Difference between revisions of "Phoenix Close Protection"

From Powerbase
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 2: Line 2:
 
'[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/migrationtemp/2926265/City-sandwich.html City sandwich]', Daily Telegraph, Published: 12:01AM GMT 18 Nov 2005</ref>
 
'[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/migrationtemp/2926265/City-sandwich.html City sandwich]', Daily Telegraph, Published: 12:01AM GMT 18 Nov 2005</ref>
  
 +
According to its own website Phoenix personnel had 'backgrounds in [[22-SAS]] and [[14 Intelligence]]', two of the most secretive and controversial units of the British Army.<ref>Phoenix [http://web.archive.org/web/20050316043144/http://www.phoenixcp.com/index.htm Phoenix Homepage] Retrieved from the [http://web.archive.org/web/20050316043144/http://www.phoenixcp.com/index.htm Internet Archive] of 16 March 2005 on 7 September 2009
 +
==People==
 +
A Phoenix information pack gives the following details about its personnel:
 +
 +
*MC:  Served 19 years in 22 SAS.  Held all key appointments and was one of the youngest RSM’s of the Regiment. 
 +
Deployed/Commanded at all levels on some of the most complex and challenging tasks undertaken by Special Forces. 
 +
For many years he was at the forefront of selecting and training of Officers and soldiers within the SAS.  Awarded the
 +
OBE and commissioned to Captain.
 +
*AP:  Search and improvised Explosive Device (IED) expert, who has vast military and commercial experience.  Since
 +
1997 has been a specialist trainer and consultant in protective and anti-terrorist security.  Council Member of the
 +
[[Institute of Munitions Clearance Engineers]] and a Member of the [[Institute of Conflict Management]].
 +
*TB:  7th Dan Black Belt and former Karate World Champion.  Has been teaching martial arts in Hereford since 1976. 
 +
Runs his own Martial Arts Centre and delivers specialist unarmed combat/defensive training to military and commercial
 +
organisations.
 +
*CD:  A highly immediate care practitioner, ex-chief instructor [[22 SAS]] medical cell who specialised in training UK
 +
Special Forces and Government agencies in pre-hospital care
 +
*JD:    Served 24 years with the British Special Forces, principally as a covert intelligence and surveillance operator
 +
and instructor. Also spent 4 years as an instructor in the VIP Protection Cell of the Counter Revolutionary Warfare
 +
Wing, [[22 SAS]]. JD has the distinction of being one of a few women since the Second World War to be decorated for
 +
gallantry.
 +
*CL:      During 16 years service with [[22 SAS]], leaving with the rank of warrant officer. CL developed various skills in
 +
hostile environments and operational theatres. Since leaving the armed forces has worked extensively with a classified
 +
government agency and more recently in support of media organisations in Iraq. CL has a wealth of knowledge and
 +
experience in the commercial security sector.<ref>[http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/9/9c/PhoenixInfoPack.pdf ArmorGroup / Phoenix] Information pack posted on the Phoenix CP website in 2004/5. Retrieved from the [http://web.archive.org/web/20050316043144/http://www.phoenixcp.com/media/PhoenixInfoPack.pdf Internet Archive] of 16 March 2005 on 7 September 2009</ref>
 +
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==
 
:Phoenix C.P Ltd, Longworth Hall, Lugwardine, HR1 4DF  
 
:Phoenix C.P Ltd, Longworth Hall, Lugwardine, HR1 4DF  

Revision as of 15:37, 6 September 2009

Phoenix CP or Phoenix Close Protection to give it its full title was a Hereford based security firm created by two former members of 22 SAS, Michael Clifford and James Devenney. In 2005 along with co-owner Suzanne Clifford, the pair sold Phoenix for £4.25m to mercenary firm ArmorGroup which was attempting 'to diversify its revenue streams outside of its operations in Iraq'.[1]

According to its own website Phoenix personnel had 'backgrounds in 22-SAS and 14 Intelligence', two of the most secretive and controversial units of the British Army.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

Contact

Phoenix C.P Ltd, Longworth Hall, Lugwardine, HR1 4DF
Telephone: 01432 850223 Fax: 01432 850092
Email: admin@phoenixcp.com
Website: www.phoenixcp.com

Resources

Notes

  1. 'City sandwich', Daily Telegraph, Published: 12:01AM GMT 18 Nov 2005