Ep.63 From Policing to Managing Partner & Award Winning Security, Intelligence Investigations and Crisis Management Expert with Oli Laurence

Welcome to Episode 63 of the Blue Light Leavers Podcast Today's guest is Oliver Laurence, who is a managing partner at ionasia, and an award-winning expert in security, intelligence, investigations and crisis management. In this interview, Oli shares his journey from policing, into the Security, Intelligence and Crisis Management sector. He discusses the skills he gained in frontline roles, predominantly policing remote roles in the Australian outback, that helped him create his own business, the qualifications he took, his first roles outside policing, and how he transitioned into the security sector, and he also provides insights into the Security, Intelligence and Crisis Management Sector as a career path. We talk different roles that are a good fit for cops and how you can position yourself to make that transition into the private sector. Oli is also the host of the Protect and Serve podcast. In this interview, he talks candidly about his journey and shares his wealth of knowledge, successes and experience with us. This episode is sponsored by the brilliant Motor Source Group. Motor Source Group offer genuine new car discounts to serving and retired emergency services personnel, including Police, NHS, Fire and Rescue, and the Prison Service. They're completely independent, offering a full range of makes and models, and are rated excellent by their customers on Trustpilot. To find out more, go to www.bluelightleavers.com/partners Don't forget, you can join the private Facebook Group via www.facebook.com/groups/bluelightleavers The Academy Membership from Blue Light Leavers gives you all the help you need to find your new role or career, including weekly live sessions with Andy and others who've been there and done it along with subject matter experts, talking CVs, LinkedIn, interviews and so much more, so if you're looking for a little more help and support and want to find out more, you can go to www.bluelightleavers.com/academy If you're not sure what roles you can do after the police, check this out: 'What jobs can I do after the Police?' Scorecard (scoreapp.com) You can listen to the podcast on shift, walking the dog, pottering about, and do it on your phone, desktop, laptop, or tablet, anywhere and whenever suits you, pause and play and they're all completely free! Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bluelightleavers/message