Premier Sports Network is proud to announce the extension of its partnership with TorchStone Global to combat the increasing security threat to athletes, and support with mitigating risk for large scale sporting events.

TorchStone Global is a premier global risk mitigation and security firm providing customised solutions to address each client’s needs across the entire spectrum of security and delivering peace of mind and confidence in an increasingly unstable and unpredictable world.

TorchStone Globals’s mantra, The Business of Before, speaks to their proactive posture and tailored solutions designed to reduce your risk before something bad happens. In today’s world risk has been redefined and preparation is more critical than ever. You only need to look at the news to see how we have become more vulnerable to threats while out in public and engaged in everyday activities.

Elite athletes have been violently targeted at an alarming rate, with social media and poor security largely to blame. Over the last 18 months, TorchStone Global have been providing a number of education workshops to players across the English Premier League and EFL Championship around staying safe when online, travelling and while at home. The education sessions are available to every athlete and are delivered by Scott Stewart, Vice President of Intelligence at TorchStone Global. Mr Stewart is a seasoned protective intelligence practitioner with 35 years of analytical, investigative and security experience.

Premier Sports Network will continue a valuable relationship with TorchStone Global who will be providing an unwavering focus on the highest-quality protection for sports leagues, players and their families.

TorchStone Global’s risk management and capabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Home, workplace and travel security

• Threat intelligence

• Social media monitoring

• Due diligence and investigations

• Cyber and technical safety

• Event security and logistics

TorchStone Global has earned a reputation as a best-in-class risk consultancy company offering pragmatic and cost-effective problem solving and risk mitigation solutions for the world’s most well-known companies, high-profile families and popular sporting events in more than 70 countries across six continents. TorchStone Global differentiate themselves within a fragmented and evolving security industry by combining decades of cumulative, in-house private, public and social sector experience in risk analysis, protection, intelligence, investigations, and psychology with cutting edge technology solutions and a global network of proven risk consultants and professions.

With personnel that have protected major primary candidates, TorchStone Global have international sporting event experience providing security and logistics services at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, the last 12 NFL Super Bowl games, the last nine runnings of Indianapolis 500, and over a decade of supporting the Ladies Professional Golf Associations (LPGA).

Kai McKechnie, Head of Marketing at Premier Sports Network, said: “We are proud to continue an important relationship with TorchStone Global. The threat facing top-flight athletes, footballers in particular, has been highlighted by frightening incidents. Likewise, there have been increasing examples of failure to address risks facing major events and security venues that require high-tech surveillance equipment.”

Chris Sanchez, Vice President at TorchStone Global, said: “TorchStone Global is proud to continue our relationship with Premier Sports Network. We look forward to expanding our security and intelligence capabilities globally and with Premier Sports Network as our partner we are excited about the future.”

About TorchStone Global

TorchStone Global is a discreet risk mitigation and security advisory firm serving the unique need of the world’s leading organisations and individuals. Managed by an elite team of seasoned security professionals, TorchStone Global serves client concerns ranging from Personal Security to Cyber Security to Wealth Protection. We excel during difficult situations and specialise in large, complex engagements by leveraging proprietary resource from around the globe. TorchStone Global provides customised safeguard solutions for clients who seek to protect their most important assets: People, Capital and Information.

For more information, visit www.torchstoneglobal.com