About Black Star Global
Black Star Global FZ-LLC is a UAE-headquartered strategic advisory, security, and programme delivery firm operating across Africa, the Gulf, and emerging markets. We work with governments, sovereign institutions, international investors, and commercial operators in environments where the conventional advisory model fails — too slow, too removed, and too unwilling to be accountable for outcomes.
Black Star Global was built on a different premise: that the most effective security and advisory firms do not report and leave. They embed, coordinate, and deliver. We deploy in-country, operate our own Command and Control, produce our own intelligence, and manage programmes from feasibility through to operational security — as a single, accountable authority.
Headquartered in Dubai with active operations across Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Angola, DRC, South Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Romania, Albania, the Gulf, and the Mediterranean — Black Star Global brings together strategic advisory, security programme delivery, intelligence production, aerial operations, cyber defence, training, and logistics under one structure — selected and integrated for each client mandate.
We measure ourselves by programme outcomes, not report volumes. Every engagement is governed by clear deliverables, accountable leadership, and a commitment to remain until the mandate is complete. This is not consultancy. This is programme ownership.
From our founding operations in East Africa to today’s multi-continent platform, Black Star Global has grown by delivering results in the environments where others will not operate.
Engagement Model
Assess
Threat landscape analysis, institutional assessment, and programme scoping. We define the operating environment before we define the solution.
Design
Programme architecture, capability specification, and delivery planning. Every element designed around the client’s operational context.
Deploy
In-country delivery, technology integration, personnel deployment, and command activation. We operate alongside the client.
Oversee
Continuous monitoring, intelligence production, reporting, and programme governance. We remain accountable for outcomes.
The Principles That Define Us
Embedded, Not Advisory
We commit to the programme. Black Star Global sits inside client operations, aligned to their objectives, for the duration of the engagement.
Intelligence-Led
Every decision, every deployment, every programme is grounded in current, verified intelligence. We operate ahead of the threat.
Total Discretion
Our clients operate in environments where discretion is not optional. Black Star Global’s internal security protocols, NDA architecture, and data handling standards reflect that reality.
Sovereign in Command
Black Star Global’s Command and Control Centre is operated exclusively by our own vetted personnel. No outsourcing. No third-party access.
Capability that Lasts
We build institutional capability that outlives our engagement. Training programmes, doctrine, and systems designed to operate independently.
Executive Leadership
Henry Fulbrook
Henry brings extensive operational experience across the private security and advisory sector. His career spans military service through to senior government advisory roles at the intersection of national security, strategic risk, and the design and delivery of large-scale security programmes.
As Chief Executive Officer for Strategic Security Programmes and Government Advisory, Henry operates across MENA, West, East, and Southern Africa — serving as the firm's principal interlocutor for sovereign governments, national security bodies, defence institutions, and senior political stakeholders at the highest levels.
- Elite Military Unit Integration & Advisory
- Elite Strategic Security Programme Design & Delivery
- Command & Control Architecture
- National Security & Strategic Risk Advisory
- Security Operations & Programme Execution
- Government Senior-Level Advisory
- Strategic Procurement & Defence Solutions
- Global Programme Deployment & Operations
Keith Stewart
Keith Stewart is Co-Founder and Management Partner of Black Star Global, with overall responsibility for the firm's strategic direction, commercial architecture, and portfolio governance. He brings extensive experience structuring and directing complex security, advisory, and programme delivery mandates across Africa, the Gulf, and emerging markets — alongside a parallel career in international commodity trading and cross-border commercial operations.
Keith operates across Black Star Global's full portfolio — spanning strategic advisory, cyber and digital security, government programme delivery, and commodity trading — providing the commercial and strategic leadership that underpins the firm's operational capability. He leads the firm's senior client relationships at the principal level and oversees programme governance, capital structuring, and international business development across all active engagements.
- Strategic Programme Architecture & Governance
- International Business Development
- Multi-Jurisdiction Commercial Structuring
- Principal-Level Client & Government Relations
- Security Programme Investment & Capital Advisory
- Portfolio & Entity Governance
- Commodity Trading & Supply Chain Operations
- Emerging Market Strategy
- Africa & Gulf Commercial Operations
Jordan Sorabjee
Jordan Sorabjee is a former British Army Commando Major, with an operational career spanning East and Southern Africa, Europe, and multiple international deployments. His experience is centred on the delivery of security operations and training programmes, working alongside UN missions and partner forces across Africa in complex and high-risk environments.
Raised in Kenya and fluent in Kiswahili, Jordan combines deep regional understanding with practical, on-the-ground delivery of capability development. He bridges operational requirements with structured security programme implementation across diverse and challenging environments.
- Security Force Development
- Counter-IED Programme Delivery
- UN Mission Capacity Building
- Partner Force Training & Enablement
- Security Operations Delivery
- Operational Planning & Execution
- High-Risk Environment Operations
- Capability Development & Training Programmes
- Government & Partner Force Integration
- East & Southern Africa Operations
Karan Sehmi
Karan Sehmi leads Black Star Global's cyber security capability, operating as a Chief Information Security Officer-level advisor and technical lead across complex environments. His work sits at the intersection of cyber security architecture, risk management, and the delivery of secure, resilient digital systems and intelligence.
Applying a practical, mission-focused approach, Karan designs and implements cyber security programmes for government institutions, critical infrastructure operators, and corporate clients across Middle East and African markets. He advises on strategy, architecture, and the integration of security into wider operational and business frameworks.
- CISO Advisory
- Incident Response & Digital Forensics
- Threat Intelligence & Security Monitoring
- Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
- Asset Tracing & Blockchain Analysis
- Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime
- Cyber Security Architecture & Engineering
- AI-Enabled Analytical Systems
- Regulatory & Compliance (GCC & Africa)
- Risk Management & Security Governance
Discuss a Programme Requirement
Black Star Global engages with governments, sovereign institutions, and qualified commercial operators.