United Kingdom, United States
Sibylline CEO takes over corporate intelligence syndicate

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Raven Special Risks, CIFAL, Riskology, Sibylline

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 London and Tashkent.

LondonFormer Control Risks exec Michael Haughey returns from Singapore.

TashkentJoanna Golas keeps CIFAL's French networks in the loop.

LondonRiskology bows out after the death of co-founder.

Austin/LondonSibylline handles Apple's intelligence threats.

United Kingdom, United States
Facebook's intelligence in Europe now operated by an anonymous fund

Security and corporate intelligence provider Falanx, one of the very few in the sector to be publicly traded (on London's Alternative Investment Market), has seen business turn around thanks to a game-changer contract with the American social media giant.

United Kingdom
Risk Advisory Group attempts Dragonfly metamorphosis

The Risk Advisory Group (TRAG)'s new service DragonFly is a bid to adapt to a changing marketplace and an industry that has been severely hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

United States
Mobius Consulting to provide intelligence analysis to Missile Defense Agency

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has struggled to obtain timely threat assessments from its government partners.

United States
ERG predicts growth in financial operations in the business intelligence market

In its 22 June market update, US merchant bank ERG Partners, which specialises in security and business intelligence, notes that financial operations have been increasing in the sector since the start of the year.

United States
Facebook digital wallet subsidiary hires financial intelligence specialists

Novi Financial, Facebook's subsidiary dedicated to the cryptocurrency Diem, formerly Libra, has hired a number of former US Treasury Department compliance experts.

Spotlight | United States
New CIA espionage operations boss keeps watch over Middle East

David Marlowe's arrival, the first appointment made by new CIA director William Burns, makes it clear US intelligence is still very much concerned with the Middle East, despite China taking the front stage.

United States
Facebook building internal "intelligence service" to combat fake news

Under growing pressure from Congress to tackle the spread of online disinformation, Facebook recently hired researcher Ben Nimmo and is strengthening its ties with the US intelligence community.

United Kingdom
Gordon-Finlayson ankles Sibylline for Diageo

Former 1st Queen's Dragoon Guard Peter Gordon-Finlayson has stepped down [...]

United States
Sibylline hits big time with Facebook contract

The corporate intelligence firm Sibylline has been on a recruitment drive of late, snapping up young talent from larger companies, [...]

United States
Greg Hoobler plants Sibylline flag in Washington

The British strategic consulting firm Sibylline is beefing up its [...]