Educated at Bristol University, Stuart Poole-Robb joined the RAF (“Royal Air Force”) immediately, serving in Aden and Sharjah. He later transferred to the (“SIB”) Special Investigation Branch, where he served for several years.
After a few years with the Rank Cinema Organisation in 1968, Poole-Robb’s career led him to Alders International heading up the duty-free operations in the UK and overseas. Coral Leisure Group then recruited his services under the title of Special Projects Director before he founded the Merchant International Group (MIG) in 1982.
With a reputation as somewhat of a corporate problem solver, MIG, headed by Poole-Robb as CEO, tackled all manner of risks and threats facing entities within the commercial world for nearly 20 years. MIG also won 2 risk analysis awards consecutively with its bespoke products and services.
Poole-Robb co-wrote with Alan Bailey, the acclaimed book “Risky Business” published in 2002, which ran a series of case studies that he and his colleagues dealt with during his time in the sector of intelligence gathering and corporate security. This book was reprinted in 2004 and 2005.
In the beginning of 2007 MIG was subject to a hostile corporate takeover by the Cerberus Security Group. Following his dismissal from the company and the subsequent demise of MIG some 8 months later, Poole-Robb turned his attention to a new challenge and now heads the KCS Group of companies, which boasts offices in the UK, Africa, Thailand and Hong Kong.
For further information on Stuart Poole-Robb and the KCS Group Europe Ltd please go to www.kcsgroup.com.
