Vetting & Background Screening
Trust the people you bring close, because you checked.
The people closest to a principal or an organisation are also the greatest source of quiet risk: the house manager, the executive assistant, the new adviser, the senior hire. Ashenden vets them properly, and discreetly, before trust is extended rather than after it is broken.
We verify what people claim, identity, credentials, employment, records, and surface what they don't: undisclosed conflicts, adverse history, associations that matter. The work spans jurisdictions, because backgrounds rarely sit neatly in one.
It is done quietly and lawfully, and delivered as clear, evidenced findings, so a hiring or trust decision rests on fact, not on a good impression.
Held to one standard, end to end.
Identity & credential verification
Who someone is, and whether their history checks out.
Records & criminal checks
Civil and criminal records across the relevant jurisdictions.
Conflict & association analysis
Undisclosed interests, ties and adverse connections, surfaced.
Digital footprint review
What the public record and social presence actually say.
Discreet enquiry
Careful, lawful human enquiry where records don't reach.
Clear findings
Evidenced, risk-rated, and delivered in confidence.
- Family offices hiring household or advisory staff
- Principals extending personal trust
- Organisations making senior hires
- Anyone where a wrong hire carries real cost
- Will the person know they've been screened?
- Vetting is discreet, and conducted lawfully and, where required, with appropriate consent. We advise on the right approach for the jurisdiction and the role, and protect our sources and methods throughout.
- Can you screen across countries?
- Yes. Backgrounds rarely sit in one jurisdiction, so we verify records, credentials and history across the relevant ones and draw them into a single picture.
- How is this different from a standard background check?
- A standard check confirms what's on paper. We also surface what isn't: undisclosed conflicts, associations and adverse history, through records, digital and discreet human enquiry, delivered as evidenced findings.
Speak to us, in confidence.
Tell us what you are weighing up. The first conversation is private and unhurried, with the people who would actually hold the work, not a sales desk.