Calvin Chrustie
BA, BA (hon.), LL.M – Chair
Calvin Chrustie (Canada) worked for more than three decades as a senior officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He specializes in kidnap for ransom incident management, crisis response and management, complex transnational organized crime investigations and conflict management.
Calvin was the Team Leader of Canada's International Negotiation Group, a group of highly specialized negotiators tasked with terrorist and hostage situations. Calvin has worked extensively in Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and the Middles East, in some of the most hostile environments and engaged with some of the world’s most treacherous threat actors.
He is a graduate of the FBI Academy’s and Scotland Yard's international hostage negotiation programs. He holds a Masters in Law (LLM), specializing in Alternate Dispute Resolution - Conflict and Negotiations.
He also holds a BA in Justice and Law Enforcement and a BA (honours) with a Major in Law.
