About DESS FORCE

The DNA of Command

Where Precision Meets Purpose

Who We Are

DESS FORCE embodies a new echelon of African excellence — a command-driven organization built to deliver protection, leadership, and operational perfection on a global scale. We do not merely react to threats, we engineer certainty. We do not just manage events, we command outcomes. Every DESS FORCE operation is anchored on a code of conduct that prioritizes discipline, discretion, and results.

Our Mission

To redefine the architecture of safety and strategy — ensuring that every client, asset, and operation under our command functions with absolute precision and unbreakable security.

Our Vision

To emerge as the continent's global security signature, representing Africa's finest command excellence to the world.

Our Code

Core Tenets

Discipline

Discipline builds dominance.

Integrity

Integrity sustains influence.

Discretion

Discretion defines legacy.

Command

Command ensures control.

Ridhwan Opeyemi Salaudeen

Founder & Managing Director

Strategic visionary holding a Master’s in Defence Strategy & Security Studies (Distinction) and direct joint-training certification with U.S. Navy SEAL Teams and NATO Qualified Operational Forces (QOF). Over 10 years commanding multi-domain operations across West Africa, encompassing Tier-1 executive protection, SIGINT/HUMINT fusion, maritime interdiction (MIO), and counter-insurgency support to diplomatic missions and other entities. Certified in Advanced Security Management, Executive Protection, Maritime Security, Close Quarters Battle (CQB), Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), and High-Risk Maritime Boarding. Secured NATO CAGE Code and ESC accreditation. Orchestrates DESS’s intelligence-driven, full-spectrum risk mitigation architecture.

Hussein Salaudeen

Chief Financial Officer

Chartered Accountant (ICAN) with M.Sc. Financial Technology. Masters enterprise risk modelling, capital-stack optimisation, and AML/CFT compliance frameworks. Structures secure funding pipelines and real-time budgetary oversight for multi-jurisdictional operations, ensuring financial resilience under asymmetric threat conditions.

Hilary Chukwu

Head of Sales & Marketing

Seasoned B2B strategist with 10+ years converting high-threat intelligence into enterprise-grade security contracts. Specialises in key-account penetration within energy, maritime, and diplomatic sectors. Builds layered client confidence through red-team vulnerability briefings and tailored CONOPS presentations.

Samuel Kasali

Head of Field Operations

8+ years leading tactical security detachments in permissive and non-permissive environments. Directed oil & gas critical infrastructure protection, route reconnaissance, and advance-party convoy security in the Niger Delta. Oversees force-generation cycles, mission rehearsal exercises (MRX), and continuous operational readiness evaluations (ORE) across all DESS field elements.

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