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France's Benoit Puga tests private sector waters at Geomines and Erys

Benoît Puga, former chief of staff to Sarkozy and Hollande.
Benoît Puga, former chief of staff to Sarkozy and Hollande. © Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA/MaxPPP

Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande's former private military chief of staff is starting to pick up contracts in the private sector.

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Ex-Erys found Audacia, GlobalPoint backs Saakashvili, Araud joins Portland, Raedas checks the books

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, Tbilisi, Washington and London.

ParisFormer Erys bosses create Audacia.

Tbilisi/WashingtonGlobalPoint and Akerman helping Saakashvili in DC.

Paris/London/WashingtonFormer French ambassador Gérard Araud joins Portland, which lobbies for Qatar and Kazakhstan.

LondonRaedas sorts out its books.
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Mike Burgess, Director of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
Spotlight | Australia, China Beijing slams ‘hyped falsehoods' as Australia weighs intelligence priorities Africa, France Police memo warning against Wagner defector seeking asylum in France fuels ongoing administrative battle
Russian mercenary group Wagner's logo on a Central African Republic army soldier's uniform, in Bouboui, Central African Republic, on 1 March 2025.
Russia, Ukraine Black Spark, leading Kyiv's sabotage operations in Russia
Gazprombank's former deputy chairman Igor Volobuyev, Black Spark's sole public figure, in Kyiv, on 28 April 2022.
Indonesia London advisory firms approached in campaign to free former minister Nadiem Makarim
Former Indonesian education minister Nadiem Makarim at the Indonesian Corruption Court in Jakarta, on 30 June 2026.
France From UAE to Kosovo, French ambassadorial transfers in full swing
French foreign affairs minister Jean-Noël Barrot (right) and President Emmanuel Macron at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris, on 9 October 2025.

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Mike Burgess, Director of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
Spotlight | Australia, China Beijing slams ‘hyped falsehoods' as Australia weighs intelligence priorities Africa, France Police memo warning against Wagner defector seeking asylum in France fuels ongoing administrative battle
Russian mercenary group Wagner's logo on a Central African Republic army soldier's uniform, in Bouboui, Central African Republic, on 1 March 2025.
Russia, Ukraine Black Spark, leading Kyiv's sabotage operations in Russia
Gazprombank's former deputy chairman Igor Volobuyev, Black Spark's sole public figure, in Kyiv, on 28 April 2022.
Indonesia London advisory firms approached in campaign to free former minister Nadiem Makarim
Former Indonesian education minister Nadiem Makarim at the Indonesian Corruption Court in Jakarta, on 30 June 2026.
France From UAE to Kosovo, French ambassadorial transfers in full swing
French foreign affairs minister Jean-Noël Barrot (right) and President Emmanuel Macron at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris, on 9 October 2025.

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