Agility & Interim Solutions | Risk Management

GSA provides agile interim risk management solutions for organisations facing complex, time critical, or high impact challenges. Our interim teams operate within established leadership structures and are led by former senior police officers who bring deep operational expertise, credibility, and calm decision making to every assignment.

GSA support organisations that require immediate capability, additional leadership capacity, or specialist expertise during periods of change, investigation, or heightened risk.

Interim Risk Management Leadership

GSA Global can deploy interim risk management teams at short notice, providing experienced leadership and specialist practitioners who are accustomed to operating in complex and sensitive environments.

Our teams bring extensive experience in risk management, stakeholder engagement, problem solving, and communication, alongside a proven ability to manage complex casework, safeguarding concerns, and high consequence decision making. This includes senior investigating officers, child protection specialists, tactical firearms advisors, public order advisors, learning and training development managers, and national security advisors.

Each role is filled by individuals who have held significant responsibility and operated under scrutiny, often in fast moving or high pressure situations.

Experienced and Vetted Resource Pool

GSA’s resource pool of more than 400 professionals is drawn almost exclusively from former police officers. Each individual brings extensive experience from their policing career, including managing people, leading teams, and responding to challenging and unpredictable situations with professionalism and composure.

This background enables our teams to integrate quickly, understand organisational dynamics, and operate with confidence and authority from day one.

Flexible and Scalable Delivery

Our interim solutions are designed to flex around organisational needs. GSA can provide on site capability, remote working support, or a blended model depending on operational requirements.

We are able to scale resourcing rapidly, including extended shift patterns where appropriate, ensuring continuity and resilience during sustained or demanding periods. Our teams are highly productive, with a strong track record of delivering outcomes faster than established internal capability while maintaining high quality and defensible standards.

Safeguarding and Risk Insight

Beyond immediate operational delivery, GSA provides safeguarding expertise and risk insight that strengthens organisational decision making. Our teams are experienced in identifying emerging concerns, assessing vulnerability, and applying proportionate protective measures in complex environments.

We bring an intelligence led approach that supports early intervention, informed leadership, and improved resilience. This enables organisations to not only respond to current challenges, but to better anticipate and manage future risk with confidence and clarity.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Who leads GSA’s interim teams?

GSA’s interim teams are led by former senior police officers with extensive experience in leadership, complex investigations, safeguarding, and operational risk management. These leaders are accustomed to operating under scrutiny and making proportionate, defensible decisions in challenging environments.

How quickly can GSA deploy interim support?

GSA can deploy interim teams or individual specialists at short notice, often within days. This allows organisations to respond quickly to emerging risks or operational pressures without long recruitment processes.

When would an organisation need interim risk management support?

Organisations typically engage interim support during periods of increased risk, organisational change, internal investigations, safeguarding concerns, capacity gaps, or when specialist expertise is required at short notice.

Case study

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GSA was asked to support the National Asylum Intake Unit (NAIU) with the screening of asylum applicants who had arrived in the UK by small boats across the English Channel. We sent highly capable staff with excellent interpersonal and risk management skills to conduct the initial migrant screening and administer cases on the Home Office’s IT systems.