Our People
The people who work for Horus Asia Pacific are engaging, creative and diverse. Their support and development is integral to the success of the whole company.
Jonathan Whiteley
CEO and Founder
Jonathan is a former Lieutenant Colonel in Military Intelligence who founded Horus after a 23-year career running security, intelligence and counter-intelligence operations all over the world.
After graduating at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, Jonathan worked for the British Army in various complex, highly volatile countries such as Iraq, the Balkans, and Cyprus. He was seconded at various times to all three UK national intelligence agencies and was mentioned in Despatches for his work in Northern Ireland.
After leaving the army in 2006, Jonathan ran a successful project for Oxford University and went on from there to set up Horus, growing the business to more than 40 people over the next ten years. He now runs the company from its HQ in Oxford overseeing its expansion as it continues to provide a secure environment for organisations and their employees wherever they work, across the globe.
Born and bred in Herefordshire, Jonathan is a season ticket holder for the Worcester Warriors rugby union team (they need his support!), has three grown-up daughters, and a partner who is a Professor at Oxford University. He speaks reasonable German, less reasonable Russian, and has a degree in European History and German Language.
Our team have unrivalled experience across a spectrum of sectors, with vast multi-lingual capabilities to deliver tailored and relevant security solutions.
The Horus Asia Pacific team
Adviser to Horus Asia Pacific
Boon Hui is an internationally-regarded expert in law enforcement and cybersecurity who has led a distinguished, highly decorated career fighting crime for more than 40 years.
He served as Senior Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and was for 12 years the Police Commissioner of Singapore from 1997 to 2010 well as President of INTERPOL from 2008 to 2012. He has chaired major international events, including three of the very first US-Singapore homeland security dialogues, and the biennial Milipol APAC security conference.
Boon Hui remains active in INTERPOL, chairing its Governance Working group, and holds advisory and board positions in financial services, fintech, healthcare, security, cybersecurity and philanthropy. He is a Commissioner of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace and a board member of the CyberPeace Institute. He is also a Senior Fellow of Singapore’s Civil Service College, an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, and a Justice of Peace.
In recognition of his contributions to public service and safety, Boon Hui has been decorated with high national honours from Singapore, Australia, Brunei, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and The Vatican. He was educated in Oxford, Harvard and Wharton, and is married with two children
CEO at Horus Asia Pacific
Jennifer has extensive experience and expertise in Southeast Asia government and political development, with a significant network of contacts and capabilities in the region. Professionally, Jennifer specialises in investigations and corporate intelligence work. She has carried out complex cross-border investigations, including deep asset searches internationally, and in Asia with focus on the ASEAN jurisdictions.
Jennifer worked at an American business intelligence research firm, managing a diverse team on projects for large family conglomerates, MNCs and law and audit firms’ clients. Prior to that, she served at the Ministry of Defense Singapore as a research analyst.
Jennifer possesses a Masters’s Degree in Southeast Asian Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the National University of Singapore. Jennifer is professionally fluent in English, Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Melayu.
Mei Hui Hoo
Horus Asia Pacific Team Leader
Mei Hui is an intelligence research analyst trained in collecting, processing and scrutinising information for a broad array of client security needs.
A native Singaporean and bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese, Mei Hui has a degree from Nanyang Technological University and initially taught phonetics to pre-school children before joining Horus in 2017.
She now heads our office in the city as the country manager with key responsibilities in management, training, recruitment, team building, operations and finance. A keen floorball player, Mei Hui is President of a floorball club that plays in Singapore’s Floorball League Division 1 and also plays for the country’s national women’s team.
Balachander Palanisamy
Intelligence Researcher
Balachander is a former graduate in international relations with a masters degree specialising in security studies. He has a keen interest in South Asian and Southeast Asian geopolitics.
“When time permits, I enjoy researching and writing articles on regional inter-state relations for various publications”
Lee Ling Peh
Intelligence Researcher
Lee Ling is one of Horus’s many multi-lingual employees and speaks English, Mandarin, and Thai. She has a degree in Communication Studies and a Masters in Asian Studies, with prior work experience in advertising and national security before joining Horus in 2021 as a researcher.
“I enjoy watching TV shows in my free time, particularly those of the paranormal and crime genre.”
Sheawin Leong
Intelligence Researcher
Sheawin holds a degree in International Security Studies and is fluent in English and Mandarin. She worked in various countries abroad before joining the team as a researcher.
“I enjoy photography, exploring the outdoors and being with nature, and having good conversations.”