Spotlight | United Kingdom
Ex-MI6 chief Alex Younger sets up new Swiss firm with ousted Crédit Suisse chairman Urs Rohner

The Intelligence Gazette
Tracfin blacklists chauffeur, ex-MI6 chief speaks to parliament, Ukraine's Alpha sleuths in Paris

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

FranceTracfin says no to debt-ridden chauffeur with a penchant for prostitutes

United KingdomForeign Affairs Committee hears from ex-MI6 chief

France/UkraineUkraine's Alpha intelligence experts visit Paris

Spotlight | United States
SPAC Chain Bridge implosion threatens to dash intelligence officers' dreams

Retired officials with the CIA, MI6, DIA and Pentagon have key roles with Chain Bridge I, which is bleeding cash. The fund's top executives include veterans of CIA-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and several ex-intelligence operatives who currently work for Beacon Global Strategies.

Austria
Targeted for Russian ties, cyber intelligence firm DSIRF shuts up shop

After Microsoft shed light on its spyware Subzero, the Austrian cyber intelligence firm DSIRF has closed its doors. But that does not mean an end to its activities thanks to its former subsidiary MLS Machine Learning Solutions.

United Kingdom
Martin Clements, Ultra's guardian and cyber prospector in Zurich

Former UK foreign ministry security expert Martin Clements is juggling strategic roles in London with the development of his Swiss firm with former MI6 chief Alex Younger.

UAE, United Kingdom
Stratia Cyber deploys cybersecurity centres in UAE

The London-based cyber consulting firm Stratia Cyber's outpost in Dubai, Cyberspectre, is spearheading the development of its cybersecurity business in the UAE.

Indonesia, United Kingdom
Cyber Capacity Unit champions British cyber diplomacy in Indonesia

Then UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has turned to the consultancy firm Cyber Capacity Unit to present its cyber tools in Asia.

United Kingdom
Charles Webb preps next generation at Hanuman

The veteran London-based private investigator has invited Albert Arbuthnott to join the board of his investigation firm.

United Kingdom
UK's golden spymaster generation exits to private sector

Several senior officials from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), which oversees the activities of MI6, have recently moved over to the private sector, marking the end of an era in British intelligence.

United Kingdom
Wychwood takes on more former GCHQ experts

The discreet Wychwood Partners has become the go-to cyber consulting firm for retired officers from GCHQ's most cutting-edge departments. Wychood, [...]