Institute for Statecraft]] and an active participant in other think-tanks.  He is married to Jane, a schoolteacher, and lives in west Kent."<ref>https://www.britishspanishsociety.org/governance/</ref>  
 
"Golland served for 32 years in HM Diplomatic Service, including tours in Ankara, Budapest, Buenos Aires and Brussels and stints as a Director in London.  In recent years he has delivered capacity-building programmes to government partners overseas.  He was Chair of the campaigning charity [[Transform Drugs Policy Foundation]] from 2012 – 2017 and is a trustee of [[Release]].<ref>https://www.release.org.uk/trustees</ref>  Roger is a Senior Fellow of the [[Institute for Statecraft]] and an active participant in other think-tanks.  He is married to Jane, a schoolteacher, and lives in west Kent."<ref>https://www.britishspanishsociety.org/governance/</ref>  
  
 
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He is the director of [[Viasol Limited]]<ref>https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/structure/international-security-department/drugs-and-organized-crime-project</ref> The company, where "Integrity and loyalty is vital" describes itself as "the leader in delivering strategic intelligence advice to the public sector".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191026064903/http://www.viasol.co.uk/</ref> The Viasol website hasn't been updated since 2017.
He is the director of Viasol Limited<ref>https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/structure/international-security-department/drugs-and-organized-crime-project</ref> The company, where "Integrity and loyalty is vital" describes itself as "the leader in delivering strategic intelligence advice to the public sector".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191026064903/http://www.viasol.co.uk/</ref> The Viasol website hasn't been updated since 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
The [[Integrity Initiative/Leak/3]] summarises Golland as follows: {{SMWQ
 
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Roger Golland's name was marked (DV), meaning "[[Developed Vetting]]", together with [[Diane Allen]], [[Josh Arnold-Foster]], [[Perry Fawcett]], [[Phil Jolley]], [[Steve Johnson]], [[Andy Settle]], and [[Andrew Shortland]].<ref>http://syriapropagandamedia.org/working-papers/briefing-note-on-the-integrity-initiative</ref>
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==Awards==
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Golland was given an O.B.E. in the 1993 New Year Honours.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_New_Year_Honours</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 19:09, 14 October 2020

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BornMay 1955
ResidenceKent,  UK
NationalityUK
Member ofInstitute for Statecraft, Institute for Statecraft/Tor team
UK Diplomat and IfS member

Roger James Adam Golland OBE is a UK diplomat who is also a fellow of the Institute for Statecraft, where his job is "Govt-NGO relation building", described as "Russian methodologies; security risk assessment; evaluation of hostile environments".[1]

Career

"Golland served for 32 years in HM Diplomatic Service, including tours in Ankara, Budapest, Buenos Aires and Brussels and stints as a Director in London. In recent years he has delivered capacity-building programmes to government partners overseas. He was Chair of the campaigning charity Transform Drugs Policy Foundation from 2012 – 2017 and is a trustee of Release.[2] Roger is a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft and an active participant in other think-tanks. He is married to Jane, a schoolteacher, and lives in west Kent."[3]

He is the director of Viasol Limited[4] The company, where "Integrity and loyalty is vital" describes itself as "the leader in delivering strategic intelligence advice to the public sector".[5] The Viasol website hasn't been updated since 2017.

The Integrity Initiative/Leak/3 summarises Golland as follows:

“Formerly Director Western Europe for a government agency close to the FCO; previously Director Training for the same institution; continues to undertake work in this area. Expert in Russian methodologies; Special ability to assist in bringing together NGOs and relevant national governmental bodies (ministries, special services); security risk assessment; evaluation of hostile environments and governmental communities in countries where we will be operating. German linguist”
Unknown (2018)  The Institute for Statecraft Expert Team v 3.pdf [6]

Roger Golland's name was marked (DV), meaning "Developed Vetting", together with Diane Allen, Josh Arnold-Foster, Perry Fawcett, Phil Jolley, Steve Johnson, Andy Settle, and Andrew Shortland.[7]

Awards

Golland was given an O.B.E. in the 1993 New Year Honours.[8]

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