Geoffrey Tantum
 Geoffrey Tantum     (soldier, spook, diplomat, businessman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Hampton Grammar School, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Oxford University/St John's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | • Laura Tantum • Katie Tantum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Equilibrium Gulf Limited, Le Cercle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Alan Tantum is a former MI6 controller for the Middle East.[1][2] He reportedly met with Jonathan Aitken every six weeks and swapped information.[3] He was awarded an OBE in 1995.[4] His name was on a list of 117 MI6 operatives posted on the internet in the 1990s by disaffected spook Richard Tomlinson.[5]
Background
Geoffrey Tantum attended Hampton Grammar School, then RMA Sandhurst, then obtained a 1st Class degree in Oriental Studies (Arabic) from St John’s College Oxford.[3]
Career
Geoffrey Tantum worked in the UK military from 1959–66, then joined MI6.[3] Having a degree in Arabic, he focused on the Middle East. "The report was based on a tape-recording by a British agent of President ali Khameni of Iran, giving orders to leaders of Iran's secret service on how they should destabilise Saudi Arabia by a series of terrorist bombings of Saudi government buildings and British and US military offices in Riyadh and Dharan."[6]
Later activities
Since 2002, he was been a director of a range of UK companies, including Equilibrium Gulf Limited, "an innovative ethical UK-based geo-strategic advisory company with an international focus".[7][1] His co-directors in Petra Software Limited were George Ritchie Gray, Caroline Anne Tantum, Jeremy Michael Wooding and Ralph Douglas.[2] In 2005, he was working for Gulf Consultancy Services, UK.[8] He was a director of South Pool Property Investments Limited from 2003-07-21 to 2013-01-31.[9]
Connections
Laura Tantum, a daughter, ran the Universal Exports Charity Foundation, named after the company used as a cover for MI6 in the James Bond films.[10] Katie Tantum is another daughter.[11]
Deep Politics
He attended Le Cercle and was named by The Telegraph as its UK secretary.[12]
References
- ↑ a b http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum
- ↑ a b http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum-2
- ↑ a b c https://isgp-studies.com/Le_Cercle_membership_list
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_New_Year_Honours
- ↑ http://www.duncancampbell.org/menu/journalism/theage/Sackedspy.pdf
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/mar/05/uk2
- ↑ http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-tantum
- ↑ http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Union/InternationalAffairs/events/past.html
- ↑ http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/7546392/MR-GEOFFREY-TANTUM
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049356/Liam-Fox-resignation-The-experts-doubled-profits-Defence-Minister.html
- ↑ https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-318929293/mi6-chief-s-daughter-in-pregnancy-case-lacked-drive
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/aitken-dropped-by-the-rights-secret-club-1258522.html
