Richard Malone is a Director at Herminius, where he focuses on conflict and security. Richard started his career with the British Army, serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and other government roles across North Africa and the Middle East, where his main job was to support indigenous partner forces through training and discreet intelligence sharing. Given the time he spent on operations across the globe, Richard has developed expertise in security and governance issues. Since moving to Herminius in 2018, Richard has worked on risk management issues for a range of banking, private equity, corporate and insurance clients, including providing regular security and political risk briefings to the London insurance market’s Joint War Committee.

Richard is also a frequent traveller to countries with complex or hostile environments, helping clients understand risks related to personnel, equipment, facilities or human rights, before working with project operators to develop appropriate mitigation strategies.

His specialist areas of study include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique, piracy and maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea, and Sino-American competition in the Indo-Pacific. Richard is a Major in the Army Reserves and an avid sailor, with over 30,000 nautical miles of experience, including four Atlantic crossings and voyages to Baffin Island and the Beagle Channel.