PAUL HAWKES: Director (MD). Principal Investigator. Born 1959:

Paul Hawkes is a relatively unusual detective in that he has spent the whole of his working life developing into an accomplished legal investigator. He first established himself as a professional investigator within the UK investigation industry in August 1977, soon developing a specialty in complex 'locates' (finding missing people) worldwide and covert surveillance services. During his prolific career, Paul Hawkes has progressively acquired a comprehensive range of well placed contacts, industry knowledge, techniques and resources; having been involved in numerous security assignments and projects spanning the globe.

During the 1980's and mid 1990's Paul Hawkes became a senior investigator and developed a specialisation in worldwide asset identification and location, as well as providing strategic investigative information, running assignments and projects worldwide, acting near exclusively to legal and investigative firms and later to select private individuals and government; regularly working on high profile cases in the international arena. He now has a reputation for looking after client's requirements and discreetly getting the job done. With so many decades of experience, Paul Hawkes lives and breathes as a detective.

'Discreet Projects and Assignments'

Paul Hawkes also managed and ran a renowned but very private research agency working out of Liechtenstein during the 1980's and 1990's, later redeveloping Research Associates into one of the UK's premier 'full service agencies' subsequent to the changes in UK and worldwide legislation during the late 1990's. Both Paul Hawkes and Research Associates have been the subject of numerous low-key articles appearing in the international and UK press; including The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent.

In the public domain Paul Hawkes is well documented being involved in investigations into numerous high profile matrimonial matters, strategic covert surveillance, as well as fraud cases involving multi-million pound losses, where retrieval of funds were high on the agenda. These include Polly Peck -Asil Nadir, the Brinks Mat Gold Robbery; identifying funds sequestrated by the UK Government during the 1980's NUM Miners Strike, and during the Gulf War helped identify funds held by correspondent banks in London by Rafidian Bank of Iraq and Rasheed Bank of Iraq. Paul Hawkes also initiated the original focused investigation into Harold Brown (Diana, Princess of Wales' butler), which led directly to the police investigation and subsequent arrest of former Royal butlers, Harold Brown and Paul Burrell. He was also lead investigator, working in both the UK and South Africa in the infamous Bruce Grobbelaar libel case involving the Sun Newspaper (please note that all the aforementioned cases appear in the public domain). Numerous prominent private clients remain forever anonymous and confidential. Paul Hawkes is renowned for his consistent discretion and sensitivity in all matters.

Paul Hawkes: CURRENT:

Currently the senior partner of 'Research Associates', a full service agency offering high spec' investigative assistance to select clientele worldwide; Paul Hawkes is a longstanding full member of the Association of British Investigators (ABI) and regularly sits on the ABI's board of examination, as well as occupying other branch positions. In 2010, Paul Hawkes was nominated for the Association of British Investigators' prestigious 'Investigator of The Year'. Paul Hawkes is a past member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) and a full member of the Institute of Professional Investigators (IPI), a longstanding full member of the elite World Association Detectives (WAD) and full member of the World Association of Private Investigators (WAPI), the British and European Polygraph Association (BEPA), The National Association of Investigative Specialists (NAIS), as well as an Associate of Internationale Kommission der Detektiv-Verb-nde.

Paul Hawkes holds a clear Criminal Conviction Certificate -Clear: dated 8 December 2011 (Disclosure No 110100104588132). This certificate is renewed every two years

Paul Hawkes authored a series of articles originally written as 'Insider' for 'Information Security Management' magazine, during 2001/2002. He has given numerous talks on the art and logics of investigation; including a recorded lecture entitled 'Secret Lives' for the Wellcome Foundation, within 'The Identity Project' presented within a major exhibition hosted by 'The Wellcome Collection' in January 2010. Having studied extensively, Paul Hawkes has a multifaceted understanding of counselling and anger management skills, and was instrumental in helping establish the British Association of Anger Management (BAAM).

Paul Hawkes is a fully trained scuba diver/open water diver; Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) certified, and an award winning swimmer/teacher (Swimming Teachers Association). He is also a certified co-leader in The ManKind Project (MKP), a progressive worldwide leadership-training organisation and has co-lead numerous intensive MKP trainings throughout the UK, Europe, North America, and Africa. In 2004, he won The ManKind Project's prestigious 'Ron Hering Mission of Service Award'. In 2010 Paul Hawkes co-founded 'Journeyman UK' (Journeyman Mentoring Network Ltd), an affiliate chapter of the international 'Boys To Men Mentoring Network', a unique education charity and community based mentoring network, "supporting boys and young men to become the adults they want to be".

Paul Hawkes has also studied mixed martial arts for over four decades (Judo, Fanchento Kung Fu and Kickboxing). He is also well known as having a half-eaten bowl of porridge near-permanently on his desk.

Paul Hawkes is well known by his peers and clients alike, as a trustworthy, straight speaking, intuitive and impartial investigator with an innate ability to understand the fundamental overview of an often-complex situation. Paul typically presents clients with perceptive, focused and pragmatic resolution to the most difficult of situations and has a reputation for “pulling the rabbit out of the hat”.

Paul Hawkes: SPECIALISED FOCUS:

Private security projects and assignments, private covert surveillance/observation and crisis management, matrimonial/family matters, close protection, electronic counter-measures (GSM and bug 'sweeping'), profiling, due diligence, locating missing persons/debtors, and fraud investigation: Call Paul Hawkes on 020 7854 9000.