Paddy McGuinness
Senior Advisor
Paddy McGuinness CMG OBE is a Senior Adviser at Brunswick Group, supporting clients globally on crisis and resilience and the interplay between geopolitics, national security and their transactions.
He works closely with the firm’s regional and specialist leads across Technology, Crisis and Litigation, Public Affairs, Competition and Regulatory Affairs.
Paddy was previously the UK’s Deputy National Security Advisor for Intelligence, Security and Resilience, advising two successive British Prime Ministers on everything in the National Risk Assessment and the UK’s ability to respond to and recover from all hazards and threats, Cyber strategies, Counter Terrorism and approach to managing Hostile State Activities including the resilience of Critical National Infrastructure. He chaired the Investment Security Group, reviewing FDI and M&A for National Security purposes.
In the Foreign Service, Paddy served in the Middle East and Europe, He was an envoy on Yemen, security of major sporting events, and National Security and Law Enforcement access to data.
Away from Brunswick, Paddy advises governments on their resilience, and Private Equity on emerging technologies. He is a co- founder of Oxford Digital Healthcare and Venari Security.