Close Protection Officer

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Darryl Veenendaal

dv@centogroup.com

Relationship-led professional with over 10 years’ experience across close protection, policing, and regulated financial services, including armed and covert operations and high-value client advisory work.

Key Skills & Experience

Current Close Protection Officer supporting an ultra-high-net-worth family, ensuring safety and wellbeing across daily activities, travel, and events, with additional experience protecting a private individual and royal-level principal.
Former Essex Police Firearms Officer and Police Officer with experience in high-risk incidents, armed response, counter-terrorism readiness, surveillance support, criminal investigations, emergency response, and multi-agency operations.
Mortgage & Protection Advisor experience delivering regulated advice, managing end-to-end client journeys, conducting affordability assessments and fact-finds, and building a strong pipeline through estate agents, solicitors, and property professionals.
Strong stakeholder and client relationship skills including trusted advisor support, quarterly review meetings, consultative discovery, escalation management, cross-functional coordination, negotiation, compliance, governance, and executive communication.
Qualifications and certifications include CeMAP, SIA Close Protection Licence, Technical Surveillance Countermeasures training, Advanced Surveillance Diploma, Counter & Anti Surveillance Diploma, Emergency First Aid, CRB Checked, Full Driving Licence, Advanced Police Driving Qualification, QNUK Licence Close Protection, IPLDP, and BTEC National Diploma in Public Services.

Key Info

Ref No

DV206503-2621
Job Title

Close Protection Officer
Location

Cambridgeshire

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