Veritas IntelligenceExecutive Intelligence & Risk AdvisoryClarity Where Information Is Incomplete. Judgment When the Stakes Are High.
We advise executives, boards, investors, law firms, and corporations confronting consequential decisions where incomplete information, hidden risks, or uncertainty can materially affect the outcome.
Professional Associations and Affiliations
The OSS SocietyAssociation of Former Intelligence OfficersDisabled American VeteransAmerican LegionCentral Intelligence Retirees AssociationASIS InternationalNational Notary AssociationFlorida Association of Licensed InvestigatorsFlorida Association of Private InvestigatorsArmy Counterintelligence Special Agents AssociationThe OSS SocietyAssociation of Former Intelligence OfficersDisabled American VeteransAmerican LegionCentral Intelligence Retirees AssociationASIS InternationalNational Notary AssociationFlorida Association of Licensed InvestigatorsFlorida Association of Private InvestigatorsArmy Counterintelligence Special Agents AssociationFigures represent cumulative operational data from public- and private-sector leadership.
Intelligence that informs critical decisions.
We provide independent intelligence, analysis, investigations, and risk advisory to help leaders understand complex environments, identify hidden risks, challenge critical assumptions, and make consequential decisions with greater clarity.
Explore Our ServicesGeopolitical Analysis
Assessment of political, economic, security, regulatory, and societal developments—and the actors and interests driving them—to determine how they may affect a client's operations, investments, people, and strategic decisions.
Risk Advisory
Independent assessment of threats, vulnerabilities, and emerging risks that could affect an organization's people, operations, assets, reputation, or strategic objectives—and practical measures to anticipate, mitigate, and manage those risks.
Executive Decision Review
Independent assessment of a high-stakes decision before commitment. Veritas tests assumptions, identifies information gaps, challenges the prevailing narrative, and examines what could cause the decision to fail.
Leadership Intelligence
Independent assessment of how a senior executive actually leads, makes decisions, builds and manages teams, responds to challenge and adversity, and exercises authority.
Executive Due Diligence
Independent investigation of a senior executive, founder, board candidate, or other key individual designed to identify undisclosed risks, verify representations, and provide a more complete understanding of the person before extending significant trust, authority, or capital.
Corporate Investigations
Independent, fact-driven inquiries into suspected misconduct, fraud, conflicts of interest, corruption, insider activity, theft, reputational concerns, and other sensitive matters that may expose an organization to risk.
Who We Advise
Veritas Intelligence advises executives, boards, investors, law firms, and corporations facing high-stakes decisions where incomplete or misleading information creates material legal, financial, reputational, or operational risk.
We are engaged when conventional diligence is insufficient and decisions must withstand scrutiny.
Drawing on decades of experience in complex international environments, we help clients understand not only what is happening, but the implications, risks, and opportunities that may follow.
We advise senior executives and boards confronting consequential decisions involving strategy, leadership, risk, reputation, and uncertainty. Veritas provides an independent perspective when internal assumptions require challenge or available information does not provide sufficient clarity.
- Executive Decision Review
- Leadership Intelligence
- Executive Due Diligence
- Geopolitical and strategic risk assessment
Facing a high-stakes decision? Engagements are selective and confidential. We welcome discreet introductions for complex risk, sensitive investigations, leadership matters, and other situations where independent intelligence can materially improve the outcome.
When Do Clients Engage Us?
Veritas Intelligence is engaged when the stakes are high, information is incomplete, and the cost of being wrong is significant. Our work is reserved for decisions and situations that demand clarity, discretion, and independent judgment.
High Stakes, High Consequence
The stakes are high and the consequences of being wrong are significant.
Incomplete or Distorted Information
Information is incomplete, unreliable, or intentionally distorted.
Complex & Unfamiliar Environments
Decisions must be made in complex, unfamiliar, or high-risk environments.
Discretion & Scrutiny
Discretion is critical and outcomes must withstand scrutiny.
The work is not theoretical, off-the-shelf, or designed for broad distribution.
Our work is tailored to situations where financial, legal, operational, reputational, or strategic consequences are significant. Whether evaluating a consequential decision, assessing a senior leader, navigating geopolitical uncertainty, or investigating a sensitive matter, Veritas provides decision-grade intelligence and experienced judgment.
How We Work
Our approach is informed by decades of senior government and private-sector experience across intelligence operations, diplomacy, investigations, international security, and enterprise risk. We apply that experience to real-world decisions - not theoretical models.
Boutique by Design
We work with a limited number of clients to ensure senior-level attention. Every engagement is led directly by our founder — not delegated to junior analysts or outsourced teams.
Discreet and Defensible
Our work reflects an understanding of legal exposure, privilege, and reputational risk. All engagements operate under a mutual non-disclosure framework executed prior to any substantive exchange.
Decision-Focused
We prioritize clarity and judgment over volume. Our deliverables are designed for principals, general counsel, and investment committees — intelligence they can act on immediately.
What You Can Expect
Veritas Intelligence works with senior leaders, counsel, investors, boards, and principals who require discretion, independent judgment, and intelligence they can act upon.
Clearer Decisions
Intelligence that helps decision-makers understand what matters, what remains uncertain, and what could materially change the outcome.
Independent Judgment
An objective perspective free from internal politics, organizational consensus, or pressure to validate a predetermined conclusion.
Defensible Analysis
Findings and judgments grounded in disciplined analysis, corroborated information, and clearly articulated assumptions.
Real-World Perspective
Judgment informed by decades of experience operating and making consequential decisions in complex environments.
Benjamin House
Founder, Veritas Intelligence
Benjamin House, Founder of Veritas Intelligence, advises senior leaders confronting consequential decisions where information is incomplete, circumstances are uncertain, and the cost of being wrong is significant. His three decades of experience across intelligence operations, diplomacy, counterintelligence, investigations, and Fortune 500 leadership inform an approach centered on independent analysis, disciplined judgment, and decision advantage.
He is a retired Senior Operations Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he led intelligence operations in complex and high-risk environments across five continents, including serving twice as Chief of Station. He developed particular depth in Latin America through multiple senior assignments in the region, in addition to significant experience across South Asia and the Middle East.
Throughout his government career, he operated against high-priority targets in some of the most challenging operational environments, earning recognition as an expert in counterintelligence, counterterrorism, high-threat operations, and complex investigations. His work required the ability to assess incomplete or conflicting information, operate with discretion, and produce clear, defensible judgments in time-sensitive situations.
Following his government service, he led Global Safety and Security for a Fortune 500 company, with responsibility for protecting over 25,000+ employees across more than 2,000 locations worldwide. In this role, he advised senior executives on geopolitical risk, operational exposure, and crisis response, translating complex intelligence into actionable business decisions.
He also served as a U.S. Diplomat and as a Special Agent (Counterintelligence) with the Department of the Army, further expanding his experience in international operations, interagency coordination, and investigative work.
- Retired CIA Senior Operations Officer, Directorate of Operations
- Two-time Chief of Station in Latin America
- Senior Representative to the Director of National Intelligence
- Senior instructor, CIA Directorate of Operations training academy
- Instructor, Department of Defense Advanced Counterintelligence Training Academy
- Former U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Department of State
- Former Special Agent, U.S. Army Counterintelligence
- Fortune 500 Global Safety & Security Executive
Decorated for counterterrorism, high-risk operational planning, operational security, and counterintelligence. Operated across five continents against the nation's highest-priority threats. Service-connected disabled veteran.
Native English // Fully bilingual Spanish (Advanced Working Proficiency, U.S. Department of State)
The Veritas Standard
Answers to common questions from prospective clients regarding our operational framework, confidentiality standards, and engagement terms.
Veritas Intelligence is boutique by design. We accept a limited number of engagements to ensure senior-level oversight, discretion, and attention to each client's specific decision requirements.
Our focus is clarity and judgment—not volume. We provide decision-grade intelligence for situations where the stakes are high and the consequences of being wrong are material.
Veritas advises executives, boards, investors, law firms, corporations, and select private clients confronting consequential decisions, complex risks, sensitive investigations, and situations where conventional information is insufficient. Engagements are selective, discreet, and accepted directly or by referral.
Veritas Intelligence is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with a presence in Bogotá, Colombia. We operate throughout the United States and internationally, with particular depth in Latin America and experience across Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Every engagement begins by defining the decision, question, or risk the client needs to understand. We establish the relevant intelligence requirements, identify information gaps, and develop a tailored collection and analytical strategy.
Veritas does not rely on standardized products. Each engagement is designed around the client's specific circumstances, timeline, and decision requirements. Findings are delivered with clear judgments, supporting information, identified uncertainties, and practical implications for the client.
Executive Due Diligence investigates the individual. Leadership Intelligence assesses how the individual operates.
Executive Due Diligence focuses on background, reputation, relationships, conflicts, integrity concerns, and undisclosed risk. Leadership Intelligence examines judgment, decision-making, leadership behavior, influence, and how an executive is likely to perform in a particular role or environment.
In simple terms: Due diligence asks, “What do we need to know about this person?” Leadership Intelligence asks, “What should we expect from this person as a leader?”
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Contact Veritas Intelligence
Veritas Intelligence works with a limited number of clients on a confidential basis. If you are facing a consequential decision, sensitive investigation, leadership question, or complex risk where independent intelligence and judgment may materially improve the outcome, we welcome a confidential discussion.
Initial consultations are confidential and designed to determine whether Veritas Intelligence is the appropriate resource for the matter.