Who we are

Mark O'Donoghue

Alliance Policing Lead

Mark is a UK police officer with over 30 years investigative, educational and policing experience behind him. He is currently serving as a Staff Officer with the UK National Police Chief's Council. He has a wide international portfolio including work in Bulgaria, Portugal, Romania, Vietnam, Cambodia and Ukraine amongst others.

David B. Lewis

Alliance Administrative Lead and Company Secretary

David is a former UK police officer who was formerly Head of Training at a leading UK police training centre. He has a wide international police education portfolio covering 26 countries including extended periods in Abu Dhabi, South Africa, the USA and China. He was a Visiting Fulbright Fellow at PennState University in the US and holds education, English, and history degrees from Hull and Birmingham universities in the UK.

Jonathan Jackson

Alliance Academic Lead

Jonathan has many years of academic experience in the policing and security fields behind him. He is currently the Academic Lead and Associate Professor of Policing and Investigation at Leeds Trinity University in the UK. He was formerly a senior lecturer and policing lead at Birmingham City University and has a wide international portfolio including work for the London Policing College and in Cambodia, Romania, France, the UK and Ukraine.

What We Do

The Alliance Fellowship

The Alliance Fellowship is a core group of 15 Fellows with a further 30 being prepared for online delivery. These are drawn from selected organisations covering law, emergency services, military, academic, English language, and IT backgrounds.

The Fellowship specialists work under the Alliance direction and management and cover a wide subject range. In addition to the counter-corruption, ethical standards and the embedded English language streams, past interventions have included human trafficking, the appropriate use of force, digital forensics, the use of firearms, cryptocurrency, public order, domestic violence, initial crime scene management, investigative interviewing, cybercrime, the use of artificial intelligence in policing, money laundering, whistleblowing support, and mental welfare, amongst others.

Our work with IBZ Gimborn

The Alliance directors work closely with a range of educational establishments and universities including the International Police Association International Education Centre at Schloss Gimborn in Germany.

Training and education interventions and lectures have included Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, English in Policing, Freedom of Speech, the Safety of Journalists and a range of English language programmes.

Our work in Ukraine

Since February 2023, the Alliance has been developing and delivering counter-corruption, ethical standards, and English language interventions to Ukraine in addition to managing specialists delivering a range of policing subjects through Content and Language Integrated Learning packages (known as ‘CLIL’).

The Alliance proved the efficacy of the work by supporting Ukraine’s strategic present and future aims by delivering at a range of establishments and organisations in Lviv throughout 2023-2024.

Our Mission

The Ethical Support Alliance is a UK registered company currently working in, and for, Ukraine.

Since February 2023, the Alliance has been developing and delivering counter-corruption, ethical standards, and English language interventions to Ukraine in addition to managing specialists delivering a range of policing subjects through Content and Language Integrated Learning packages (known as ‘CLIL’).

' As an experienced Content and Language Integrated English Language trainer over many years, it is an honour to serve Ukraine in this way. The Ethical Support Alliance is making a real difference in Ukraine providing skills, knowledge, and above all a great deal of positive hope for the future.'

Linda Polkowski

The ESA English Language Lead

Our Aims

“To help foster an ethos and philosophy of exceptional professional practice within institutional bodies within Ukraine.”

“To provide Ukraine with practical support and working methodologies that will allow the maintenance and promulgation of professional standards of their personnel working within the state institutional framework.”

“To enhance, develop and extend the use of English language to help individuals cope with the likely and increasing demands of the rebuilding programme in Ukraine.”