Introduction

Kees Sietsma B.V. is an international operating Bureau, which helps its clients with consultancy and investigations regarding security and crisis/incident related issues. Kees Sietsma, Director and Senior Consultant of the Bureau has worked in over 20 countries for more than 135 clients and provided them with practical and pragmatic analyses and recommendations, based on his extensive expertise and experience. The Bureau practices a very strict client confidentiality policy, and enforces indeed a rigorous ethics policy.

Independent and impartial

Bureau Kees Sietsma is a wholly independent company. The consultancy and investigations are made objectively and impartially, All shares of the company are owned by the Director of the Bureau KS and the Bureau have no beneficial relationships with suppliers of security equipment or guarding services. It enables the Bureau giving clients cost-effective workable solutions appropriate to the threats they face.
The Bureau KS is not retained either by insurance syndicates to provide crisis response exclusively to insured clients. Therefore Bureau KS is able providing clients with priority response to help manage an abduction, detention, (product)extortion related incidents, a immediate threat or any other (international) violent problem and resolve the crisis as quickly as possible, regardless a possible insurance status.

Bureau KS: access to local, national and world-wide security and crisis/ incident management network

Organised crime, terrorism, political, social, religious and environmental inspired violent activities are possible threats nowadays for private persons, enterprises and organisations. Implicit and explicit threats, extortion related incidents, such as malicious product contaminations, kidnaps, violent (armed) behaviour, detentions, fraud and industrial espionage: it is only a selection of extremely deviant behaviour.
The Bureau has access to an international network of contacts and qualified multidisciplinary composed security companies helping clients to meet these threats. It includes consultants with proven track records in law, banking, military protection operations, accountancy, law enforcement, insurance and journalism.
Bureau KS and its international security management network helps clients with confidential investigations and problem solving services, to investigate fraud, conducts detailed due intelligence and provides litigation support. In case of lack of capacity the Bureau will be intermediary to identify an appropriate, international expert consultancy company to assist clients in developing and implementing effective actions in an (international) crisis or investigation.

The services of Bureau KS

The Bureau helps senior management of clients solving delicate problems which fall outside the scope of mainstream advisers. The range of services are organised in a logical way in pro active and response approach, viz.: Security Management Services, Strategic Investigations and Incident/Crisis Management Consultancy.