Our founder
Robert Webster McKee
Founder of Corridor Risk & Engagement · Nanaimo, British Columbia
Rob’s work in Africa began in Sierra Leone, West Africa, in the early 2000s. More than two decades on, that first chapter still shapes how he works: on the ground, close to the communities and conditions that define risk.
He began his career as a journalist in British Columbia, then reported from Africa and the Middle East for the Associated Press and Reuters, and from Southeast Asia for Foreign Policy.
He moved into security and risk in 2011 and went on to run operations, risk management and communications for an international private security company in East and Central Africa. He then led human rights and security at mine sites in the DRC and Zambia, served as Regional Security Officer for the International Development Law Organization for all of Africa, and held senior communications and security consultancies with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on port, maritime and shipping-container security projects across the western Indian Ocean. He has also worked as a Security Specialist for the World Bank Group in South Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and other crisis-prone environments.
Born in Kamloops and raised in North Vancouver, Rob is an alumnus of the North Shore Indians lacrosse organization, and won a national senior B championship as one of the team’s few non-Indigenous players. He founded Corridor in 2025 and works from Nanaimo, BC, with a worldwide network of well-placed, established contacts.
His photo here was taken on the road at the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia, where it all started. It captures what Corridor is about: knowing the route, and the people along it.
- MA, Intercultural and International Communication, Royal Roads University
- Diploma, Broadcast Journalism, BCIT
- A geopolitical network of trusted contacts on every continent, working in the languages of the places our clients operate
- Full career history on LinkedIn →
Selected experience
Proven under pressure.
Work led by the founder before establishing Corridor, mostly in Africa and the Middle East. Each draws on skills Canadian corridor projects need. References are available on request.
South Sudan
Evacuation under fire
When civil war broke out in December 2013 and again in July 2016, led the road and air evacuation of 1,948 clients and non-essential staff, with charter aircraft, armoured convoys, crisis counsellors and embassy coordination.
South Sudan
Keeping a UN mission running through war
Lead project manager for the UN mission’s first-ever outsourcing of security services. Guarding, supply lines and national-staff payroll kept running at 53 remote bases through both outbreaks of war.
DRC and Zambia
Human rights and security at mine sites
Wrote a multinational mining group’s first Human Rights and Security policy, trained guards, police and managers in the Voluntary Principles, and led the community engagement committee across five mines and a refinery.
Africa
An Africa-wide early-warning network
Planned and led a private security company’s first Africa-wide risk-reporting and early-warning network, built on credible sources across government, media, academia and civil society.
Africa and the Middle East
Multi-country programs for the UN and World Bank Group
Security, crisis management, business continuity and communications programs across 24 countries for UNODC, the World Bank Group and IDLO, including monitoring of a western Indian Ocean port and maritime security project.
International media
Speaking for an organization in a live conflict
Media spokesperson during the South Sudan civil war, live on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360° and interviewed by the Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg.
Connect with Corridor directly.
A first conversation is free and confidential. Email connect@corridorrisk.ca.