Defuse / Diːˈfjuːz/ Verb: To Make a Situation Less Tense Or Dangerous
Purpose
Security Through Understanding
When you’re prominent – whether through wealth, position, or influence – security isn’t about kit. It’s about whether you can sleep at night, make decisions without second-guessing yourself, and live without constantly looking over your shoulder.
Worry, fear, uncertainty – they creep in quietly. Your world gets smaller. Your confidence shrinks.
Here’s where we’re different: While others sell you protection, we solve the problem.
We listen first. We work out what you’re genuinely facing versus what’s just noise. Then we build a strategy that addresses the risks to your family, business, and reputation.
The result? You get your peace of mind back. You get control back. And you can focus on what matters – your family, your work, your future.
That’s the difference between security and safety.
Founder and CEO
Philip Grindell MSc CSyP – CEO & Founder
Behavioural Threat Assessment & Crisis Management for Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals and Family Offices
When Jo Cox MP was murdered in 2016, Philip was the Scotland Yard Detective Inspector asked to build Parliament’s threat assessment response from scratch. A year later, his team identified and stopped a planned terrorist attack on a serving MP and police officer. He has a proven track record for identifying danger early and addressing it before it escalates.
His background includes 30 years at the Met, work with British Intelligence, and protecting the Royal Family and Government ministers at high-risk national events. He learned that most threats can be stopped when you understand the signs and tell the truth as it is.
Philip founded Defuse Global to support prominent people, high-net-worth families, and private offices facing complex threats. He provides specialist advice, protective intelligence, and discreet investigative work that restores clarity at times when fear is affecting health, sleep, judgment, and daily decision-making. His work helps clients steady themselves, regain perspective, and deal with the situation from a calmer place.
His book, Personal Threat Management, is widely used across the industry, and he is one of the fewer than 300 globally recognised Chartered Security Professionals.
Clients come to him when they want their problems handled by the same expertise that has protected some of the world’s highest-profile people and families.
Philip gives keynote talks and seminars at events of all sizes, tailored to each audience and focused on clear, practical takeaways.
For speaking enquiries, contact HOLO Global Agency at [email protected]
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Director
Amanda Grindell – Director of Business Development
Before joining Defuse Global, Amanda worked in counterespionage and technical surveillance countermeasures – the kind of work where handling sensitive information isn’t a skill you develop, it’s a requirement for survival.
That background shaped how she approaches client relationships. When someone shares their security concerns, they’re often revealing things they haven’t shared with anyone else. Amanda understands that trust isn’t given – it’s earned through discretion, follow-through, and getting the details right.
She manages the business side of Defuse Global, developing proposals, building client relationships, and ensuring everything runs smoothly. But her real value is simpler than that. Clients know that when they speak to Amanda, what they say stays with her. Their concerns are taken seriously. And nothing falls through the cracks.
