Araba Cole is a security risk management consultant at Open Briefing. She was previously the global roving security adviser at the Norwegian Refugee Council, supporting humanitarian operations across Africa and the Middle East. Araba worked in Afghanistan between 2015 and 2018 as a security manager for NRC, a security delegate for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and a safety adviser for the International NGO Safety Organisation. Prior to that, she served as a military engineer and team medic in the British Army for five years. Araba holds certificates in close protection and advanced first aid and a degree in archeology.