Bodyguard: ‘I’d Rather Look After 10 CEOs Than a Pop Star’
16th March 2013
Well, for one thing, most CEOs are functional adults.
The luxury is not Mr. Allen’s lifestyle, it’s a byproduct of his job. For he is working as a close protection operator, or, in the old parlance, a bodyguard – a term he despises because of its thuggish connotations. Not for him a bomber jacket, bulking his frame. Instead, he prefers to dress like a businessman, so he can pass for a member of the entourage travelling with the chief executive or politician he is protecting. He declines to be photographed in case he becomes recognizable to a would-be assailant.