MICHAEL WALLER, Operational Team Leader, Electronic Surveillance Countermeasures, Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations, UK

Michael had a long career in the Metropolitan Police with Special Branch where he was a Detective Superintendent. Amongst his many duties was that of Head of the Intelligence Cell in the Anti-Terrorist Branch and he was attached to the Foreign Office as Senior Protection Officer to the Foreign Secretary in 1979.

He supervised and trained a large squad of detectives employed on covert operations and spent some time in the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Group which included being officer in charge for the protection of the Prime Minister in the mid-eighties. He travelled extensively with Lady Margaret Thatcher visiting Heads of State throughout the world. He joined Pinkerton in 1993.