Hakluyt & Company

Holdingham Group Limited
Private limited company
Industry Management consultancy
Predecessor Hakluyt & Company Limited
Founded 1995
Founders Christopher James, Mike Reynolds
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people
 Paul Schreier, Managing Director
Paul Deighton, 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 is headquartered in London and has subsidiary offices in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.[3]

Hakluyt avoids publicity, but is regarded as having a reputation for discretion and effectiveness among its client base.[4] Hakluyt was founded by former officials of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).[5][6] 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.[7]

Holdingham Group is chaired by Paul Deighton, and the other members of the board include managing director Paul Schreier, Robert Webb QC and Matthew Williams.[8]

Corporate governance

Hakluyt's international advisory board comprises senior figures with backgrounds in business and government. It is chaired by Niall FitzGerald, KBE, former CEO and chairman of Unilever, and its current members are:[9]

  • Professor Sir Roy Anderson — Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and former Rector, Imperial College London
  • M. S. Banga — Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and former Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever
  • Keith Craig — Former Managing Director, Holdingham Group Limited
  • Amaury de Seze — Vice Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada
  • Sir Christopher Gent — Former Chairman, GlaxoSmithKline and former CEO, Vodafone
  • Dr Jurgen Grossmann — Founder and Shareholder, Georgsmarienhutte Holding GmbH
  • Irene Lee — Chairman, Hysan Development Co. Limited
  • Sir Iain Lobban — Former Director, UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
  • Minoru (Ben) Makihara, KBE — Former President and Chairman, Mitsubishi Corporation
  • Trevor Manuel — Former Minister of Finance, South Africa
  • Akio Mimura — Chairman, Tokyo and Japan Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  • Lubna Olayan — CEO and Deputy Chairperson, Olayan Financing Company
  • Sir John Rose — Former CEO, Rolls-Royce
  • Andreas Sohmen-Pao — Chairman, BW Group
  • Ambassador Louis Susman — Former US Ambassador to the UK
  • Ratan Tata, GBE — Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons

References

  1. ↑ "Holdingham Group Limited". Companies House. Company No. 03481321. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pelorus Research - About Us". Pelorus Research. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hakluyt & Company Limited". Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "From guard dogs and fences to business intelligence". Financial Times. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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: |archivedate= (help)
  8. ↑ "Holdingham Group Limited". Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Holdingham Group Limited". Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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