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Will Jenkins dismissed from GPW, Veracity in Tokyo, and ADIT boosts Canada office

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

LondonWill Jenkins dismissed from JS Held

New York/TokyoVeracity grows in Tokyo

Paris/TorontoADIT boosts North America team via Canada

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Waters exits JS Held, Spottiswoode off to Alaco, Wallbrook grows, EEAS relaunches EUCAP

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

London JS Held lets Waters go

London Spottiswoode swaps FTI for Alaco

Dubai Wallbrook beefs up its office

Brussels EEAS relaunches EUCAP contract

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Stephen quits Stoneturn, Sports integrity, EU ups security in Pretoria, Adrian Stones's two hats

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

Singapore/New YorkStoneturn loses China-focused investigator

LondonNew firm linked to sports integrity pro Paul Beeby

BrusselsEU delegation to Pretoria boosts security

LondonDentons picks Adrian Stones

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GPW hires, former Marsh & McLennan exec heads to RosettiStarr, Eli Cherkasky's rise, Resheniya closes, Hakluyt poaches from Inter-Mediate

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, New York and Bethesda.

London Will Jenkins swaps Nardello for GPW

Bethesda RosettiStarr takes on Marsh & McLennan's security head

New York Eli Cherkasky speeds up the ladder at Exiger

London Russia specialist Resheniya closes shop

London Hakluyt takes on more former Inter-Mediate talent

United Kingdom
ViennEast enlightens UK parliament on Russian influence in the Balkans

Anthony Monckton, who used to head MI6's operations in the Balkans, is now prospering in corporate intelligence in the region. He recently shared his expertise with the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.

United Kingdom, United States
JS Held prepares for further acquisitions in 2023

After an already busy 2022, American corporate intelligence firm JS Held plans to snap up more companies next year as part of its consolidation ambitions.

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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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Spottiswoode goes to FTI, Exiger hires ex-BACB, Sanction Scanner in US and Chiron head writes book

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 New York, London, Paris and Istanbul.

LondonJocelyn Spottiswoode poached by FTI.

New York/LondonExiger Diligence hires AML expert Saba Ahmad.

Washington/IstanbulTurkish Sanction Scanner to screen potential sanctioned persons from US.

ParisHead of security firm Chiron publishes autobiography on former life as paratrooper.

United Kingdom
Amy Lashinsky and Ambrose Carey sell Alaco to US Risk Management group Sigma7

Backed by Chicago private equity fund Growth Catalyst Partners, risk management veteran Andrew Hersh's new Sigma7 group is taking over the historic London-based corporate intelligence firm, founded 20 years ago.

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GPW/Schillings, Exiger Diligence, Nardello, Banque de France, Opus Pear Tree

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both great and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to London, New York and Paris.

London Irwin leaves Nardello

Paris Banque de France recruits new security chief

London GPW nabs investigator Waters from Schillings

New York Exiger exodus

London Opus Pear Tree assists gold giant Petropavlovsk

Spotlight | United States
Kroll, JS Held, Ankura, Big Four: corporate intelligence giants battle for market supremacy

Faced with a booming and rapidly consolidating investigations market, corporate intelligence companies are trying to steer a course through uncharted waters.

Europe, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Sastre and Millennium, the twin investigative firms snapping up business in Eastern Europe

Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a web of consultants led by a Hungarian trio with handy connections in London has been picking up new Ukrainian contracts.

United States
The background to Frank Holder's departure from JS Held

Revealed by Intelligence Online, the sudden departure of Frank Holder, JS Held's operations director, created something of a surprise in June. The veteran is already considering what his next move will be.

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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

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Wallbrook, Ankura in with State Dept, JS Held develops crypto investigation, Alaco ditches security, Axiantis hires Egypt expert

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.

WashingtonAnkura close to Biden administration.

WashingtonJS Held gets into crypto-investigation.

LondonAlaco closes security practice.

LondonWallbrook loses ESG director.

ParisAxiantis hires Egyptian major Middle Eastern contracts veteran.

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Nardello, Alaco, JS Held, GPW

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 New York.

New York Nardello seeks new London bureau chief

London Adrian Stones quits Alaco

New York JS Held recruits from Kroll

London The GPW deal in numbers

Washington Ex-US Air Force investigator sets up on his own

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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.