Our designated teams operate within their specific area of expertise which includes Fraud, Intelligence, Surveillance and Liability Investigation. All operational areas are supported by our centrally based administration and case management team, giving us the infrastructure to provide an end to end investigation service and solution. By bringing together this range of experience, we can deliver an efficient and pro-active strategy on each instruction, tailoring our approach dependent upon each set of circumstances.

Tom Scott

Associate Director

Tom a former Police Officer, served within the CID and Regional Crime Squad where he specialised in covert surveillance combating serious and organised crime. This experience led Tom to set up The Cotswold Group in 1990. Tom stepped up into the role of Associate Director on 1st January 2014 and continues to be involved in the strategic direction of the business.

Matthew Cantle

Managing Director

Matthew was appointed as Managing Director of The Cotswold Group on 1 July 2014. Since joining us in 2010 he has held the position of Operations Director and more recently successfully led the Business Development area, implementing a number of strategic change projects.

Andrew Cocks

Finance and Human Resources Director

Andrew has been a Director for three years following the acquisition of The Cotswold Group by G4S. He has 20 years’ experience of strategic management gained both in the security services sectors and wider commerce.

Stephen Cantello

Operations Director

Stephen Cantello joined The Cotswold Group in 2007 from a successful career in the police force, where he attained the rank of Detective Sergeant. Stephen has extensive management and leadership experience and has worked as our Head of Fraud Investigations and now holds the role of Operations Director.

Fraud Intelligence Database ‘Prospect’

Intelligence underpins everything we do as a business and our market leading fraud intelligence database ‘Prospect’ contains 1.2 million fraud specific entities, all with known links or associations with fraudulent or suspected fraudulent activity. Once we receive an instruction, all 'data points' are analysed against ‘Prospect’ fraud intelligence database, with all non-fraud instructions washed automatically, therefore providing our clients with a secondary line of defence.

Pro Active Intelligence

We have enhanced our offering through developing a pro-active intelligence team who analyse patterns and trends in claims as well as profiling risk entities. Through this specialist team we have identified over £20 million of fraud in recent months, passing that saving onto our clients and assisting in bringing more offenders to justice. Our capability also supports insurers at both policy inception and first notification of loss stages, enabling insurance fraud prevention as well as identification.

Claimant Profiling

We gather, interpret and assess all publicly available information regarding individual subjects, commercial entities or all parties involved or linked to a claim. This extensive background check ensures we have fullest information prior to commencing any field enquiries and enables insurers to accurately assess the financial risk posed by a specific claimant.

The ‘Intelligence’ Team

We currently have a team of 17 specialist analysts and 15 researchers who are all based within our headquarters in Gloucestershire.