Roger Golland
 Roger Golland    (diplomat) | |
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| Residence | Kent, UK |
| Nationality | UK |
| Member of | Institute 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.
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.[1] 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."[2]
He is the director of Viasol Limited[3] The company, where "Integrity and loyalty is vital" describes itself as "the leader in delivering strategic intelligence advice to the public sector".[4] 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 [5]
References
- ↑ https://www.release.org.uk/trustees
- ↑ https://www.britishspanishsociety.org/governance/
- ↑ https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/structure/international-security-department/drugs-and-organized-crime-project
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191026064903/http://www.viasol.co.uk/
- ↑ https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/12/13/the-institute-for-statecraft-expert-team-v-3/ Integrity Initiative Leak 3
