Trevor Hughes is the Director of Risk Management and Global Security for International Relief and Development (IRD).  He has worked as a global security strategist and has 18 years of experience in security and risk management.  Mr. Hughes served for 10 years in the U.S. Departments of Defense and State and has worked in international and corporate security across 45 countries.

Mr. Hughes went to IRD from International Medical Corps in Washington, DC, where he was Director of Global Security. He has extensive experience in global security operations, crisis management, emergency response, and organizational preparedness and has been active in furthering the cause of aid worker safety and security.

In addition to his role on the board of directors of INSSA, he was a founding member of the European Inter-agency Security Forum (EISF), is an active member of the Security Advisory Group (SAG), is a Tier 1 Security Leader™ in the Security Executive Council, a founding member of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) International Development Working Group (IDWG) and was named Security Magazine’s 2011 “Most Influential People in Security”.