242 protect: PRIVATE SECURITY & EXECUTIVE PROTECTION ACROSS THE UK, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA & ASIA

242 PROTECT delivers elite executive protection, close protection, personal security and specialist private security services throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. From our UK operations, we protect high-net-worth individuals, families, executives, VIPs and organisations with bespoke security solutions built around the people, places and assets that matter most.

Our operators are hand-selected from Special Forces and elite law-enforcement backgrounds, bringing decades of real-world operational experience to every assignment. Whether you require protection for a single engagement, international travel or ongoing personal security across multiple countries, our security is built around you — not the other way around.

PROTECTION BUILT AROUND YOU

We work with individuals, families, and organisations across the UK, EMEA, and Asia, ensuring they are free to go about their day, safe in the knowledge that they are protected.

We enable extraordinary people to lead normal lives.

Executive Protection

Discreet personal protection for executives, high-net-worth individuals, families, VIPs and international visitors throughout the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia

SURVEILLANCE & COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE

Specialist surveillance capabilities designed to identify, understand and mitigate potential threats while protecting the client’s privacy.

RESIDENTIAL SECURITY

Bespoke security for private residences, estates and family environments, integrated with wider personal protection requirements where required.

LAST RESORT TOKEN

When conventional security measures are no longer enough, the Last Resort Token provides an additional layer of protection designed for the most serious circumstances.

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Personal Security Without Compromise

Effective personal security shouldn’t change the way you live your life. It should give you the confidence and freedom to live it.

Whether you’re travelling internationally for business, spending time with family, attending a high-profile event or require ongoing executive protection, 242 PROTECT integrates seamlessly into your environment.

Our approach goes far beyond simply placing a bodyguard alongside you. We work quietly in the background to understand your circumstances, identify potential risks and develop a level of protection appropriate to you.

Professional when visible. Effective when invisible.

We empower extraordinary people to live normal lives.

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EXECUTIVE PROTECTION ACROSS THE UK & INTERNATIONALLY LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. INTERNATIONAL CAPABILITY.

Personal security doesn’t stop at a city limit or international border — and neither do we.

242 Group Ltd provides executive protection, close protection and specialist private security throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Whether you’re based in one location, travelling between cities or moving across continents, our objective is to provide continuity of protection throughout your journey.

EXECUTIVE PROTECTION & CLOSE PROTECTION IN LONDON

242 PROTECT provides discreet executive protection, professional close protection and private bodyguard services for executives, private clients, families, VIPs and international visitors throughout London and the wider UK. From private aviation and corporate engagements to residences, luxury hospitality and high-profile events, our security is designed to move seamlessly around the client and their lifestyle.
LONDON EXECUTIVE PROTECTION

PROTECTION ACROSS EUROPE

From major financial centres and international events to private residences, luxury travel and corporate engagements, 242 PROTECT provides discreet personal security throughout Europe. Our international capabilities allow protection to continue across multiple cities and countries without compromising the standards, discretion or continuity our clients expect.
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MIDDLE EAST

242 PROTECT supports private, corporate and organisational clients requiring specialist security throughout the Middle East - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha and across the region.
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AFRICA

Operating environments can change significantly between countries, cities and individual assignments, our protection is designed around the individual assignment.
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ASIA

242 PROTECT provides executive protection and specialist security solutions for clients travelling throughout Asia -Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and destinations throughout Asia.
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EXPERIENCE MATTERS WHEN SECURITY MATTERS

Personal protection often begins with a straightforward requirement: you want someone you can trust to keep you, your family or another individual safe.

Professional executive and close protection goes considerably further.

The most effective security isn’t simply about responding when something happens. It’s about understanding what could happen and taking appropriate steps to prevent it from reaching the client.

Depending on the requirement, this can involve understanding potential threats, assessing environments, planning movements, considering alternative arrangements and maintaining situational awareness throughout an assignment.

Our operators think laterally, adapt quickly and remain alert to what’s happening around the client.

The objective isn’t to dominate your environment.

It’s to understand it.

And when we’re doing our job properly, you should barely notice we’re there.

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BODYGUARD & EXECUTIVE PROTECTION FAQS

Executive protection is a comprehensive approach to protecting an individual that goes beyond simply having a bodyguard physically present.

Depending on the requirement, it can incorporate advance planning, risk assessment, protective intelligence, secure movement and other measures designed to identify and mitigate potential problems before they affect the client.

Close protection is the professional protection of an individual from potential threats or unwanted attention.

In the UK, Close Protection Operatives provide personal security around the client and their movements. Depending on the assignment, close protection can form part of a wider executive protection strategy

Bodyguard is the commonly understood term for someone providing physical personal protection.

Professional executive protection takes a wider view of the client’s security, considering movements, environment, schedule, potential exposure and wider risk profile.

242 PROTECT develops the approach around the individual rather than applying a standard security package.

Executive protection isn’t limited to celebrities and public figures.

Clients can include executives, business leaders, high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, VIPs, international visitors and organisations whose circumstances require an increased level of personal security.

Yes. Protection doesn’t necessarily need to be ongoing. We can discuss requirements for specific events, meetings, trips or periods of increased exposure as well as longer-term security arrangements.

Yes.

Our approach can extend beyond an individual principal to consider family members, residences, travel and everyday movements.

The objective is to provide appropriate protection while allowing family life to continue with as little disruption as possible.

Yes.

242 GROUP operates internationally, allowing security requirements to be considered across an entire itinerary rather than treating individual cities or countries in isolation.

This can be particularly valuable for clients whose business or personal lives involve frequent international travel.

Yes.

242 PROTECT provides executive protection, professional close protection and private bodyguard services throughout London and the wider UK.

Our dedicated London service supports executives, private clients, families, VIPs and international visitors.

Yes.

242 Group Ltd provides specialist security solutions throughout Europe, with protection tailored around the client, destination, itinerary and individual requirements.

Yes.

242 Group Ltd specialises in providing security solutions throughout Europe, Africa and Asia, with capabilities extending across the Middle East and internationally.

Contact our team confidentially to discuss your destination and requirements.

BORN IN LONDON. BUILT FOR THE WORLD.

242 GROUP was founded by former Canadian Special Operations Operator Sebastien Bouchard, following two decades of service in the Canadian military, including 15 years within the Canadian Special Operations Regiment.

242 Group Ltd established its first office in London, United Kingdom, providing targeted security solutions to private, corporate and governmental clients internationally. Today, 242 Group Ltd specialises in security services throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, supported by an international network of professionals drawn from Special Forces and elite law-enforcement backgrounds.

This international capability allows us to support clients whose lives don’t fit neatly within borders — from an individual assignment in London to complex itineraries spanning multiple cities, countries and continents.

One organisation. One standard of protection. Wherever your journey takes you.

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