Libya, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
Ex-CIA agent Dan Hoffman joins CT Group in Washington

Australia, United Kingdom, United States
CT Group grows its list in US of defence clients

The strategic communications and private investigations firm has signed new lobbying contracts in Washington, DC for companies aiming to position themselves in the US, British and Australian markets.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
CT Group, Zeichner Risk Analytics, Mintz Group

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonCT Group changes CEO

WashingtonZeichner Risk Analytics hires former intelligence services HR chief

LondonMintz Group investigator takes close look at British opticians

Lebanon, United States
Bahaa Hariri swaps CT Group for BGR to promote his political ambitions in Lebanon

A powerful businessman and son of the former prime minister murdered in 2005, Hariri will pay BGR $600,000 for a year's work. Lobbyists on the contract include Ed Rogers, a veteran of the Reagan and Bush Sr.

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Vcheck changes leadership, Schmidt goes from Schillings to CT Group, Hakluyt recruits, FTI and Orrick on sanctions in Germany

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community, in New York, London, Berlin and Washington.

New YorkVcheck shakes things up at the top

LondonAnna Schmidt moves from Schillings to CT Group

LondonRich pickings for Hakluyt in the US

LondonNiblett also advises Hakluyt

Berlin/WashingtonSanctions platform steered by FTI and Orrick

Spotlight | China, United States
Risk and Intelligence firms' hunger for ex-CIA China experts grows

As relations between the US and China grow ever more tense, corporate intelligence firms are keen to have several ex-CIA China experts among their ranks, with traditional investigation firms vying for the same recruits as new AI-based analysis providers.

Russia, United Kingdom
From Russian mines to London networks, heir Ildar Uzbekov embroiled in legal battles

A London legal battle involving Londongrad mining industry players has put the spotlight on the British and Russian passport-holding Ildar Uzbekov, despite his best efforts to distance himself from the Kremlin.

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Ardian, Namea, legionnaires, Alaco, GEOS

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Dubai, London and Paris.

Paris French foreign office's Middle East head joins Ardian

Dubai Norman Ricklefs' Namea Group hires ex-US consul Frayne

Paris Former legionnaires head into private armed security

London Another key Alaco manager quits

Paris Ex-CEIS and GEOS director Argyriou shifts into auto industry

United Kingdom, United States
CT Group's special branch hires CBS Washington bureau chief to lead DC opening

The consultancy and investigation branch of Sir Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor's advisory firm has hired star journalist Chris Isham to run its US office.

Europe
Chodiev stills counts on GlobalSource's investigators

According to our sources, Kazakh oligarch Patokh Chodiev has the US corporate intelligence firm GlobalSource, headed by Bill Hutman, helping [...]

Fathi Bashagha's US lobbyist lays into central bank governor Seddik al-Kabir

Daniel Hoffman, the Washington lobbyist of the former Libyan interior minister and prime ministerial candidate Fathi Bashagha, has published a broadside against Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir's governance of CBL and also called for a change of government.