
Tom Bodkin
DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER
Tom has extensive experience providing innovative and creative risk and location management solutions to TV and Film in remote and hostile environments.

Ben Major
DIRECTOR
Ben is an adventurer, explorer and survival expert who has led over 40 expeditions and projects throughout the world in all environments.

DR NIALL AYE MAUNG
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Niall is the medical director for Secret Compass and oversees our medical policy, practices and procedures. He has also supported TV projects on location.

Sally Fitton
PROJECTS DIRECTOR
Sally was the BBC High Risk Advisor for Current Affairs and the World Service and deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and the West Bank. She has supported the Natural History Unit’s BAFTA-award winning

lachlan bucknall
PROJECTS DIRECTOR
Lachlan served for 11 years as an infantry officer in the British Army where he trained and led people in some the harshest of operating environments in the world.

luca alfatti
HCPC PARAMEDIC, SENIOR PARAMEDIC TEAM LEADER (SPTL)
Luca is a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Paramedic who works as a Senior Paramedic Team Leader (SPTL).

trevor smith
HCPC PARAMEDIC, IOSH QUALIFIED SAFETY ADVISOR
Trevor is a registered Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) paramedic and qualified Risk Management Consultant who has extensive

james ross
HCPC PARAMEDIC, IOSH QUALIFIED SAFETY ADVISOR
As a registered Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Paramedic, James has extensive experience working in a variety of roles both in the UK and

Tom mclay
HCPC PARAMEDIC, SAFETY ADVISOR
Tom has extensive experience working within a range of challenging pre-hospital and hospital based environments throughout the world as a registered Health and Care Professions (HCPC)

charlotte haldane
DOCTOR & SAFETY ADVISOR
Charlotte is a highly qualified and competent medical professional and expedition leader. She trained initially in Emergency Medicine, and is now a full-time Pre-hospital Care Doctor and HEMS Consultant, working for

matthew barratt
SAFETY ADVISOR
Matthew is an experienced Mountain Leader and climber. He has led expeditions in many different corners of the world, including Spitzbergen, Rwenzori, the Altai mountains and Caucasas range.

waldo etherington
SAFETY ADVISOR
Waldo is an expert climber, rope rescue and technical rigging specialist with extensive experience operating on remote location expeditions. He has led tree climbing expeditions to remote and unexplored tropical

ross bowyer
SAFETY ADVISOR
Ross has a love for wild places which has taken him to some of the most remote parts of the planet. He has worked as a bushcraft instructor and wilderness guide for 20 years and has taught thousands of students

mike mawhinney
SAFETY ADVISOR
Mike is a certified safety and security professional with a wide range of commercial operational experience. His knowledge is based upon real world operations in a number of challenging environments.