Hakluyt & Company

Holdingham Group Limited
Private limited company
Industry Management consultancy
Predecessor Hakluyt & Company Limited
Founded 1997
Founders Christopher James, Mike Reynolds
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people
 Keith Craig, managing director
Niall FitzGerald, chairman
Revenue £44.7 million (2015)
£11.4 million (2015)
Website hakluyt.co.uk
pelorus-research.com

Hakluyt & Company is a British strategic intelligence and advisory firm, and since 2011 has been a trading name of the renamed company Holdingham Group Limited.[1] Pelorus Research is another trading activity of Holdingham Group, started in 2011, providing research to investment managers.[2]

The company was founded in 1995 by Christopher James and Mike Reynolds. James retired in mid-2006, and was replaced as managing director by Keith Craig.[3] Hakluyt is headquartered in London and has subsidiary offices in Singapore and New York.[4]

Hakluyt avoids publicity, but is regarded as having a reputation for discretion and effectiveness among its client base.[5] Hakluyt was founded by former officials of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).[6][7][8] It attracted controversy in 2001 when Hakluyt was alleged in the Sunday Times to have employed staff to infiltrate environmental groups when working for BP and Royal Dutch Shell.[9][10]

Holdingham Group is chaired by former CEO and chairman of Unilever Niall FitzGerald, and the other members of the board include managing director Keith Craig, Sir Kieran Prendergast, Robert Webb QC and Sir John Rose.[9]

The Hakluyt International Advisory Board

Hakluyt's international advisory board comprises senior figures with backgrounds in business and government.[8] Current members include:

References

  1. ↑ "WebCHeck: HOLDINGHAM GROUP LIMITED". Companies House. Company No. 03481321. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Pelorus Research - About Us". Pelorus Research. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Change of guard at Hakluyt". Financial Times. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  4. ↑ "Hakluyt & Company Limited". Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  5. ↑ "From guard dogs and fences to business intelligence". Financial Times. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  6. ↑ Sharon Lafraniere, John F. Burns (11 April 2012). "Briton’s Wanderings Led Him to Heart of a Chinese Scandal". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  7. ↑ Stephen Robinson (30 March 2012). "MI6, a death in China and the very secretive Mayfair company full of spooks". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. 1 2 Rosamund Urwin (15 January 2010). "Recession puts Hakluyt spies out in the cold". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  9. 1 2 James Quinn (25 February 2012). "Sir John Rose joins intelligence specialist Hakluyt". Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  10. ↑ Maurice Chittenden, Nicholas Rufford (17 June 2001). "MI6 'Firm' Spied on Green Groups". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on unknown. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  11. ↑ "Roy Anderson profile". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
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