Crawford Thomas

Crawford Thomas is a former officer in the British Army, with over 20 years service. As a Scotsman, he joined a Scottish infantry regiment, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. After an eventful 10 years, deploying on rural and urban tours in Northern Ireland, as well as squeezing in a 8 month tour as a platoon commander in the 2/1 New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Crawford found himself in command of the UK Ministry of Defence Anti-Terrorist, Training and Advisory Team at the time of 9/11. Immediately after the attack, he deployed to the British Embassy in Washington, marking the start of his transition to the world of intelligence.

Crawford very quickly made the permanent move to military intelligence, seeing tours of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Latin America. During this busy time, Crawford specialised in all aspects of the Intelligence Life Cycle and all capabilities, with one eye on the future and the day when he’d be hunting for a job in the corporate world. Since leaving the military in 2014, Crawford has built award winning ‘intelligence led’ approaches to cyber security in both regional and global financial institutions. He continues to work in a global bank and finds the most rewarding aspect comes from sharing with peers and benevolent nature of public/private communities. He now is keen to take the sharing one step further in consulting and as an author, putting to print his experiences.