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About Martin Purbrick
Martin Purbrick is a consultant, analyst, and writer who spent 32 years working in Asia in corporate risk management, law enforcement, and sports integrity.
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Martin provides consulting services through Purbrick & Associates Ltd, working for clients on business intelligence, due diligence of people and companies, as well as integrity management advice and investigations.​
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He writes for journals and news publications, including published work in Asian Affairs, the Jamestown Foundation, the Scotsman, the South China Morning Post, and Ming Pao News. His focus is on organised crime, corruption, law enforcement, and in particular these issues in relation to China and the rest of Asia.​
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As Director of Security & Integrity for the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Martin was responsible for integrity management, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, financial crime investigations, customer due diligence, and security risk management in the most successful horse racing and sports betting operator in the world.
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As Director of Security & Travel Safety for McKinsey & Co, Martin managed client confidentiality for the Firm's 90 offices in more than 40 countries, travel safety for over 17,000 employees, the response to several kidnappings in Latin America, evacuation from Beirut in 2006 during the Israeli offensive, risk management for client engagements in Afghanistan, Iraq, Papua New Guinea, and various other crises.
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As Asia Investigations Manager for Intel Corporation, Martin managed investigations across Asia involving employee related corruption, product trademark abuse, freight losses, and other integrity issues.
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Martin served in the Royal Hong Kong Police from 1988 and was involved in political intelligence and organised crime investigations in Special Branch, the Criminal Intelligence Bureau, and the Commercial Crime Bureau.
Following nine months training in law and management, he commanded a uniform patrol unit of over fifty officers and later managed a sudden death investigation team compiling reports for the Coroner.
In Special Branch (SB), he conducted intelligence based investigations against terrorist groups (who used Hong Kong as a transit centre for couriers and financial operations) and investigations of companies/individuals engaged in arms dealing (and breaching UK, US and United Nations sanctions).
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In the Criminal Intelligence Bureau (CIB), he conducted intelligence based analysis of triad societies and international organised crime groups, was responsible for overseas liaison and intelligence exchange, and developed strong relationships with law enforcement agencies in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK and Europe.
In the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB), he managed a team investigating major commercial fraud cases, many with international dimensions. His last posting was in the computer crime section of CCB investigating computer related crimes.