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Sir John Rose joins intelligence specialist Hakluyt

In 2001, it faced controversy when it was alleged to have employed an operative to infiltrate environmental groups on behalf of BP and Shell.

Sir John Rose, the former chief executive of Rolls-Royce, has joined the board of Hakluyt & Co, the business intelligence firm started by former MI6 officers.

By , Deputy Sunday Business Editor: 10:05PM GMT 25 Feb 2012

It is thought to be only Sir John’s second permanent role since stepping down from the engineering giant last March. In September, he became deputy chairman of Rothschild Group, which owns the bank of the same name.

In joining Mayfair-based Hakluyt, Sir John follows in the footsteps of his Rolls-Royce predecessor, Sir Ralph Robins, who sits on Hakluyt’s advisory board, as well as diplomats including Sir David Manning, who was Tony Blair’s principal foreign affairs adviser in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq.

Past advisory board members also include Sir Fitzroy Maclean, on whom Ian Fleming is said to have modelled James Bond.

Rather than taking a seat on the advisory board, Sir John has become a non-executive director of Hakluyt’s holding company, the recently renamed Holdingham Group. Holdingham is chaired by ex-Unilever boss Niall Fitzgerald.

Other directors include Keith Craig, Hakluyt’s chief executive, as well as former British diplomat, Sir Kieran Prendergast. The business was set up in 1995 by Christopher James, a former MI6 officer, and Peter Cazalet, ex vice-president of BP.

The exact activities undertaken by Hakluyt remain confidential but its client list is understood to read like a who’s who of the FTSE100. In 2001, it faced controversy when it was alleged to have employed an operative to infiltrate environmental groups on behalf of BP and Shell.

In the year to June 2011, Holdingham made a profit before tax of £7.2m on sales of £28.7m.

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