John Sawers

The Intelligence Gazette
French security clearance, CIA and ODNI watchdogs, French cognac tariffs, MI6

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceSecurity clearance commission slams ministry deadlines

United StatesNew CIA and ODNI inspector generals

ChinaFrench foreign ministry confident about China cognac deal

United KingdomSecond ex-MI6 chief breaks silence on Trump intelligence reforms

United Kingdom
London's intelligence village takes stock, looks ahead to 2025

The British capital's well-established corporate intelligence firms such as G3 and The Risk Advisory Group are reviewing the year as it comes to a close. The picture emerging shows that those companies backed by funds are still thriving while others are struggling with plummeting revenues.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
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

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
François Lecointre, Binance and Guidepost update, G3, WestExec

Nominations, résultats financiers, nouveaux contrats : chaque mercredi, les petites et les grandes histoires de la communauté mondiale du renseignement d'affaires.

ParisFormer top general Lecointre's active retirement

WashingtonForeign Legion veterans unwittingly cited for surveillance of ex-Binance boss

LondonG3 hires Asia experts after landing John Sawers

WashingtonWestExec looks to space with former Pentagon UFO expert

United Kingdom
John Sawers gains independence with New Bridge

According to our sources, former Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), or MI6, chief John Sawers has stepped down as chairman of [...]

United Kingdom
Andrew Feldman switches from Macro Advisory to Tulchan

Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, was appointed an associate [...]

United Kingdom
John Sawers loses Mona Sutphen, his right hand in DC

Mona Sutphen, Barack Obama's White House deputy chief-of-staff from 2009 to 2011, joined the board of the renewable energy firm [...]

United Kingdom
Ex-army chief Houghton gets busy in private sector

Former British Chief of the Defence Staff Nicholas Houghton, who retired last year, launched the consulting firm De Vinculis in [...]

United Kingdom
Ricketts cultivates Franco-British business entente

Lord Peter Ricketts, the former British ambassador in Paris, is increasingly involved in helping French business in the UK. According [...]

France
Bernard Emie Hobnobs with Karp and Thiel at Bilderberg

After Patrick Calvar performed similar duties in 2015 (IOL 737), [...]

United Kingdom
Former MI6 chief worked with Legatum Institute's Chandler

In parliament on May 1, Conservative MP Robert Seely claimed [...]

United States
Former NSC director joins Macro Advisory Partners

John Sawers, the chairman of the British strategic consulting firm [...]

United Kingdom
17Arm, new asset recovery heavyweight

Lord Patrick Meade has recruited this moth Pauline Neville-Jones, the former Downing Street advisor on cyber to David Cameron, to [...]

Spotlight | United Kingdom
‘Oligarch list' causes City headaches

The US Treasury Department's list of figures close to Putin has brought to light the many links between Britain's financial establishment and named oligarchs. The affair looks set to further destabilise the City of London, which is already grappling with Brexit.