The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
JS Held works for oil firm, investigators open doors in Ukraine, LVMH safety doubts

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Departures at JS Held, Air Liquide to Endeavour Mining move, co-founder leaves The Risk Advisory Group

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

Atlanta/New YorkJob cuts at JS Held's investigations department

Paris/AbidjanAir Liquide's security director moves to Endeavour Mining

LondonPrior bows out at The Risk Advisory Group

UAE, United States
JS Held studying potential takeovers of several firms

Amid a lull in the US private investigation sector, JS Held is looking to acquire competitors at a low cost.

France
Kidnappings and burglaries put LVMH and other firms' security chiefs' on high alert

Recent attacks on CEOs and their families are troubling the security managers of some of France's leading companies, mainly in the luxury sector. Fears that these could increasingly be the target of organised crime are fuelling concerns, against a backdrop of rising social discontent in the country.

Ukraine
Ukrainian ex-security officials turn to NATO defence technology exchanges

Four Ukrainians recently created a small company, Fincordtech Management, on the back of their defence and intelligence contacts. Its aim is to facilitate technology transfers between Ukraine and its Western partners.

France
LVMH picks new global security director

The French luxury giant LVMH is poised to reveal internally the name of its new global security director. The nominee will bring his police experience to the group's many security managers.

Hungary, United Kingdom
Central European investigation firms break out of their traditional area

Millennium Emerging Europe is expanding its beat, capitalising on the increasing number of contracts it has won in the Russian-speaking and Eastern European region. Several other firms that have stayed connected to the Ukrainian conflict are doing the same.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Will Jenkins dismissed from GPW, Veracity in Tokyo, and ADIT boosts Canada office

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

LondonWill Jenkins dismissed from JS Held

New York/TokyoVeracity grows in Tokyo

Paris/TorontoADIT boosts North America team via Canada

France
Former LVMH security chief Marcadier a pillar of ADIT's new anti-counterfeiting service

Despite being charged in connection with the Squarcini spying affair, in the wake of his departure from LVMH Laurent Marcadier has taken on a number of projects including the creation of a new anti-counterfeiting service at ADIT.

France, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Sagard completes stake purchase of ADIT, Chatham House loses Niblett, JS Held poaches from Control Risks, Wychrij leaves Wallbrook, Quinlan, COSA

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 Paris, Kyiv, London and New York.

LVMH continues security heads overhaul

After appointing a group-level security chief, the luxury giant is now moving to replace the security heads of its key maisons, which operate with considerable autonomy.