Hakluyt & Company
 |
|
| Type | Private limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Professional services |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Keith Craig, managing director Niall FitzGerald, chairman |
| Website | www.hakluyt.co.uk |
Hakluyt & Company is a British strategic intelligence and advisory firm. 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[1]. Hakluyt is headquartered in London and has subsidiary offices in Singapore and New York[2].
Hakluyt assiduously avoids publicity, but is widely regarded as having a reputation for discretion and effectiveness among its powerful, blue-chip client base[3].
Hakluyt is chaired by former CEO and chairman of Unilever Niall FitzGerald, and the other members of the board[4] are managing director Keith Craig, Sir Kieran Prendergast, Robert Webb QC and Mark Getty.
[edit] The Hakluyt International Advisory Board
Hakluyt's international advisory board comprises senior figures with backgrounds in business and government. Current members include:
- Professor Sir Roy M. Anderson [5] — Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and former Rector of Imperial College London
- Don Argus — former chairman of BHP Billiton
- M S Banga — senior partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Bill Bradley — managing director at Allen & Company and former three-term US Senator
- Alexander Downer — Foreign Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007
- Neville Isdell — former chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
- Dr Hans-Peter Keitel — former CEO of Hochtief, and president of the Federation of German Industries
- Minoru Makihara — former chairman of Mitsubishi Corporation
- Sir David Manning[6] - British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007
- Sir Kieran Prendergast — former Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs at the United Nations
- Sir William Purves — former chairman of HSBC
- Sir Ralph Robins — former chairman of Rolls-Royce plc
- Javier Solana — former NATO Secretary General and EU Foreign Minister
[edit] References
- ^ "Change of guard at Hakluyt". Financial Times. 7 February 2006. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cee3c3be-977f-11da-82b7-0000779e2340.html#axzz1Fdm1Spx4. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ "Hakluyt & Company Limited". http://www.hakluyt.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ "From guard dogs and fences to business intelligence". Financial Times. 27 June 2007. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cc5a6c6-244b-11dc-8ee2-000b5df10621.html#axzz1Gg5E6j9l. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ^ "Hakluyt & Company Limited: CEO & Executives". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=46638873. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ "Roy Anderson profile". Forbes.com. http://people.forbes.com/profile/roy-anderson/37086. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ Marie Woolf and Solomon Hughes (16 November 2008). "Tony Blair’s former Iraq aide joins defence giant". London: Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5163070.ece. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
