Norman Taylor

We're always taught never get into a vehicle.

When you've got armed people around you, believe me, you're going to get into that vehicle.

My fingers were cut, beatings, had a pool cue inserted up my rectum.

Alcohol doesn't solve PTSD.

It's a pleasure.

Thanks for having me.

Sure.

It goes back to when I was 16 years of age, which is quite an unusual age to be involved in this type of business.

But kind of long story short, I joined a youth training scheme and I ended up working for a firm of political risk brokers, specialist credit and political risk brokers.

I then moved into war terrorism and political violence, and they were the largest specialist broker and consultancy in the world in that particular market.

Unfortunately, I went through a personal crisis.

My wife passed away when I was 26 years of age.

I lost my wife and child.

I wasn't sure where I wanted to go from there because I'd been in political risk for a very long time.

I'd worked with several government departments, such as the Export Credit Guarantee Department and various other government departments.

So MI5 had come to me a few years prior.

My wife had warned me against that.

She had concerns.

And this was before, you know, she'd passed away, obviously.

And I just thought, OK, I'll give it a miss.