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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.

• 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

• WASHINGTON - Ankura close to Biden administration.

• WASHINGTON - JS Held gets into crypto-investigation.
  

• LONDON - Alaco closes security practice.

• LONDON - Wallbrook loses ESG director.
  

• PARIS - Axiantis hires Egyptian major Middle Eastern contracts veteran.
  

• 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
  

• LONDON - Gulf specialist Tobias Borck moves into consulting.

• LONDON - A new Tory business network.

China-focused Lib Dem stalwart Clement-Jones joins corporate intelligence advisory  Free

Stuart Poole-Robb's boutique corporate intelligence firm, KCS, is hoping the arrival of a political heavyweight and a SIS veteran will put the wind back in its sails.

• LONDON - Raedas arrives in Washington.

• NEW YORK - With a new boss, Veracity plugs into Democrat diplomacy.

Corporate intelligence firms face succession choices 

Founders and managers looking to protect their corporate intelligence firms' futures essentially only have two quite different routes open to them.

Taro Nordheider displays penchant for luxury and corporate intelligence 

Hakluyt and Idesus, which is well-connected in Turkey, operate in the rarefied world of wealthy heirs and luxury goods between London and Vienna.

Accountants go after corporate investigators 

As well as tracking down Russian clients, the UK's business intelligence community has found itself attracting interest from the world's leading accounting firms keen to develop their scope in the sector.

Oligarch crackdown shakes up private investigation sector 

The wave of sanctions against Russian oligarchs in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine is having a big impact on the corporate intelligence world.

Sanctions race generates new market for investigation and assistance work for oligarchs 

Londongrad has gone into a frenzy since the start of the Western riposte to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. The entire ecosystem which has grown up around the oligarchs is working to help them escape sanctions and limit the reputational and financial damage they are expected to cause.

• NEW YORK - StoneTurn brings in a local veteran to get itself off the ground in Singapore.
  

• NEW YORK - Nardello recruits Kennedy in London.

• LONDON - Dragonfly aims to spread its wings.

• ARLINGTON - Deloitte & Touche operates DARPA's cyber recognition programme.

Peter Gummer tests market for a GPW buyer 

According to our sources, the corporate intelligence company GPW may be thinking of putting itself up for sale.

• LONDON - CR Investigations primed for 2022 with new Russia-facing recruits.

• LONDON - Elliott counts on Boris Johnson's ex-PR whiz.

• WASHINGTON - Ex-CIA agent Raiole moves into fair trade.

• PARIS - No longer advising Huawei, Alexandre Medvedowsky pushes for sovereign consulting.
  

• WASHINGTON - Nardello hires ex-DEA agent for DC office.

Trial exposes Crédit Suisse's Eastern Europe private investigators 

While the bank won the legal battle launched by its former European markets director, the trial has brought to light the troop of investigators and consultants both sides used to shake off their troubles in Romania over the past 15 years.

Pioneer Michael Oatley still fighting fit with Timeoroi 

At 87, Michael Oatley, one of the trailblazers to shape the London business intelligence scene as we know it today, has not gone quietly into retirement. He still seems very much an active member of Timeoroi, the consultancy he runs with oil trading veteran Steve Kelbrick as well as a number of old friends in the sector.

Vladimir Yakunin's heirs prosper in 'Londongrad' 

While he has not had an opportunity to secure his sons a seat within the circles of power in Moscow, like many of Putin's cronies have, the former head of Russian railways can take pride in their place among London's business elite.

Facebook's intelligence in Europe now operated by an anonymous fund 

Security and corporate intelligence provider Falanx, one of the very few in the sector to be publicly traded (on London's Alternative Investment Market), has seen business turn around thanks to a game-changer contract with the American social media giant.