Roderick Jones began his career with Scotland Yard’s Special Branch focused on international terrorism and the close protection of a prominent British cabinet member. Following his move to San Francisco, Roderick founded the private security company Concentric Advisors, where he is currently the Executive Chairman. He served as CEO for seven years, growing it to become one of the largest and most influential privately held security firms on the west coast of the United States.
His work during this period included the design and delivery of security to several high-growth Silicon Valley companies, family offices of billionaires and large philanthropic institutions.
He has consulted widely on next-generation security projects with the United States military and intelligence community, notably the impact of online gaming and virtual worlds, as well as the threat of computer hacking to financial markets. He has been asked to brief at the White House, Downing Street and the Pentagon on a variety of national security topics during his career. Roderick also advises UK Government agencies, is on the Board of Advisors for CNAS, and is an Ambassador for the Halo Trust.
He has co-authored the book “End Game First, Leadership Strategy for Navigating Crises”, as well as founding the non-profit 188 Foundation, a direct philanthropy alliance.
He has a master’s degree in history from Cambridge, and enjoys helping to run a community soccer team in San Francisco.