About Us
Who we are
B4 Secure was founded with a clear mission: to provide organisations with the intelligence and resilience they need to stay ahead of threats and be well positioned for upcoming opportunities.
Our History
Established in 2016, we began by offering investigation support and crime trend analysis. However, as the global risk landscape has evolved, so have we. Today, B4 Secure is a trusted advisor to businesses and government departments, delivering a full range of intelligence services that not only address security challenges but also help clients navigate broader organisational risks.
Our journey from a security-focused firm to a comprehensive business risk consultancy reflects our dedication to helping clients thrive in a rapidly changing world. We have expanded our services to cover everything from geopolitical tensions and insider threats to the impacts of economic shifts and emerging technologies. Using advanced Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) techniques, deep web research, and expert human analysis, we provide the insights needed to maintain resilience, continuity, and growth.
B4 Secure Today
Today, B4 Secure is recognised for our proactive, bespoke approach, tailoring our services to meet the unique needs of each client. We help businesses innovate, manage risks, and grow amidst uncertainty.
Our commitment to flexibility, innovation, and collaboration drives us forward as we continue to offer trusted, high-quality intelligence that enables organisations to stay secure in an unpredictable world.
Our Values
Client trust and success are our top priorities.
We operate with the highest ethical standards, ensuring confidentiality and transparency in all our work.
Integrity
Innovation
Quality
Accuracy
Our Team
With each team member having significant experience and being experts in their field, you will soon discover why our bespoke approach offers higher resilience and stability.
We form long-standing relationships with our clients, building trust and being an extension of a client’s core team with dedicated points of contact. Each client has a dedicated team member who is their lead and point of contact throughout.
Julie Nel
Founder & CEO
Julie Nel
Founder & CEO
Julie is Founder and CEO of B4 Secure Ltd and a Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) with over 35 years’ experience. This has included service in the Royal Air Force and law enforcement during which she was awarded a Commissioner’s Highest Commendation for bravery before leaving at the rank of Detective Superintendent.
Julie has specialised in intelligence throughout her career and after leaving the Police in 2015 completed a MA in Intelligence and Security Studies. She has worked across many high-profile projects including establishing the operating practices and delivery of threat intelligence and analysis for the security of the UK COVID Vaccination Programme.
Established in 2016, B4 Secure Ltd is highly specialised in protecting individuals and organisations within the online space through their Digital Interrogation and Vigilance Services, providing clients with a comprehensive understanding of threat and risks, assisting in mitigating them. This service includes enhanced due diligence checks, and a comprehensive, but discreet, vulnerability scanning and threat monitoring service whereby clients receive enhanced protection from malicious online activities such as - doxing, stalking and identifiable data leading to ‘physical space’ threats.
Julie is dedicated to ensuring the professionalisation of the security industry and is Chair of the Security Institute and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals. She is also a committee and advisory group member for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a specialist for security related matters and as an advocate for gender equality within business, sitting on the Women in Business Committee.
Tracey Potter
Executive Assistant
Tracey Potter
Executive Assistant
Tracey Potter is a highly personable and efficient Executive Assistant with over two decades of experience supporting senior executives. Tracey has had a 20-year career in the facilities management sector holding positions supporting the group Marketing director and her role of 15 years as Personal Assistant to the CEO. Tracey embarked in a new role within the Intelligence and Security sector at B4 Secure as Executive Assistant to the CEO 4 years ago where she is continuously gaining more knowledge and understanding of the industry.
Tracey excels in diary management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements, and maintaining strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. Her proactive and organised approach ensures that tasks are prioritised effectively to meet targets.
Her career highlights in the facilities management sector include coordinating large corporate events and enjoying marketing support from contract tender stages through to mobilisation of successful multimillion-pound contracts in both the private and public sectors.
Outside of work, in her spare time, she enjoys staying active through spin classes and walking the family dogs.
Daniel McNulty
Senior OSINT Specialist
Daniel McNulty
Senior OSINT Specialist
Daniel McNulty specialises in the mining and assessment of Open-Source intelligence and has experience in a variety of roles across the intelligence community.
He began his career as an Open-Source Intelligence Analyst intern with B4Secure in 2020, where he learned how to safely and legally research and monitor various scenarios online. Since then, he has developed high-level skills in this field, including building Virtual Machines.
In 2021, Daniel became a full member of the team and has since participated in multiple types of intelligence research, including Online Vulnerability Assessments, Enhanced Due Diligence, Threat Monitoring, Crisis Support, Criminal and Civil Investigations, and Horizon Scanning. In 2023, he began an Intelligence Analyst Apprenticeship with Intelligencia to further expand his analytical development.
Daniel works alongside organisations, including global corporations and security teams, to monitor Open-Source information during times of crisis, such as cyber-attacks. He possesses significant experience using multiple Open-Source reconnaissance tools alongside manual techniques across the deep and dark web. Daniel holds a BSc in Economics, focusing on modules related to large data and geopolitical issues.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing five-a-side football, gaming, and attending live music events.
Elliot Hyde
Head of Intelligence and Analysis
Elliot Hyde
Head of Intelligence and Analysis
Elliot has experience in a variety of roles across the intelligence community.
He started at Avon & Somerset Constabulary in 2017 and worked as an intelligence assistant, intelligence researcher, and intelligence analyst across the burglary and major crime investigation teams. In 2021, he was an intelligence analyst for the UK Government in an area of national security.
Since 2022, Elliot has been a senior intelligence analyst in the private security sector at B4 Secure, and he has recently started as Head of Intelligence & Analysis within the company. He has become skilled in the use of structured analytic techniques (SATs), environmental scanning techniques, open-source intelligence (OSINT), social media intelligence (SOCMINT), and visual analytic tools.
Elliot has mentored intelligence professionals in the use of IBM Security i2 iBase and i2 Analyst’s Notebook intelligence data management applications, as well as in the use of ArcGIS geographical information software. He holds an MA in Intelligence & Security Studies, achieving a distinction in his dissertation, ‘British Police Intelligence: In Search of Methodological Improvements’. This research project explored, through a combination of primary and secondary research, which analytical techniques can help improve police intelligence.
His hobbies include playing for his local 11-a-side football team, badminton team, and walking with his whippet and Spanish greyhound.
Andrew James
Leading Serious Crime Investigator
Andrew James
Leading Serious Crime Investigator
Elliot has experience in a variety of roles across the intelligence community.
He started at Avon & Somerset Constabulary in 2017 and worked as an intelligence assistant, intelligence researcher, and intelligence analyst across the burglary and major crime investigation teams. In 2021, he was an intelligence analyst for the UK Government in an area of national security.
Since 2022, Elliot has been a senior intelligence analyst in the private security sector at B4 Secure, and he has recently started as Head of Intelligence & Analysis within the company. He has become skilled in the use of structured analytic techniques (SATs), environmental scanning techniques, open-source intelligence (OSINT), social media intelligence (SOCMINT), and visual analytic tools.
Elliot has mentored intelligence professionals in the use of IBM Security i2 iBase and i2 Analyst’s Notebook intelligence data management applications, as well as in the use of ArcGIS geographical information software. He holds an MA in Intelligence & Security Studies, achieving a distinction in his dissertation, ‘British Police Intelligence: In Search of Methodological Improvements’. This research project explored, through a combination of primary and secondary research, which analytical techniques can help improve police intelligence.
His hobbies include playing for his local 11-a-side football team, badminton team, and walking with his whippet and Spanish greyhound.
Kevin Pellow
Disclosure Officer & Specialist Interviewer
Kevin Pellow
Disclosure Officer & Specialist Interviewer
Angharad Lake
OSINT Specialist
Angharad Lake
OSINT Specialist
Recently, Angharad transitioned into the role of Business Development Manager in the physical product security sector. In this capacity, she supported ultra-high-net-worth and corporate clients by offering advanced protective solutions, particularly in the realms of ballistic and attack-proof technologies.
Angharad's expertise were also used in various projects involving the integration of AI-driven video analytics.
Driven by a fervent passion for intelligence, investigation, and the latest security technologies, Angharad is excited to bring her skill set to the team at B4.
Jerry Millman
Fraud Investigation Expert
Jerry Millman
Fraud Investigation Expert
Manroop Kaur
AI/Tech Specialist Intern
Manroop Kaur
AI/Tech Specialist Intern
She enjoys working with ideas, asking questions, and breaking down complex challenges into simple, practical solutions, is genuinely excited by learning new things such as coding, analysing data, and understanding people, and is passionate about developing her skills, staying open-minded, and using technology to create real value for others while seeing every project as an opportunity to learn, improve, and make a positive impact.
At B4 Secure, she is keen to contribute fresh ideas, enhance existing systems, and learn from an experienced team within the intelligence and cybersecurity space.
Ian Jacobson
Complex Financial Crime Investigator
Ian Jacobson
Complex Financial Crime Investigator