Our Value Proposition
“Delivering Safe and Secure Events for your customers”
As experts in crowd management, event safety and security we reduce risk, enhance the customer experience and give you piece of mind for your event delivery.
CAPABILITIES
Successfully planning and delivering for high profile events is what the Sword team has done around the world for over 20 years.
We have successfully applied our event model to numerous high profile projects;
- 6 x Major Global Events
- Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Pan Am Games,
- 20 x Glastonbury Festivals
- 4 x State Visits – US President, The Queen, Indian Prime Minister, The Pope
- 2 x Ryder Cups
- 1 x Saudi Stadium Opening
Our Experience
Examples of our Global Event Experience
Range of Services
Crowd Management Consultancy.
Event Safety and Security operational delivery.
Management of in house and contract teams of security and safety personnel.
Develop Training Standards to British Green Guide levels.
Develop Best Practice for all service providers throughout the KSA and the GCC.
Provision of Event Staffing.
Our Experience
A Selection of our Clients
We will set the highest standards in the region for
Safe and Secure events
Crowd Management and Security Processes
Best Practices
Training and Legacy
Local Staffing
The Stakeholder Communication Process
Some of our work
Global Projects
Our Team
Leadership
Diarmuid Smyth
Founder and Global Group CEO
Expanded the business across multiple continents.
MBA – Stern NYU / LSE / HEC.
MSc – Risk and Crisis Mgt.
Harvard Business School - OPM.
Former Chairman of ISIA.
Fellow of UKSyI.
Fiona Cowhey
Group Director
10 years experience in delivering major sporting, music and cultural events across UK, Ireland, Brazil and Canada.
Managed Logistics, recruitment and Accreditation process for over 5000 staff at London Olympic Games.
Operational Director at 5 Major Global Events.
Professor Dr. Keith Still
Expert in the World in Crowd Dynamics
Author of 'Crowd Science' - the seminal work on the crowd management.
Professor of Manchester University.
Phd in Mathematics.
Consulted on 3 Olympic Games.
Ray Whitworth
22 Years Metropolitan Police
Head of Security for the English Football Authority.
Head of Operations for Major League Soccer – US & Canada.
Overseen Team Security at 4 x World cups.
Inspector for Sports Ground Safety Authority.
TESTIMONIALS