John Major

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Prisme Intelligence in Paris, Field Intelligence in London, Sibylline's hiring changing line-up, BAE minus Powell

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

ParisFormer officer Mai-Linh Camus heads into consultancy

LondonAnwar Darkazally wants corporate intelligence to go green

LondonSibylline keeps hiring

LondonBAE and Lord Powell part ways

United Kingdom
Airbus and OneWeb eye House of Lords influence thanks to the new Tory whip

With the UK forging ahead with space and defence programmes, Airbus Group's Westminster influence has received a boost from former Conservative MP Graham Evans's recent House of Lords appointment.

United Kingdom
James Arbuthnot goes from Scarlett to Maclay

Lord James Arbuthnot, the former defence minister under John Major [...]

United Kingdom
Charles Powell returns to Wafic Said, still close to Sultan's clan

The businessman close to the late Sultan bin Abdulaziz's clan is working again with consultant Charles Powell. The descendants of Saudi Arabia's defence minister of four decades are on the rise again in Riyadh.

United Kingdom
Scarlett, Carlile without Arbuthnot

In accounts published on June 4, SC Strategy, the firm founded by John Scarlett, the former head of the Secret [...]

United Kingdom
London keeps tabs on Russia, China's Arctic ambitions

Despite being on chilly terms since the Skripal poisoning affair, British diplomats in Moscow met with Russian foreign ministry officials [...]

United Kingdom
Alexander Arbuthnot advises Vitruvian on cyber-security

The launch of Romanian antivirus manufacturer Bitdefender's Cyber Threat Intelligence solution in April has shed light on the British investment [...]

India, United States
Thales former India partner beefs up board before Nasdaq listing

Rajiv Shukla, the former CEO of the Indian defence company Pipavav, has hired Alan Rosling, a former advisor to John Major, to help Constellation become the go-to investment company for Western investors in India.

United Kingdom
Arbuthnot blossoms in cyber-security

Since stepping down as chairman of the parliamentary defence committee [...]

United Kingdom
Stern Advisory looking for chair

The private investigation and strategic advice firm Stern Advisory Group is looking for a new chairperson who can cover the London-Tel Aviv link.

United Kingdom
Aegis courts would-be buyers

British private security company Aegis Defence Services, which has been on the block for several months, has attracted the interest of GardaWorld and Control Risks.

Malaysia, United Kingdom
Charles Powell

Charles Powell, the former Downing Street private secretary and defence [...]

Afghanistan, United Kingdom
Olive Group

Olive Group, the private security company headed by brothers Chris [...]

Spotlight | Europe, Iran, United States
Firms start heading for Tehran

Although the chances of an agreement between Western nations and Iran have been pushed back to next June 30, Western companies are already making contacts with the Iranian authorities. Each has his own approach to breaking through Iranian economic barriers.