Bilal Sen, Audere, EuroSatory

• LONDON - New managing director joins upbeat Audere.

• LONDON - Andrew Briggs back to bank

• NEW YORK - Dookhie leaves K2 for NYU
  

• WASHINGTON - Yearwood, from FTI to JS Held

• BRUSSELS - CJUE relieves Kic Systems client of corruption charges
  

• WASHINGTON - Raedas chooses a connoisseur of the village
  

• BRUSSELS - EU security service provider renewed in Myanmar
  

Navigate Public Affairs unsettles its competitors on the Danish defence market 

As the war in Ukraine goes on, the Scandinavian countries, which are looking to rearm, are becoming an increasingly attractive market for public affairs operators. In Copenhagen, Navigate is looking to become the go-to firm for local and foreign defence groups.

• WASHINGTON - Ankura close to Biden administration.

• WASHINGTON - JS Held gets into crypto-investigation.
  

• LONDON - Alaco closes security practice.

• LONDON - Wallbrook loses ESG director.
  

• PARIS - Axiantis hires Egyptian major Middle Eastern contracts veteran.
  

• NEW YORK - Nardello seeks new London bureau chief
  

• LONDON - Adrian Stones quits Alaco
  

• NEW YORK - JS Held recruits from Kroll

• LONDON - The GPW deal in numbers

• WASHINGTON - Ex-US Air Force investigator sets up on his own
  

• WASHINGTON - Ex-CIA official Ameer Shalaby launches intelligence tradecraft consultancy

• SAN DIEGO - RosettiStarr hires ex-hacks

• LONDON - RAF veteran launches consulting career

• FRANCE - Gourdault-Montagne steps down as chairman of Avisa Partners' ethics committee
  

• LONDON - Gulf specialist Tobias Borck moves into consulting.

• LONDON - A new Tory business network.

• NEW YORK - Hakluyt brings in hedge fund veteran. 

• PARIS - Alain Fernandez brings ADIT and ECCO closer together on offsets.
  

• LONDON/SINGAPORE - Crédit Suisse not doing well against former Georgian president despite FTI Consulting's help.
  

Expanding northern European lobbying group Rud Pedersen tries its hand in the French market 

Taking advantage of its rapid expansion in Europe, the Danish firm, which promoted the Rafale in Finland and the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, is looking for new contracts. In France, it is looking to develop its lobbying business.

• LONDON - Networking session for London's corporate intelligence elite.

• PARIS - Governances still rolling in CAC 40 anti-corruption experts. 

• WASHINGTON/TASHKENT - BGR continues Central Asian momentum.

• LONDON/PARIS - Newbie Idesus sets foot in Paris with Africa in sight.

Audere ups its game with new Asia-focused consultants 

Oliver Blackmore earlier this year completed taking over Audere International, a corporate intelligence firm founded by his father Charles Blackmore. He is now stepping up recruitment of consultants internationally, particularly in Asia, to strengthen his company's presence there.