Northbridge Services Group Ltd is a private military company

Private military company

A private military company or provides military and security services. These combatants are commonly known as mercenaries, though modern-day PMCs refer to their staff as security contractors, private military contractors or private security contractors, and refer to themselves as private military...

 (PMC) which is registered in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 and has offices in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Its president and CEO

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 is US Army (retired) Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W. Kovacic.

History

Northbridge Services Group inaccurately claimed to be the successor of the now defunct South African PMC Executive Outcomes

Executive Outcomes

Executive Outcomes was a private military company founded in South Africa by former Lieutenant-Colonel of the South African Defence Force Eeben Barlow in 1989. It later became part of the South African-based holding company Strategic Resource Corporation....

 (EO). Northbridge was said to have close links with Aegis Defence Services

Aegis Defence Services

Aegis Defence Services is a British private military company with overseas offices in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kenya, Nepal and the United States. It was founded in 2004 by Tim Spicer, who was previously director of the controversial company Sandline International.Aegis provides security and...

, the successor of the now defunct PMC Sandline International

Sandline International

Sandline International was a private military company based in London, established in the early 1990s. It was involved in conflicts in Papua New Guinea in 1997 causing the Sandline affair, in 1998 in Sierra Leone and in Liberia in 2003 Sandline International was a private military company based...

.

In April of 2003, the company was criticized by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean for operations in Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

 that "seriously undermine the peace process". In May of 2003, Northbridge commandos rescued dozens of oil workers being held hostage on an oil rig. In June of 2003, the company offered to kidnap embattled Liberia

Liberia

Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...

n president Charles Taylor for $4 million. The offer was rejected and Northbridge was subsequently investigated by the FBI.

Northbridge operated from a post box and gradually disappeared from existence.

Services

Northbridge Services Group claimed to provide governments, multi-national corporations, non-governmental organisations, the corporate sector and prominent individuals with:

• Advice
• Training
• Operational support
• Intelligence support
• Humanitarian operations
• Strategic communications
• Support for law and order