Case Study

US GOVERNMENT PROJECT – Afghanistan

TOR was engaged continuously for 17 years as the risk management company providing the security for a key US Department of State training project in Kabul, Afghanistan. TOR’s tenure at the project terminated with the evacuation of Kabul in August 2021.

Operations & Response

Supporting our customers in difficult and challenging environments through: Crisis management (pre and post incident including ‘missing people’, kidnap and detention) Project management and facilitation Risk management support in-country Logistics & life support Medical evacuation Contact us for further details

Health

Partnered with several of UK’s foremost training hospitals and universities, we select, package and manage a comprehensive range of internationally recognized courses as well as developing new programs that can be delivered in-country. We establish and maintain air and land ambulance operations, remote clinics and control center operations. Primary health care training includes paramedic programs,…

Training

Specialist training has been the cornerstone of TOR’s services since the company’s inception in 1998. Our clients benefit from internationally accredited training via our established programs, many of which are government sensitive. We have built on our early safety and pre-hospital medical programs, to embrace a comprehensive portfolio of training capabilities that range from primary…

Information

Infocell is our in-house information and intelligence team that carries out country or regional analyses in support of customer specific requirements. In environments of high risk, we provide daily information updates in user-friendly and appropriate formats. Information that is collated from multiple sources is then analyzed and distilled down to relevant daily reports. Contact us…

Consultancy

We support our clients via a range of consultancy services including but not limited to: Assessment of general business and operational risk Contingency planning for emergency situations Operational Resilience (Business continuity) auditing and assessments across a broad spectrum of Corporate assets and Critical National Infrastructure Contact us for further details

Clare Gilmartin – Chief Legal Officer

Clare joined TOR in 2009 with a background in corporate and business affairs. She is responsible for oversight of all legal matters, contractual compliance and ethics. Clare was ‘Director of Business Affairs’ at NBC Universal International Channels in London for over 11 years. Prior to joining NBC, Clare worked as a corporate lawyer at the…

Piers Hill – CEO

Piers has been involved with TOR since 2009, appointed CEO in early 2014. He brings with him extensive entrepreneurial and senior corporate experience. He has successfully grown businesses in fragile and challenging environments from South East Asia to Eastern Europe. Piers holds a degree in Economics and Politics and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).…

Dr Mal Macgown – President

Mal founded TOR International in 1998. He brings to the company considerable business experience, strategic thinking and industry specific knowledge. Mal was born in Zimbabwe, graduated from Sydney University and has direct experience in primary health care including pre-hospital emergency services, as well as dental surgery. He served in the British Armed Forces for 9…

PORT COMPLIANCE – Mozambique

TOR was awarded a World Bank contract to assess the seven principle sea ports for international standards compliance. A long term non-compliance verdict would result in reduced shipping with resultant restrictions in trade and food distribution to the increasingly deprived people of the region. Full surveys were carried out by our team of experts and…

CHANGING POLICE CULTURE

As part of a strategic move to improve its international and domestic image, the government of a South East Asian country instructed its Ministry of Interior to change the way its ‘paramilitary’ police force operated. First, a wholesale change of police culture was required. TOR was contracted to manage this change. Our team assessed the…

STRATEGIC WHITE PAPER – Somalia

The shadow of Somalia had been stretching across the fragile economies of the horn of Africa for many years. Most international efforts to improve the situation had been short-termist or limited in nature and all previous initiatives to re-establish the State had been thwarted. TOR was requested to present to the Council of Ministers of…

HOSPITAL LIFELINE – Afghanistan

A foreign government built a regional hospital in Central Afghanistan, that was then unable to function owing to persistent attacks by local insurgents. The foreign government’s military guard force would come under fire regularly during the night and the situation became untenable. TOR was asked to assist. The principle problem was quickly identified as being…

HOSPITAL SHIP – Libya

TOR was requested by international clients to establish a fully functioning Hospital Ship for deployment to Misrata. The client brief required that this primary health care facility was able to accommodate 80 beds, an outpatient unit, a full hospital emergency unit, operating theatres, post-operational care and a rehabilitation capability. In developing the project, we balanced…