Company & Team
Built on Knowledge, Reputation & Experience
Who We Are
Jayde Consulting was founded by Julian Claxton in 2000 and, through sustained investment in technology and training, has grown into a trusted name in counterespionage and intelligence advisory. Over two decades we have built a reputation for delivering trusted support to government, defence, critical infrastructure, and leading corporations. Our expertise safeguards organisations from espionage, insider risk, and reputational harm through specialist TSCM, behavioural intelligence, and credibility analysis. We remain dedicated to providing solutions that meet client requirements with precision, discretion, and value.
How We're Different
There is no substitute for having the best people, and we are proud of ours. Our internationally qualified team work alongside clients worldwide, providing counterespionage and intelligence support wherever it’s needed. Just as importantly, we bring passion and commitment to every assignment. What sets us apart is our integration of behavioural intelligence into every engagement – offering insight into human as well as technical vulnerabilities. Jayde Consulting has supported some of the world’s largest companies and most senior executives and officials. Above all, our services are recognised for being informed, discreet, and among the most thorough available in the region.
Core Team
Julian C.
Founder & Managing Director
Julian is a Masters qualified behavioural scientist who offers more than 30 years of security, surveillance, investigations and eavesdropping detection (bug sweep) experience. A seasoned company director, he is also globally active within the security and intelligence community. He has assisted hundreds of companies and executives with their counterespionage, security, and trusted insider management requirements.
Ian P.
Operations Manager
Ian lives and breathes security and countersurveillance. With over 30 years of hands-on experience, Ian is well positioned to handle our client's counterespionage requirements. Ian has a well-respected background, having worked with major corporates and government, establishing and maintaining their physical and electronic security requirements and countersurveillance needs.
Cameron O.
TSCM Lead Specialist
Cameron is an experienced and licensed electrician with an impressive passion for technical surveillance countermeasures. Trained in Australia and the USA, Cameron has undertaken physical and technical searches of scores of offices and meeting rooms locally and abroad. Cameron is a proud practitioner, and has had first-hand experience finding covert electronic surveillance devices (bugs) for our clients.
Matthew S.
TSCM Search Specialist
Matthew joined Jayde Consulting soon after completing his degree in counterterrorism, after which he decided to focus on counterespionage and related technical threats. Matthew has undertaken hundreds of inspections for our clients, and demonstrates an innate ability to identify unique vulnerabilities within our client's facilities, particularly in sensitive government environments.
Neal M.
Senior TSCM Coordinator
Neal offers emergency management, security, risk, and operations experience both in hostile environments and the domestic government and commercial sector. A former special forces soldier, Neal offers our clients highly specialised search skills that he applies when working on client engagements. He also manages our physical penetration testing services across Australia.
James R.
Technical Specialist
A serving Army Reservist and experienced security advisor with a solid military and government background, James predominately works with our government clients to support physical search teams with his exceptional technical skills. He is familiar with the use of numerous TSCM toolkits and is trained in the practice of high-risk TSCM inspections.