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About us - Futurum Risk

With offices in Hong Kong, Cape Town, and London, Futurum Risk delivers unparalleled global intelligence, risk management, and investigative services to corporate and individual clients.

Our expertise and presence in key regions enable us to provide tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of our clients worldwide.

Explore our global reach and the services we offer.

Our Vision

At Futurum Risk, our vision is to empower our clients with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate an increasingly complex world. We aim to be the go-to partner for corporate and private risk and intelligence support.

Our Team of Experts

Futurum Risk is a team of dedicated professionals with extensive experience in intelligence, risk management, and investigations.

Our leadership team honed their skills in key positions in the United Kingdom Police Service and now provide training to governments and multinational corporations in areas such as open-source intelligence, cyber investigations, surveillance, undercover operations, behavioural detection, and crisis management.

Each of our analysts and investigators, whether working online or in the field, possesses government-level risk and intelligence expertise or has been trained to this standard.

Meet The Team

Our team comprises industry experts with years of experience in their respective fields. From former law enforcement officers to seasoned legal analysts, we bring together a wealth of knowledge and skills to serve our clients effectively.

James Ellender

Co-Founder & Intelligence Director

Richard King

APAC Intelligence & Senior Analyst

Richard is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese

Katelin van Zyl

Research Associate

Katelin is fluent in English, Afrikaans and basic understanding of Mandarin

Dominic Dias-Sizer

Tech Project Lead

Dominic is fluent in English and German

Amber Martens - Project Manager at Futurum Risk

Amber Jayde Martens

Global Project and Executive Manager

Chante van Rensburg

Marketing Manager

Chante is fluent in English and Afrikaans

Fiona Murphy

Investigative Analayst Singapore

Asmau Kontagora

Research Analyst

Asma'u Garba-Kontagora is fluent in English and basic understanding of French, Yoruba and hausa

Auhom Ahrar Al Quazi

Research Associate

Michaela Stembridge

Head of Intelligence

Joanne Given

Head of Intelligence

Ghina Natasha Abdul

Senior Associate

Rod Mckenzie

Senior Advisor, Intelligence & Covert Investigations

Rod is fluent in English, Russian and French

Who We've Worked With

We are proud to have worked with a diverse range of clients, from multinational corporations to high-net-worth individuals. Our track record of success speaks to our ability to deliver results in various sectors and industries.

Client Testimonials

"The interview training workshop provided by Futurum gives amongst others very practical and clear guidance on ways to structure interviews as well as on the interpretation of verbal and non verbal clues. The practice exercises can also be used in many real life situations and are very hands on. James Ellender's extensive experience adds a wealth of knowledge to the topic."

A huge thanks to Futurum Asia for delivering an incredibly insightful 2-day master class training on ‘Investigative Interviews and Interpreting Behaviour Indicators’ to our team and our partners at RUN Hong Kong. We leave with great takeaways on how to adopt flexible and complementary psychosocial, investigative, and anthropological approaches in working with individuals with vulnerable characteristics!

Futurum were able to identify financial irregularities in bank statements and financial documents, along with uncovering previously properties in Europe as part of their investigation and open source research. This aided me in getting a balanced divorce settlement.

Due to surveillance the team at Futurum identified my spouse having dinner with someone else whilst I was out of town. This provided the evidence for my divorce proceedings.

From initial inquiry to conducting an investigation was only days. Futurum Hong Kong undertook an investigation into advanced fee fraud, reviewed documents, identified and verified that some names used were fake and the documents had been produced that were forged. We decided not to continue working with the broker and were able to recover our initial advance fee.

A quick identification of assets and negotiations that only took weeks for me to recover my investment funds, lost interest and costs that I had put into a property investment in the United Kingdom.

Within days of proving the initial information, their research team compiled a report which then determined that I should not invest into the proposed investment as it looked like a scam. The report contained numerous suspicious information and previous history of this type of scam.