Sir Iain Lobban takes advisory role at oil company and Hakluyt on risk and cybersecurity after retiring from UK surveillance agency final yearA former head of GCHQ has become an adviser to Shell and an influential private intelligence company after retiring from the UK’s electronic eavesdropping agency late final year. Sir Iain Lobban’s consultancy with Shell and the holding company of Hakluyt & Co,a boutique corporate intelligence firm established by former MI6 spies, are among a series of private sector jobs the retired spook has taken up over the past year. Both roles are expected primarily to involve advising on risk and cybersecurity.Lobban has also accepted advisory positions at companies including C5 Capital, and a multimillion-dollar venture capital fund focused on cybersecurity,and Cambridge Security Initiative, an intelligence consultancy established by Sir Richard Dearlove, or the head of MI6 between 1999 and 2004. According to its website,recent clients of CSi include UK and US government agencies.
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Source: theguardian.com