A former US Secret Service operative who guarded three serving US presidents – Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr and Barack Obama – she’s also worked undercover posing as a sex-trafficking victim and coaxed confessions out of child abusers.
She is also delivering an online course on BBC Maestro, a paid-for subscription service where, for £120 a year, you can listen to anything from Trinny Woodall informing you about what she’s learnt from the business world, to Isabel Allende on how to make storytelling magical or Brian Cox giving an acting masterclass.
Why you should NEVER let your children go to sleepovers... by the 'badass' former bodyguard to THREE American presidents On my way to meet Evy Poumpouras, 47, the elite agent turned self-help guru, I am, frankly, a little nervous.
She has also successfully made the transition from White House bodyguard to life coach, writing a self-help book, Becoming Bulletproof, which teaches softies to toughen up in the face of everyone from colleagues to killers.
She says she can spot a liar just by zeroing in on someone’s body language (telltale signs include hair twirling, picking off imaginary lint and smoothing wrinkles on clothing).
