Perfecting Your Next Swiss Operations | James Otigbah

More than chocolate, clocks and mountains, operating in
Switzerland can either be the most efficient EP experience you
have ever had or one of the most expensive challenges depending
on how much preparation you do - especially in advance of world
events including Davos (the World Economic Forum) this May.


Today we are delighted to welcome James Otigbah, CEO and founder
of Excel Solutions to guide us through this seemingly smooth
landscape to ask:


How will most UHNW, Celebrity, Diplomatic and Corporate
Clients require support in Switzerland at some stage in your
career?

What can a first time operator working in Davos expect?

What licensing arrangements are necessary?

How does the Swiss operating environment compare and contrast
to other European locations?

How can we effectively assess potential local partnerships?



More about James:


James Otigbah is the owner and director of Excel Security
Solutions. A security company based in Gstaad Switzerland. We
provide the full range of Security services to our clients in
Switzerland as well as abroad


He holds, among other qualifications, the widely recognised CPP
certification of ASIS, a degree in Protective Security Management
from the University of Buckinghamshire (UK), a Certificate in
Terrorism Studies from the University of St. Andrews (UK) and a
Certificate in Security Management from the University of
Leicester (UK


He has vast experience in the Executive Protection field having
operated among others in most European countries, in African
countries such as Libya, Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Egypt
and South Africa; in Yemen and other Arab countries as well as in
Mexico, the USA, Hong Kong and Thailand.


He was attached to the Swiss Embassy as the Security
Advisor/Third Secretary, from 2014 to 2016 in Nairobi Kenya where
he was responsible for the security of the embassy, the
ambassador and the staff, as well as for high level Swiss
delegations on their visits to the region. His area of
responsibility and operation were the countries of Kenya,
Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.


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