Andrew Staniforth

Director of Innovation Saher-Europe

Andrew Staniforth is Director of Innovation at Saher Europe, a security research and training consultancy operating at a global level. As an international security and innovation expert, with extensive operational expertise in counter-terrorism gained as a counter-terrorism intelligence officer and police detective, he has supported missions of the United Nations Terrorism Prevention Branch. As a qualified teacher Andrew has designed and delivered counter-UAV training and has held academic positions at leading research institutes and is the co-author of the forthcoming Counter-UAV Handbook to be published later this year by Artech House. Andrew sits by invitation on numerous international research Advisory Boards and is an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission security research and innovation programmes for cyber security and disaster resilience.