Aegis Defence Services

Aegis Defence Services
Company typePrivate
Founded2002
FoundersTim Spicer
Mark Bullough
Jeffrey Day
Dominic Armstrong[1]
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
 Nicholas Soames (chairman)
ProductsDefence services
ServicesMilitary services
Websitewww.aegisworld.com

Aegis Defence Services is a British private military and private security company with overseas offices in Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Somalia and Mozambique. It is part of the Aegis Group of companies, which includes Aegis LLC, which is based in the United States. It was founded in 2002 by Tim Spicer, who was previously CEO of the private military company Sandline International;[2] Jeffrey Day, an entrepreneur; and Mark Bullough and Dominic Armstrong, former investment bankers.[3]

It is a founding signatory of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers, inaugurated on 9 November 2010, a 'Swiss government convened, multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to both clarify international standards for the private security industry operating in complex environments, as well as to improve oversight and accountability of these companies.'[4] It was a founding member of the British Association of Private Security Companies (BAPSC), a body lobbying for the regulation of the British PSC sector,[5] which is now defunct. It is also a member of the Private Security Company Association of Iraq.

In October 2015 Aegis was taken over by Canadian security company GardaWorld.[6]

  1. ^ "AEGIS - History". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Tim Spicer". Sourcewatch. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Aegis Defence Services". Sourcewatch. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "About the ICoC". ICoC. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015.
  5. ^ Phinney, David. "From Mercenaries to Peacemakers?: Scandals Confront Military Security Industry". CorpWatch, 29 November 2005
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference ross was invoked but never defined (see the help page).