Martin Stone
Investigations Director
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Biography
Martin has been in the intelligence and risk assessment field for more than 35 years. He has managed a broad range of high-profile and confidential cases in asset tracing, due diligence, litigation support, political risk, internal investigations and strategic intelligence throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa.
His career includes roles in leading consultancies in London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and New York, focusing on corporate, law firm, and financial sector and government clients. He has extensive experience of working for energy sector clients.
Martin holds a master’s degree in Arabic and Turkish from Edinburgh University and an MBA. He spent several years in Egypt before joining a UK-based risk consultancy, where he specialised in political and security risk. After working in political risk insurance, he led Middle East operations for a London-based due diligence and investigations firm, followed by eight years overseeing EMEA operations for a US consultancy. Most recently, he was co-founder of an intelligence consultancy specialising in the Middle East and North Africa based in Abu Dhabi and London.