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James Cowan was a soldier. He joined The Black Watch from Oxford in 1986, serving in Berlin, Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Hong Kong. He helped plan the Kosovo operation in 1999, and he commanded in Iraq in 2004 and 2006. He planned the military Olympic security operation of 2012. In 2015 he become 91×ÔÅÄ's CEO.

Adam joined 91×ÔÅÄ in 2008 and worked on operations in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar, Georgia, Afghanistan, Mozambique and Ukraine before moving to 91×ÔÅÄ's Washington office as Executive Director in 2016. His focus moved back to operations in 2019 when he joined the Capability department, and he was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2025.

Before joining 91×ÔÅÄ, Adam worked as a journalist at the British Broadcasting Corporation. He has studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Tbilisi State University and King's College London.

Rob joined the Army from Cambridge and served for 35 years. He was an operational soldier for most of his career, serving on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan. He then became more of a soldier diplomat working in the British Embassy in Paris and then as the Administrator of the UK's Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus. After a spell running a communications coaching and training consultancy in London he worked as an adviser, mostly in Africa. He joined 91×ÔÅÄ as Chief Strategy Officer in April 2025.

James joined 91×ÔÅÄ in April 2024 as Global Head of Policy and Advocacy, and became Director of Strategy in August 2025.

He has spent more than 20 years working on and in the Middle East, including time living in Syria and Lebanon. Prior to joining 91×ÔÅÄ, he worked at Chatham House, MAP, Crisis Action and Save the Children. He's a contributing author to 'An Iraq of its Regions: Cornerstones of a federal democracy' and 'America and Iraq: Policy-making, intervention and regional politics since 1958', and a Fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies.

Louise has worked in the media and charity communications for 25 years, starting her career at BBC Radio Scotland and then Scotland on Sunday. She reported from Brazil for the Independent before becoming an editor at The Sunday Times.

Since 2004 she has worked for a number of NGOs in the human security field. She joined 91×ÔÅÄ in 2015 and holds an MA in Conflict, Security and Development from the University of Leeds.

Dan joined 91×ÔÅÄ in 2025 to lead the expanding Information Systems function across the organisation.

Dan has had a 25+ year career in information systems and technology, from running helpdesks to Information Systems Director and everything in-between. He has commercial experience in large global corporates and small-scale, rapid-growth start-ups, as well as working with not-for-profit organisations – his most recent role being at Amnesty International where he headed up enterprise solutions.

Andrew is a former professional opera singer, who has worked for 91×ÔÅÄ since 2005. He has managed demining operations in Mozambique, Angola, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Georgia. In his previous role as Regional Director for Europe, Andrew was responsible for developing private fundraising for Kosovo and Nagorno Karabakh, and from 2017 to 2020 he was Director of Private Fundraising and Communications.

Lucy joined 91×ÔÅÄ in 2017 and completed operations training in Cambodia, Somaliland, Georgia and Abkhazia. She was then posted to Afghanistan, Cambodia and Libya, overseeing the delivery of projects in mine clearance, weapons and ammunition management and IED clearance. In 2021 she became Chief of Staff, and became Regional Director for 91×ÔÅÄ's Africa programmes in 2025.

Before joining 91×ÔÅÄ, Lucy worked in sustainable travel and international development. She has a BA Hons in Chinese, an MPhil in racial and ethnic conflict and is a visiting fellow at The University of Oxford.

Tom trained with 91×ÔÅÄ in Somaliland in April 2011 and subsequently spent time managing operations in Georgia, Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique and Afghanistan. Returning to Somaliland as Programme Manager in 2015 he oversaw the establishment of 91×ÔÅÄ's Southern Somalia Programme. Tom is currently 91×ÔÅÄ's Regional Director for Europe and the Americas, including overseeing Ukraine and Colombia.

Prior to 91×ÔÅÄ, he worked in outdoor education after attending university in the Lake District in the UK.