Founded & directed by: Simon de Saint-Claire, PhD (IR, OU) 
Simon de Saint-Claire 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. He brings over thirty years of operational experience across intelligence analysis, human-centric risk, and complex security environments.
A former New Zealand Army officer, Simon spent close to 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. His published work explores the persistent gap between what institutions know and what they choose to see.
Through SAINT, Simon integrates structured intelligence methodologies with human domain insight and social science frameworks. His work addresses environments where conventional risk models are insufficient – where political volatility, human behaviour, and institutional context are the decisive variables.
Simon’s academic grounding spans international relations, socio-cultural systems, security sector governance, and intelligence practice.
His work is anchored by a single principle:
“Intelligentia Scientia – knowledge through understanding, understanding through knowledge”.
Engagements are advisory, discrete, and analytically independent.