Australia, Iraq, UAE
Gary Creighton to help Ricklefs' Namea Group grow in the Gulf

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ardian, Namea, legionnaires, Alaco, GEOS

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 Dubai, London and Paris.

Paris French foreign office's Middle East head joins Ardian

Dubai Norman Ricklefs' Namea Group hires ex-US consul Frayne

Paris Former legionnaires head into private armed security

London Another key Alaco manager quits

Paris Ex-CEIS and GEOS director Argyriou shifts into auto industry

France, Iraq, United States
Potential Iraqi Rafale purchase publicised by Norman Ricklefs unlikely to fly

The Australian consultant who has long made Iraq his home caused a stir in the world of French defence last week with remarks that Baghdad wants to purchase Rafale jets and drones from France. In Paris, however, the project is still very much in its infancy, even almost non-existent.

United Kingdom
Proelium Law looks to Middle East

The London law firm Proelium Law, which wants to carve a niche for itself in the private investigation sector, is looking to develop in Iran and other hot spots.

United Kingdom
New projects for Perl

Damian Perl, the founder of the private security group Global, is launching an investment fund and recruiting Obama's former intelligence briefer.