CLARITY | CONFIDENCE | STRATEGIC INSIGHT
Delivering bespoke risk management, preparedness and response
Clarity and Confidence that Delivers Strategic Insight
Security is no longer purely about prevention, it is about preparation, resilience, and recovery. Taverner Risk is an elite advisory firm supporting organisations facing the most complex security threats.
Our advisors bring hard-won operational experience from the highest levels of national security, counter-terrorism intelligence, and complex investigations, not as theory, but as insight earned in some of the most challenging strategic leadership roles. We provide decision-makers with clarity and confidence through rigorous investigations, analysis, and preparedness.
Today’s threats demand more than technical answers. They require judgement, independence, and a deep understanding of how security, risk, and resilience converge. Taverner Risk provides exactly that.
Services
Board Advisory
Expert strategic counsel for boards navigating a complex commercial and geopolitical threat landscape, including national security threats, hostile state activity, and international terrorism.
Investigations
Rigorous, discreet and ethical investigation services — conducted with the utmost discretion and professionalism. We deliver compliance, due diligence and conduct investigations with forensic professionalism.
Incident Response
Immediate, discreet support for C-suite leaders and senior teams managing critical incidents. Providing experienced operational judgement, crisis communications, structured guidance, and independent counsel at the moments that matter most.
Prevention and Preparedness to Build Resilience
Operationally grounded training and immersive exercising that builds the leadership instincts of senior teams in preparing and building resilience.
Public Services and Critical National Infrastructure
Public and Government Services
Taverner Risk supports government, public service leaders and CNI with independent, intelligence-led counsel. Combining board-level strategic insight, rigorous investigations, and crisis preparedness to deliver clarity, defensibility, and accountability when it matters most.
Why Us
Taverner Risk was founded by two of the UK’s most experienced leaders in counter terrorism, investigations and crisis response. We work with boards, leadership teams and organisations facing situations where the stakes are high, the facts are unclear and the decisions cannot wait.
Clarity
When situations are complex, sensitive and fast-moving, clear thinking is the difference between confident leadership and costly missteps. Our team has operated at the highest levels of policing, national security and crisis response — bringing hard-won clarity when it matters most.
Confidence
Genuine confidence under pressure is earned through experience, not training courses. With decades of frontline leadership across counter terrorism, major investigations and crisis command, we help leaders and boards act decisively and remain credibly accountable.
Strategic Insight
Risk events rarely stay contained — they expose culture, governance and leadership. Shaped by real-world experience at the intersection of national security, investigations and crisis leadership, our insight helps organisations understand not just what happened, but what it means.
People
Dominic Murphy
CEO
Dominic Murphy
Dominic Murphy is one of the UK’s most experienced leaders in counter terrorism, national security and crisis response. A former Commander of SO15, the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, he led some of the most complex security operations in the world, shaping national strategy and directing responses to major incidents at home and overseas. Dominic is recognised internationally for his expertise in crisis leadership, organisational resilience and strategic decision‑making under pressure and the leadership of highly sensitive investigations.
David McGillicuddy
Director
David McGillicuddy
David McGillicuddy is a senior risk, security, and investigations leader with extensive experience across UK Counter Terrorism Policing and the Metropolitan Police. He specialises in managing complex threats, leading sensitive national and international investigations, and developing effective risk and compliance frameworks. David has delivered major capability uplifts, shaped cross‑government partnerships, and briefed senior leaders on evolving risks. His expertise spans crisis management, evidence‑based decision‑making, and guiding organisations through high‑risk operational and strategic challenges.