Gareth Collett CBE, CEng, MSc, BSc (Hons), MCGI

Gareth Collett is a retired British Army Brigadier General who specialised in counter-terrorist bomb disposal. He was appointed CBE in 2013 as the head of the UK’s bomb disposal profession and principal proponent for the safeguarding of multinational EOD operations worldwide. Gareth is a world leading expert on countering improvised explosive devices (C-IED), blast mitigation and post-blast forensics, having recently completed formal technical reports on Mariupol Theatre, the Beirut Port disaster and the impact on the environment should a fuel-air explosion occur aboard the Fuel-Storage and Offloading tanker Safer in Yemen. Gareth is a fluent Arabic speaker having conducted numerous diplomatic roles in the Middle East.

Academically, Gareth focuses on publications concerning home-made explosives (HME), explosive chemical precursors, humanitarian demining, humanitarian forensic action and post-blast forensics. He has written three books relating to IED disposal good practice, the hazards associated with HME in humanitarian demining, and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education for children and vulnerable adults.

In his spare time, Gareth is a pro-bono Board Member of two International Victim Assistance Charities, an advisor to Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a senior member of the UK’s Civilian Stabilisation Group and a Chief Technical Advisor to the United Nations.

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