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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Gulf consulting, new Tory network

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.

LondonGulf specialist Tobias Borck moves into consulting.

LondonA new Tory business network.

Spotlight
French Treasury seeks new compliance investigators for Airbus

Two years after Airbus' settlement with France's PNF and Britain's SFO, the company's exports are to be more closely scrutinized by the French finance ministry.

Affinis aims to grow defence business using Proxxi database

The corporate intelligence firm, which already provides its services to various French defence groups and the ministry of armed forces, will be present at the defence and security trade fair Eurosatory.

Military procurement agency's cyber branch strides into French anti-disinformation apparatus

Among its hundreds of new cyber recruits, the information control department of the French military procurement agency, the DGA, will create an information warfare taskforce to give the ministry of armed forces the technical means to achieve its goals.

Paris rallies to save Iraqi contracts

Despite the many technical and political obstacles hampering French investments in Iraq, France is determined not to miss out on the potential economic opportunities and is counting on senators and industry bosses to bolster the bilateral relationship.

French Army commandos await new chief

The surprise resignation of Eric Vidaud as head of French military intelligence, the DRM, in March is having all sorts of consequences on appointments in the French special forces.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Hakluyt, ADIT/ECCO, FTI Consulting

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, Singapore and Paris.

New YorkHakluyt brings in hedge fund veteran.

ParisAlain Fernandez brings ADIT and ECCO closer together on offsets.

London/SingaporeCrédit Suisse not doing well against former Georgian president despite FTI Consulting's help.

Spotlight
Major standoff afoot within NATO over hack back views

To hack back or not to hack back? NATO's European members are at odds with the US's drive to make the alliance's cyber defence policy more offensive, which raises the question of its abilities to attribute cyberattacks, a highly political matter.

Paris wants to reboot its partnership with Singaporean agency HTX

The French ministry of the interior signed a deal with the fledgling Singaporean security and intelligence technology development agency Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) in 2019. Covid-19 then got in the way of the project, which France is now trying to rekindle.

Scorechain investigates cryptoassets seized by France

Luxembourg-based crypto investigations company Scorechain is helping the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, which keeps cryptoassets snatched by Agrasc - the French state agency in charge of seized and confiscated assets - until they are resold.

Cyber Impact Fund poaches national cybersecurity policy officer William Lecat

The new French fund specialised in supporting European cyber start-ups has made its first two investments. William Lecat will be responsible for investing in 20 other start-ups over the next five years.

French groups dream of MbS' big entertainment projects

As most cultural and tourism cooperation projects with Riyadh are winding down, a French delegation is on its way to the Saudi capital.

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.

Kroll's Paris office celebrates 25 years amid whirlwind restructure

Now run by head of investigations Louis-David Magnien, after the departure of former boss Bechir Mana, Kroll's French office wants to take advantage of the sudden change in leadership to beef up.

The Agencies' Gazette
Criticism in the Sinai, drones in French skies, Astana nears Baku

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Paris to Baku via Cairo.

FranceCommando unit drones in French skies.

Kazakhstan/Azerbaijan/TurkeyKazakh military intelligence moves closer to Azeri counterpart.

EgyptTimid criticism of Sisi's Sinai strategy emerges in Cairo.

French parliamentary elections set to shake up intelligence oversight

The expected rise of the far left and far right in next month's French legislative elections looks set to trigger tensions over control of the country's intelligence apparatus.