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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.
 
  
  
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Revision as of 23:09, 13 November 2019

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

Roger J. A. 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]


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