Japan, United Kingdom
G3 expands internationally thanks to new secret shareholder

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
G3, Chris Morgan Jones, Corexalys, Red Five Security, Keith Hunter, Arte

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

LondonG3 nets record year

New York/LondonBest-selling investigator Chris Morgan Jones returns to Nardello

ParisPierre-Mayeul Badaire steps in to steer Corexalys

Washington/KyivRed Five Security, the security consultant behind a Ukrainian university course

LondonKeith Hunter adjusts Animus Associates ownership

ParisArte calls on ex-intelligence officials for new TV series

Israel, Japan
Cyber expert Norihiko Ishihara links up Tokyo, New York and Tel Aviv

With his military and intelligence background, the businessman Norihiko Ishihara has been making a name for himself in Japan's cyber industry, mainly by bringing in Israeli and American expertise to the country but also by helping Japanese groups enter those markets.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ergo, Vantage, G3, Silverbridge, Audere, Amarante, GEOS, Baubigeat Zeller

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 Washington, London and Paris.

WashingtonErgo brings in a Navy SEAL

New YorkEx-Diligence directors reunite at Vantage

LondonG3 adds muscle to asset-tracking team

LondonSilverbridge poaches from the Met

LondonEx-Bellingcat manager Ostanin has another crack at corporate intelligence

ParisAmarante establishes foothold in Belgian diplomacy in Africa

ParisGEOS increases oil and gas security offering

FranceBaubigeat Zeller boosts sanctions management capacity

United Kingdom
SecureValue rebuilt from former G3 team

Two investigators previously with G3 and Kinnevik, the Swedish fund that owned the corporate intelligence firm, have launched their own firm, SecureValue, working with Ken MacDonald, the veteran lawyer of human rights cases and other lengthy investigations.

United Kingdom
Door slammed on SLAPP filed against G3 by a former surveillance target

The UK courts have dismissed a complaint against investigation firm G3, putting an end to a legal vendetta launched by a rival of one of the company's customers.

United Kingdom
G3 reorganises its international offices network

The London-based Good Governance Group has made changes to its office network by moving its offices in the UK's capital and Germany, and opening a new office in Singapore.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Corporate intelligence firms face succession choices

Founders and managers looking to protect their corporate intelligence firms' futures essentially only have two quite different routes open to them.

United Kingdom
National Security Secretariat execs courted by private sector

The NSS, created in 2010 to liaise with the prime minister on intelligence policy, is a hotbed for those who want to work for private groups.