Dr. Sheelagh Brady has approximately 25 years of experience in policing and security, working with An Garda Siochana, the Irish Police Force, the European Union Common Security and Defence Policy missions and the United Nations in Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) and Libya, and UNDSS in Nigeria. Since 2014, she has combined this experience, with her academic knowledge, providing a unique perspective on security and risk to business, governments, and non-profit organization. She hold a PhD from Dublin City University titled ‘PhD Shared cues, different violence organizations – exploring the visual strategies used by extremists, gangs, the military, and private military contractors/mercenaries’.