DRA - ASSOCIATES

David Rubens, DRA founder and MD

David Rubens , DRA founder and MD , holds an MSc in Security and Risk Management from Scarman Centre, Leicester University , is a Visiting Lecturer on their Global Security and Policing MSc programme, and is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Security and Resilience Department, Cranfield University at the UK Defence Academy, specialising in Terrorism & Public Policy, and Strategic Management & Leadership.

David is widely experienced at developing, delivering and managing large-scale strategic security development programmes, and has worked with government agencies and academic institutions in Asia , Africa , Middle East , Caribbean and Eastern Europe .

Keith Weston, Senior Associate Consultant

Keith Weston, Senior Associate Consultant, is a Senior Research Fellow in Counter Terrorism and Deputy Director of the Resilience Centre at Cranfield University , Department of Defence Management & Security Analysis, based at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom .

Keith retired from the Metropolitan Police Service in 2005, after 32 years service. He was a career counter-terrorist officer and served in both Special Branch and the Anti-Terrorist Branch. His last post was head of the Police International Counter Terrorism Unit.

He currently leads the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Counter Terrorist Crisis Management programme, in specific countries. He is a regular speaker at UK and international conferences and is on the International Board of Advisors at New York University Law School , Centre on Law and Security.