About us

Two former Metropolitan Police officers started Ashgrove in 2004 with one contract and a promise: the people we send are people we employ.

Twenty years, one rule

Ashgrove has never subcontracted an officer. Every person who wears our name is recruited, trained, supervised and paid by us. It costs more and it is the reason clients stay: the officer at your door in year five is the same officer who learned your house in year one.

We are around sixty officers, a control room in Farringdon staffed day and night, and a training arm that keeps the whole company current.

A wet London street at night

Who runs it

The two founders still run the operations, and every senior supervisor came up through the ranks here. Consultancy work is done by the same people who run the details, not by a separate advisory arm that has never stood a post.

A dark car on a city street
Daniel AshgroveFounder and managing director. Former Metropolitan Police.
Ruth OkonjoFounder and operations director. Former Metropolitan Police.
Marcus BellHead of close protection.
Aisha RahmanHead of guarding and control room.
Tom SørensenHead of training. Former army medic.
Priya NandakumarHead of consultancy and risk.
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