Managing Director
Philip Baum
Philip Baum, Green Light’s Managing Director, is an ardent proponent of, and specialist in, behavioural analysis and profiling techniques whilst also taking the lead on the creation of inflight security and hijack management programmes. He serves as a consultant and instructor on Green Light’s T.R.A.P.®, inflight security and unruly passenger management programmes.
Philip is Visiting Professor, Aviation Security, at Coventry University and author of Violence in the Skies: a history of aircraft hijacking and bombing. He regularly chairs, moderates and speaks at industry conferences and has developed and moderated Green Light’s own industry events: Behavioural Analysis (Northampton, 2022; Online, 2020; Minneapolis, 2019 and Cardiff, 2018), Body Search World (London, 2015), DISPAX World (London, 2019, London, 2014 and Istanbul, 2009), and Inflight Emergency Response (Riga, 2016).
Head Office Staff
Gurbir Chahal
Office & Accounts Manager
For enquiries regarding accounts and office administration please contact Gurbir on gchahal@avsec.com
Consultants and Trainers
Stephen Ackroyd
Based: UK
Stephen is a trainer and consultant in the area of aviation risk management. He works in tandem with Green Light on airport/airline security management projects and is also a T.R.A.P.® trainer. Stephen is a Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) and former Head of Aviation Security for British Midland International (bmi) which, at the time, was the second largest UK airline operating out of Heathrow. He has a masters’ degree in Security Management from Loughborough University and a Certificate in Terrorism Studies from the University of St Andrews.
Aaron Le Boutillier
Based: Thailand
Aaron is Green Light’s subject matter expert on disruptive passenger communication, management and restraint. He also advises on self-defence tactics. He is regarded as one of the world’s leading exponents of disruptive passenger training, tactical communication skills and the restraint of violent persons; he has delivered hard and soft skills courses in these areas to over 30,000 cabin crew from 20 different airlines. Aaron has also been at the forefront of conflict management training since 1996 and has developed training packages for a variety of industries.
Neville Hay
Based: UK
Neville is a consultant, trainer and key member of Green Light’s T.R.A.P.® team. He is a former member of Special Branch, the oldest counterterrorism unit in the world dealing with national security, and a former member of the risk assessment group at Britain’s second largest airport. Neville is a graduate of the ICAO AVSEC PM programme and is accredited by the UK Department for Transport as an Avsec Manager. His experience is built on 32 years of diverse operational policing, and collaboration with both the National Crime Agency and UK Border Force.
Katharine Ng
Based: Hong Kong
Katharine is a trainer and consultant specialising in corporate and aviation training. She is Green Light’s subject matter expert on facilitation skills and instructional techniques and works in tandem with Green Light on crew resource management (CRM) programmes. With an aviation career spanning 20 years, Katharine’s journey has taken her from cabin crew for Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific, to eight years with Cathay Pacific’s Human Factors department. She co-founded Viva Macau Airlines in 2004 and holds qualifications in Adult Education and Training from Hong Kong University.
Diana Stancu Godet
Based: Belgium
Diana is a legal specialist and a key member of Green Light’s T.R.A.P.® team. She provides consultancy and training services on international aviation legislation and security. Diana started her aviation career as a legal advisor for the Romanian Aviation Academy whilst also acting as an instructor for external courses on international aviation, European legislation and aviation security. She is a graduate of the Air and Space Law graduate programme at the International Institute of Air and Space Law, The Netherlands, and holds masters’ degrees in International Business Law and Project Management as well as being a graduate of the ICAO/Concordia AVSEC PM programme.
Terry Upsall
Based: Indonesia & UK
Terry is one of our in-house instructors who has been training for Green Light for more than 15 years. He specialises in delivering Green Light’s T.R.A.P.® behavioural analysis programmes, as well as inflight security and unruly passenger management and restraint courses. Terry now conducts IATA’s Inflight Security courses on behalf of Green Light. He has conducted many courses for a range of airlines around the globe, from end-user programmes through to train-the-trainer courses. He also trains corporate security and self-defence courses for multinational organisations. He is a key member of Green Light’s T.R.A.P.® training delivery team.