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Security bosses host spy chief, Benson returns to StoneTurn, Nardello moves into San Francisco

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

ParisDomestic intelligence chief due at CAC 40 security directors' club

New YorkPaul Benson returns to StoneTurn with his Minneapolis office

New YorkNardello builds west coast presence

United Kingdom
Risk Advisory Group tweaks hierarchy after succession crisis

More than three months on from the board's ousting of CEO Chris Rowley and deputy CEO Chris Ferguson, The Risk Advisory Group's new leadership is settling into its role, with a few adjustments.

United Kingdom, United States
Talent wars: Secretariat on hiring spree for London investigation department

In a bid to expand its team in the UK, US consulting group Secretariat Advisors has been recruiting from Ankura Consulting, G3 and JS Held. Yet some potential recruits have been turned down.

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Ashurst, Forward Global, SC Strategy without ex-MI6 boss, EU security in Riyadh

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

LondonAshurst's risk analysis branch thins out

WashingtonLiza Baron leaves Mintz for Forward Global

LondonSC Strategy buys out former MI6-boss John Scarlett

BrusselsQuestions over safety of EU delegation in Riyadh

United States
Talent wars: Secretariat Advisors's ex-FTI Consulting staff face discovery requests

The financial investigators who jumped from FTI Consulting to join rival firm Secretariat Advisors are fighting to not disclose information about their current work to the courts.

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ADIT/Amarante regional rivalry, Herminius, CR Investigations, Lextrack, De Vinculis

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

LyonAmarante snatches regional council contract from ADIT

LondonHerminius picks new adviser

New York/Boston/WashingtonCR Investigations takes on US staff

London/ViennaNew asset hunter tuned into Central Asia?

LondonNicholas Houghton closes a chapter

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Inside the summer boardroom bust-up at The Risk Advisory Group

Poor financial performance and an employee exodus had spurred a growing feeling of disillusionment at TRAG, according to sources close to the company. That tension culminated early this month in the sudden exit of CEO Chris Rowley and his deputy Chris Ferguson.

United States
In Chicago, new round between short-selling company Viceroy and corporate intelligence firms

Viceroy is seeking documents from an accountancy firm to prove that its 2023 reports of fraud at Medical Properties Trust were true. Steward Healthcare, MPT's accomplice in the fraud, is said to have hired Audere to monitor the short seller's co-founder, Fraser Perrings.

United Kingdom, United States
Talent wars: FTI Consulting combines direct legal action and behind-the-scenes arrangements

FTI Consulting is haemorrhaging staff to hungry rival Secretariat and is taking legal action against it. In many similar cases, FTI has managed to reach agreement with other firms.

Spotlight | Bahrain
Bahraini government enlists K2 Integrity on wide-ranging national oil company corruption investigation

Investigators at Jules Kroll's K2 Integrity spent a year investigating insider dealing at Bahrain's state oil group. Its findings were used last month to confirm the prosecution of a senior engineer at the group.

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Coeus Advisory, Straife, K2

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

LondonEx-FCDO analyst Mark Vasey sets up second corporate intelligence company

Houston/IstanbulStraife takes on new Caspian energy specialist

LondonInvestigator Andrew Whelan returns to K2

France, United Kingdom
Ex-private investigator Ralph Ward-Jackson back in business with advisers focused on Iran and former Soviet countries

The businessman Ward-Jackson is moving into the litigation PR sector, which is increasingly in vogue in London. And he is relying on the Paris-based lawyer Ardavan Amir-Aslani, who is known for his Iranian expertise.

Spotlight | United States
Talent wars: Secretariat pushes pedal on recruitment of financial investigators

The US consultancy has gone on a hiring spree in a bid to establish a large financial investigations department and to boost its presence in Europe.

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G3, S-RM, SSF, Independent Diplomat

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

LondonSam Ormonde moves from Ankura to G3

Hong KongS-RM local office loses Asia-Pacific strategy chief

FranceScutum Security First MD to retire

LondonIndependent Diplomat founder stands for election

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Phintias Advisory, HKA, GMTL

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

LondonOxbridge research duo head into private consultancy

DallasHKA poaches slew of investigators from StoneTurn

London/WashingtonA new adviser for GMTL

United Kingdom
Ankura's asset tracking and investigation division loses its director

The head of the investigations and asset tracing department at Ankura Consulting in London, has abruptly left the firm and is now looking for business partners.

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Silverbridge, Nardello, Security Ronin

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

LondonSilverbridge lands two new recruits

Los AngelesNardello gives digital investigations its own director

London/Hong KongForensics sleuth Albert Hui lays roots in London