Personal Security & Executive Protection Expert; Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent; Founder of Hamilton Security Group; Senior Vice President at Gavin de Becker & Associates
James Hamilton Biography
James Hamilton is a nationally recognized personal security expert and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent with more than three decades of experience in executive protection and violence prevention. During his 18-year tenure with the FBI, Hamilton served on the FBI Director's Protective Detail and FBI SWAT Team, acted as personal security advisor to the U.S. Attorney General and two FBI Directors, and served as a Joint Terrorism Task Force coordinator. He was the Supervisory Special Agent selected to create, develop, and implement the FBI Academy's Protective Training curriculum, a program taught to protectors of the U.S. Attorney General, the Director of the FBI, the NSA, and the NYPD, among other agencies.
After his government service, Hamilton transitioned to the private sector, providing security consulting to high-net-worth individuals and their families as a senior vice president at Gavin de Becker and Associates. In this role, he trained thousands of employees at Fortune 500 companies, schools, universities, police departments, and government agencies in the U.S. and internationally on advanced protection concepts, including active shooter response, surveillance detection, attack recognition, foreign weapons, executive protection, and travel safety. Hamilton has protected government officials, high-net-worth individuals, and religious figures globally, and has provided security training to a wide range of organizations.
Hamilton founded Hamilton Security Group with the principle that protection should be proactive. Drawing on decades of experience safeguarding FBI Directors, U.S. Attorneys General, and Fortune 500 executives, he identified a gap between organizational needs and private security industry offerings. His mission is to deliver government-level protective intelligence to every client, from global corporations to individuals seeking personal safety guidance. He also created the "Executive Protection Improvement Seminar," a one-day training course for private-sector executive protection teams. For more than 20 years, Hamilton has provided house of worship security consultations to religious organizations across multiple denominations nationwide.
Hamilton is recognized for his expertise in violence prevention and personal safety. He has briefed at-risk individuals on security without increasing undue fear and has been featured in media outlets including Forbes, CNN, The Financial Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Harvard Business Review, and The Washington Post. He has appeared on FOX 10, the Megyn Kelly Show, and GB News program "State of the Nation with Jacob Rees-Mogg" to provide expert analysis on high-profile security cases. Hamilton continues to advise corporations, train law enforcement, and speak to public audiences as an authority on personal security and executive protection.
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