Ian Maxwell or (Max) as he is sometimes  known is the founder of Shadowhawk.
He was born and raised in Africa, where his tracking career began.
He has always been comfortable in the bush, and was inspired by the indigenous tribes, where he learned some tricks of the trade. He has been on rhino capture teams.
Max knows how best to survive in the bush and is a keen snake catcher and bee-keeper, both skills are extremely usefull when in remote areas !

His tracking has spanned  the globe, from the Arctic to South Africa, and Borneo to the USA. He is a large carnivour specialist and has tracked every big cat species, every elephant species and every rhino species, including the small and the extremely rare Sumatran rhino.
Max has presented a TV Series , Maxs Big Tracks, and Big Cat Track, for Discovery Animal Planet, which has been broadcast in over 150 countries worldwide.
He has also appeared on the BBC and led a BBC crew along the Zambezi, from  Victoria Falls to the mouth.
He has a unique understanding of Africa, and enjoys immersing himself into tribal culture.
He is also an experienced bushcrafter and survivalist, and has instructed Ewan Mcgregor and Charlie Boorman for their epic Long Way Down documentary.
Max has been called to track down some of the most cunning humans and he has been called to court to to give forensic tracking evidence.
Max has trained trackers from the police and rangers in Argentina, Brazil, USA, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa. From Europe he has trained trackers from all over Europe, including Scandinavia.
He has tracked in the worlds hottest deserts, the deepest jungles, but is never happier than when he is in the woodlands of The uk.
Max  qualified as a firewalking instructor with Tolly Burkan in California .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Alc4q_1e2s
He uses the techniques learned to help people overcome their fears.

Qualifications:
Tactical Tracking Instructor
 Combat and Tactical Tracker, Level 1,2 and 3
Venemous Snake Handler & First Aider
FGASA( Field guide association of South Africa) Level One with snake speciality.
Search Technician & Police Trained in Search Management
Padi Instructor. HSE Part 1 Air Diver( Surface Supply & Tools)
Fire Walking Instructor
He has recieved a medal from The Queen at Buckingham Palace for Tracking and Conservation of Large Cats. He is a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society and a Winston Churchill Fellow.

All Instructors a very experienced trackers and bushcrafters. They have all undergone extensive training and been tracking at least six years. All the instructors are required to attend a  mantraking course and have tracked in environments outside the UK. The instructor program requires that the trainee instructors teach all the subjects under supervision, and then undertake certain sbjects as their speciality.
After two years they move on to run a course under supervision and are assessed on their technical knowledge and presentation.
The instructor course is very tough, we expect all the instructors to have a good working knowledge of other schools of tracking and undertake a theory exam before they are appointed instructors and awareded their coveted silver feather.

Jamie  is a one of a kind, an original and inventive thinker who never fails to surprise those around him. He is not called HAwkeyethenoo for nothing as he is an expert with throwing weapons. He is a communications expert having mastered the australian bullroarer to a phenominal standard.
Jamie is one of the most resourceful and problem solving trackers amongst the instructors. He has phenomenal endurance and great sense of humour. Jamie also has an analytical mind, and is our big cat investigator in Scotland. 
Tactical Tracker
Portugal.

Assistant Instructor.
Advanced
Big cats advisor.
Mantracker
Shadowhawk Search Team
Bird Dynamics
Poland

Assisitant Instructor
Managment
Knows his mushrooms!
Strategy 
Canada
India
Poland

Assistant Instructor
Mark is all-round good tracker and the Shadowhawk Techie. Since he started tracking he has moved from being an over-anaylser to one of the best trackers going. he has developed a methodical way of tracking and nothings gets past him. Mark loves nothing more than field stripping our technical kit down and repairing it with his leatherman! He is a fountain knowledge.
 Shadowhawk Search Team
Strategy
Intelligence Gathering
Map Interpretation
Technical Comparison
Advanced Tracker
Portugal & Poland.