Sam Roper

CEO

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands16 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in global risk management.
Expertise in crisis management and business continuity.
Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in risk management within the tech and entertainment sectors.

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Security ManagementSecurity TrainingSecurity OperationsRisk AssessmentSecurity AuditOperations ManagementSecurity AuditsPhysical SecurityCorporate SecuritySecurityCrisis ManagementInvestigationEmergency ManagementExecutive ProtectionLeadership

About

Strategic security leader with experience in building and delivering global risk management programs, particularly in the tech and entertainment sectors. Excellent stakeholder management and inter-personal skills with a proven track record of leading diverse and geographically distributed teams. Deep understanding and wide ranging expertise in threat analysis, risk assessment, employee security and safety, crisis management and business continuity. Superb network of international risk management contacts. Seasoned speaker at high profile industry events.

Experience

16 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Solventum

Regional Security Lead

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos

Netflix

2 roles

Director

Promoted

Mar 2021 – Aug 2025 · 4 yrs 5 mos

EMEA Corporate Security Manager

Jan 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Google

2 roles

Security & Resilience Project Manager

Jun 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

Responsible for delivering and managing cross functional global projects and programs for Google; including Workplace Violence Prevention and Journey Management.

Security Manager

Mar 2014 – Jun 2018 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Responsible for the development, implementation and execution of a global travel security program. Previously responsible for ensuring the security of Google's offices , employees and projects across Africa, the Middle East, Southern Europe and Russia.

Control risks

2 roles

Operations Manager, Africa

Promoted

Nov 2011 – Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Responsible for project managing client engagements across Francophone Africa and Europe with a focus on:
Client relationship: Business development and client account management at a corporate level, in support of the account managers. This includes producing proposals and tenders for private and public sector clients and delivering in-country quality control audits for ongoing projects.
Team management: Coordinates cross sector teams’ (strategic analysis, investigations & security risk consulting) support to clients’ projects and manages a team of in-house and embedded consultants delivering security risk consulting support.
Subject matter expert for corporate security, including process implementation, risk assessment, evacuation planning, travel security awareness, crisis and security management and project management. Carries out short term fee-earning tasks in Africa.
Project life cycle: Personally involved at every stage of a project’s life cycle, from initial scoping to task delivery and final invoicing.