Myanmar, United Kingdom
Herstmonceux, Powell advise Burma

Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Private diplomats position themselves for mediation roles in Russia-Ukraine war

Private mediation specialists are poised and waiting for Russia and Ukraine to give in to battle fatigue and come to the negotiating table.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Risk&Co, Inter-Mediate, Thales

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 and London.

ParisLe Floch's arrival helps Risk & Co further accentuate its shift towards cyber.

LondonThales adviser Lord Nick Houghton questions AUKUS in the House of Lords.

LondonGilles de Kerchove begins his reconversion at Inter-Mediate.

Hong Kong
David Richards advises Apache Asia

According to our sources, the former Chief of the Defence Staff of the British armed forces, David Richards, Baron Richards [...]

United Kingdom
Discreet visit by North Korean military envoy goes down badly

A low-key visit to London by the Moscow-based North Korean [...]

United Kingdom
Powell hires former soldiers at Inter-Mediate

Recently retired chief of defence staff Nicholas Houghton has joined Inter-Mediate, the private diplomacy firm headed by Jonathan Powell, former [...]

United States
Trump considers well-connected Feinberg to shake up intelligence services

Stephen Feinberg is being tipped as the man Donald Trump may appoint to overhaul the US intelligence services. He has long held discreet contracts in the community.

Middle East, United Kingdom
Francis Maude gives David Richards a helping hand

Francis Maude, Britain’s former minister for trade and investment, has [...]

United Kingdom
Africapractice looking to make mark

The strategic consulting firm Africapractice has been on an acquisition and hiring spree to beef up its corporate intelligence activities.

United Kingdom
Powell expands network of consultants

To date, Jonathan Powell's private diplomacy consulting firm Inter-Mediate has hired almost exclusively veterans of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office [...]

Germany, Myanmar
Grob Aircraft helps Myanmar fight rebels

The defence minister of Myanmar recently procured a fleet of around 30 new aircraft, most of which have been supplied by German plane manufacturer Grob Aircraft.

United Kingdom
Equilibrium's lords and generals

Lord Mervyn King, the former governor of the Bank of England, has joined former British forces chief David Richard's firm Equilibrium as a consultant.

Europe, Saudi Arabia
French, British defence chiefs cross paths

Admiral Edouard Guillaud, France's chief of defence staff, and his [...]

Vitol executives before British parliament

The ghost of Swiss trading group Vitol is floating over [...]