The QRisk Vision - a safer world, one client at a time.
Our story so far
It started in 2011 with a simple vision of creating a safer world, one client at a time. Personal safety & security harm comes in all forms from what you can encounter in the everyday to, terrorising catastrophic events. We know, we have lived, trained for and worked through them.
We believe that there is a better way to prepare and respond to harm than layering on more rules, providing superficial protection, ignoring the heart of the risk or putting everything through the complicator.
While our team comes from vastly different fields of expertise, from our work in the Police, conflict zones, natural disasters, international personal protection, scams, frauds, workplace bullying prevention to aggressive customers, our common bond is empowering, educating and supporting people safety and security.
We calmly approach safety, risk reduction and protection with simplicity & pragmatism. We love what we do, and we love helping our clients become more resilient.
We want our clients to live life, travel, work and play knowing that their engagement with QRisk has made them a little more safer and awareness savvy in a changing world.
A safer world one client at a time - from sharing life skills on personal safety and security awareness, tactical leadership, to gritty thought provoking keynote presentations – QRisk is founded on our values of trust, alignment and confidence.
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Visit our operational site to support you beyond a training need. Protective Security | Security Consultancy | Investigations. The vision remains the same “a safer world one client at a time”
Our People
Paul Walsh QSM - Partner
With uncompromising standards of professionalism and commitment Paul is highly qualified through a specialised career within the NZ Police and its Special Tactics Group, which included leadership roles and training & development
With an ability to operate in culturally diverse communities, from conflict zones to the corporate world, Paul is an experienced leader in security planning, operational execution of task, critical incident management and training.
His international career is extensive with the undertaking of key protection and training roles in Europe, UK, Australia, East Timor, The Solomon Islands, East Africa, Asia, Afghanistan, Mexico & throughout South America.
Paul has oversight of all our Protective Security assignments.
Dan Taylor -Specialist Consultant
Dan loves nothing better than creating structure out of chaos and has a keen eye for uncovering simple solutions that have been buried in complication.
With 20 years consulting and delivering successful change, Dan is an expert project manager, facilitator and consultant in the critical incident management industry.
He draws on a number of tools including strategic planning; relationship management; human centred design; lean, agile and process improvement that have given our clients robust, practical, insight driven outcomes to increase their resiliency, safety and security when they need it most.
Jayne Lapin - Partner
With empathy, practical design and professionalism, Jayne loves making great change happen together with our clients.
With over 20 years in financial and critical incident management industries she has led the delivery of complex and high-pressured solutions with heart, speed and pragmatism for individuals one on one to organisational executive level.
Jayne delivers the best outcomes for our clients through using her deep experience in people & operational leadership, training, incident management, and culture change that produce sustainable safety and security improvements.
Bronwyn Groot - Training Consultant
There’s not a scam or fraud that Bronwyn hasn’t seen that doesn’t have a devastating impact on victims, from the vulnerable to the business savvy. As the previous Fraud Education Manager at the Commission for Financial Capability (CFFC) she has more than 20 years’ experience in the banking industry, including working in financial crime and security.
She is a member of the international Certified Fraud Examiners Association, with qualifications on fraud psychology and the types of frauds being perpetrated around the world. She was named National Dignity Champion by Age Concern , and was the winner of NZ first Anti-Fraud Award at the Fraud Film Festival.
As part of her CFFC role, Bronwyn was the lead author of the “Little Black Book of Scams” & “Money Mule Awareness Booklet” and created the “Fraud Hurts” short film for the International Fraud Film Festival.
Katie Williams - Advisor
Katie is our trusted advisor who has the right subject matter knowledge through her industry experience as a Security Advisor for NZ Post,. Providing advice, assurance and professional services to the New Zealand Post Group and working with Police and Customs during investigations.
She is available to assist with security reviews, critical incident management planning and staff training on safety, risk and security related topics such as robbery, bomb threats, receipt of suspicious packages and staff safety and awareness.
Our Trusted team of Operators
We have a good number of trusted specialists that create trust and confidence and have expertise across our range of services. You will be impressed by their pedigree.
Security operators from the best trained units of the NZ Police and NZ Defense Force. Business experts in communication, change management and business transformation.
If you require our services - then the team we put on it is trusted to deliver.
QRisk Training Ambassador - Noreen
I am extremely proud to be a QRisk training ambassador, and to have my story out there so that others can learn. It’s a QRisk mantra that people learn through story, and it’s my hope people continue to learn through mine.
It feels like it was not so long ago I came face to face with an evil side of our society when I was followed and attacked by a predator after stepping off an Auckland train one evening. In that life changing moment though, I fought back – I had to fight, the only other option was to succumb and be a victim of sexual violence or homicide and become another statistic in the newspaper headlines for a day.
That wasn’t how my story was going to end.
What I love about the QTraining courses is that it is so much more than self-defence.
It’s about having the skills to identify risk, put in place simple strategies and making good decisions. The self defence should be the insurance policy – the last resort.
It would have been way better for me to have recognised and acted when I saw the red flags rather than having to fight for my life.
I know the offender that night is undeniably responsible for my attack, I had the right to go home in peace. I now know, through the help of QTraining that there are things I can control, I have a sphere of influence and now I am in tune with my environment, I know how to identify risk flags and put in place some simple strategies to protect myself.
It really is about have that right, empowering and appropriate level of situational awareness.
If you want to hear more about me and my story, then I can be available to come and speak alongside the QRisk facilitators to really empower your people on safety & security through situational awareness.
After my attack I was sent so many messages of love and support. I was sent this one quote from a friend that spoke to my soul and helped me on my journey to heal.
I carry these words daily as a tattoo that reads “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice” - Bob Marley
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QRisk Values
Trust
We aim to build it with our clients quickly. We think it’s the highest value you can have. Part of that trust is developed by listening and understanding your needs, communicating openly and delivering. What we say we will do. You can trust that.
Alignment
Alignment in thinking and values is key. We don't necessarily need to agree on all matters and healthy tension is good - but alignment in desired outcomes is gold and necessary. We like to work with people that think the same way.
Confidence
We aim to provide confidence to our clients quickly. This is not through waffle and false statements of expertise and bravado. It is through delivery of a high-impact consultancy where we take our work super seriously but not always ourselves.
Contact us.
Phone: +64 21 2010871
PO Box 301779, Albany 0752
Auckland, New Zealand