About
Maxcellence is a Swiss company with competent professionals specialising in the development and promotion of personal and business security, taking into account the importance of values. With a commitment to excellence, Maxcellence ensures tailored solutions that prioritize both security and ethical considerations.
"Security must always serve the primary operational goal of an organisation, enabling employees to work and securing assets."
Heinrich Schneider, Director
Maxcellence’ Ethos
Maxcellence is known for professionalism and excellent services in the field of human security and security-related organisational development.
Maxcellence serves you with a service that is clearly aligned:
- Task-specific: solution-focused and result-oriented
- Customer-specific: service-oriented and partnership-based
- Communication-specific: comprehensible, modern and customised
Such a service provides you with solutions shaped by:
- Professionalism
- Innovation
- Integrity
- Reliability
- Quality
- To create space for your core business
- To work out practical solutions for you
- To produce sustainable results for the future of your business
- Nationally and internationally active companies in industry and services
- Governmental organisations and NGOs in reform projects of the security sector
- Governmental organisations and NGOs in development work
Maxcellence’ leading team members
Maxcellence’ leading team consists of professionals with academic as well as security-specific background and experiences in international security, business and reform projects. With great competence these experts represent the entire range of security-relevant topics in planning and prevention, training and incident management.
Heinrich Schneider
Since 2011 he has been conducting consultations and training with Maxcellence GmbH for governmental as well as non-governmental organisations and private companies. Before this, he was leader of the International Police Reforms at the Swiss Federal Office of Police for ten years, in permanent cooperation with the UN, EU and OSCE. At the same time he was a member of the special staff against hostage taking and extortion. He draws on specific leadership training for crisis intervention and 35 years’ experience in the security and police sector, including special forces operations, organised crime investigations and observations. He is a certified expert in the protection of persons and property, and security risks and crises manager .
Dominic Bigi
He studied and practiced martial arts in Asia for many years and draws on over 25 years of experience as a specialist in Executive Protection (UHNWI). He is a certified expert in the protection of persons and property, security risks and crisis management, as well as an expert and trainer in de-escalation, self-assurance and self-defense. In addition, he is a first responder in trauma management and a CPR instructor.
Dr. Simon de Saint-Claire
He is a well-known facilitator of international security sector development, focusing on security sector reform, international crisis management and post-conflict development.
A former New Zealand Army officer, for more than a decade Simon subcontracted to the United Nations Secretariat, providing field-based strategic services. Since 2002, he has provided independent field advice, facilitation and research to intergovernmental actors, national police authorities, government development agencies, international police missions, technical assistance NGOs and the private security sector.
Simon has an interdisciplinary academic and research background in the social sciences (international relations, strategic studies, socio-cultural anthropology, human geography), human rights legislation and democratic policing.
Graham Flood-Hunt
He is a security risk and crisis training specialist for humanitarian aid organisations, relief workers and peacekeepers. His extensive international experience in mission preparedeness with the UN, Swiss Foreign Ministry, Swiss International Peace-Keeping Centre, ZIF – Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze, RedR, Essential Field Training and many non-governmental organisations is a great asset for Maxcellence training activities.
Hansueli Steiner
For many years he has been a trainer for security purposes and instructor for the Swiss Army. He draws on over 20 years’ experience in international missions as supervisor, consultant and trainer for the army and security forces.
