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Hakluyt & Company

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Hakluyt has established a network of operatives throughout the world who provide it with intelligence on commercial or political issues of interest to its clients. Operatives used by Hakluyt include embassy staff, former spies, reporters, and well connected government and corporate people.
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had "brought in" Hakluyt to help it court the British business community by arranging meetings with prominent business figures. A spokesperson for Hakluyt stated that "we do not work for political parties,” while a Labour spokesperson declined to comment on the association.
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Hakluyt refused to comment when asked whether former employees of MI6 were required to cut ties with the intelligence agency when recruited to work at Hakluyt.
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Hakluyt works for large corporations, and has close links with large oil firms. Peter Cazalet, former deputy chairman of
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hotel room. Heywood had been close to the local Communist party representative, Bo Xilai, and his wife
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and asked if they would like some lucrative freelance action to top up their pensions".
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wrote in 2012 that "Spies preparing for retirement are approached discreetly in
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is a British strategic advisory firm. The company is headquartered in London.
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In 2012, one of Hakluyt's operatives, Neil Heywood, was found dead in his
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Its London office compiles reports provided by its field operatives.
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hired Hakluyt to collect information on the environmental group
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Hakluyt has strong links with the British intelligence service
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British private intelligence and management consulting firm
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Hakluyt was founded by former officials of the British
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Hakluyt's international advisory board is chaired by
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Other board members have included 644:Wickham, Alex (19 September 2023). 562:Robinson, Stephen (30 March 2012). 424:Stephen Robinson (30 March 2012). 25: 86:Christopher James, Mike Reynolds 482:Burgis, Tom (13 January 2017). 292:, helped establish Hakluyt and 116:Varun Chandra, Managing Partner 589:"International Advisory Board" 1: 31:Hakluyt & Company Limited 312:reported that oil companies 206:, former deputy chairman of 623:Australian Financial Review 184:Upper Brook Street, Mayfair 165:Secret Intelligence Service 70:; 29 years ago 718: 186:. It also has branches on 702:Strategy consulting firms 35: 192:Raffles Place, Singapore 356:Manfred Schlickenrieder 220:Under-Secretary-General 178:The firm is chaired by 114:Paul Deighton, Chairman 49:Private limited company 188:Park Avenue, Manhattan 59:Management consultancy 296:, former chairman of 248:The Coca-Cola Company 158:Hakluyt & Company 344:British Labour Party 120:Don Vieira, Director 488:The Financial Times 198:Board and personnel 169:The Financial Times 32: 463:on 3 December 2020 342:reported that the 246:, former chair of 216:Kieran Prendergast 210:and an adviser to 208:Thomson Reuters UK 511:www.corpwatch.org 244:E. Neville Isdell 224:Political Affairs 155: 154: 16:(Redirected from 709: 678: 677: 675:Official website 661: 660: 658: 656: 641: 635: 634: 632: 630: 615: 604: 603: 601: 599: 593:HakluytandCo.com 585: 579: 578: 576: 574: 568:Evening Standard 559: 544: 543: 541: 539: 529: 523: 522: 520: 518: 503: 492: 491: 479: 473: 472: 470: 468: 459:. 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Private limited company
Management consultancy
London
United Kingdom
Operating income
hakluytandco.com
Secret Intelligence Service
Richard Hakluyt
Paul Deighton
Upper Brook Street, Mayfair
Park Avenue, Manhattan
Raffles Place, Singapore
Niall FitzGerald
Thomson Reuters UK
Morgan Stanley
Kieran Prendergast
Under-Secretary-General
Political Affairs
United Nations
John Rose
Rolls-Royce
BBC Worldwide
E. Neville Isdell
The Coca-Cola Company
Andrew Mitchell
MI6
Evening Standard
St James’s clubs

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