Ian Betts
Ian Betts is Hill & Associates’ Director for Southeast Asia, covering Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. He is also Service Line Leader for Risk Intelligence. Hill & Associates is a G4S Company. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in Asia, Betts is considered to be one of the region’s leading analysts. He worked in business consultancy between 1996 and 2006, joining Hill & Associates in 2007 to lead the company’s Risk Intelligence Service in Indonesia, serving as Country Manager there from 2009 to 2014. In 2015, he relocated to London as Global Head of Risk Analysis for G4S Risk Consulting, leading a team of analysts there alongside Hill & Associates’ own analysts in Asia. In January 2017, Betts returned to Southeast Asia to lead the company’s operations in Thailand, Vietnam, and the broader Mekong sub-region, based in Bangkok. In January his duties were expanded to include Malaysia and Indonesia once more. Betts is also the Leader for Hill & Associates’ Risk Intelligence service, managing a team of analysts based in countries throughout the region. A published author in Indonesia, he provides expertise on a broad spectrum of risk and security areas. He maintains a busy schedule of international conferences, forums and other speaking engagements. Fluent in Danish and Indonesian, he has a Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities and a Master’s degree in International Studies.
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