Simon de Saint-Claire, PhD (M.ISRM, SRMP-C, M.ASIS)
Dr. Simon de Saint-Claire brings over 30 years of operational experience across intelligence analysis, human-centric risk, and complex security environments. His work focuses on interpreting how human behaviour, social systems, and strategic context converge to shape risk – whether in politically sensitive settings, fragile states, or domestic operational environments.
A former New Zealand Army officer, Simon spent more than a decade serving as a strategic adviser to the United Nations Secretariat, supporting peacekeeping, stabilisation, and political transition missions. Since 2002, he has worked across the triple nexus (peace, security, development), providing field consultancy, strategic insight, and applied research to intergovernmental bodies, national police authorities, technical assistance NGOs, and the private security sector.
Through SAINT | SSD, Simon integrates structured intelligence methodologies with Human Domain insight and social science frameworks. He currently supports clients in both Security Risk Management and International Civilian Crisis Management – offering contextual analysis, foresight reporting, threat assessments, and tailored analytic frameworks that connect human behaviour to operational decision-making.
Simon’s academic grounding spans international relations, socio-cultural systems, security sector governance, and intelligence practice.
His work is anchored by the principle:
“Knowledge through Understanding.”