Guy Spindler
 Guy Spindler     (spook) | |
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| Born | June 1962 |
| Residence | Somorset, UK |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Spouse | Laura Jane Spindler |
| Member of | Institute for Statecraft, Institute for Statecraft/Tor team |
UK Spook. Chief Operations Officer of the Institute for Statecraft. | |
Guy David St.John Kelso Spindler is a UK MI6 officer whose name was leaked by Richard Tomlinson in 1999. He was Chief Operations Officer of the Institute for Statecraft in 2019.[1]
Background
Guy Spindler may have been born in 1962,[2] although his Companies house page claims "February 1957".[3] His LinkedIn page stated that he attended the University of Southampton.[4]
Career
Guy Spindler joined MI6 in 1987: Moscow.[5]
Activities
Guy Spindler member of the IfS "TOR Team" with a reported 25 years of experience. His job title is listed as "Institution building" and his other roles as "Govt-NGO relationship building; network and cluster management".[6]
On 25 May 2018 he started Maesdown, a consultancy company with his wife. The company was dissolved on 2 July 2019.[7]
Exposure
Guy Spindler's name was included on a list of MI6 agents leaked by Richard Tomlinson in 1999, next to the annotation "Guy David St. John Kelso Spindler: 87 Moscow, 97 Pretoria; dob 1962."[8]
Cover-up
On 12 May 2019, David Miller tweeted "If II is not MI6 why is a serving 6 Officer their Chief Operating Office?"[9] Later that month, Guy Spindler's LinkedIn page had been amended, to suggest that he had retired from the Foreign Office and by implication MI6 in June 2017.[10]
References
- ↑ http://archive.ph/dS7zN
- ↑ https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/people/23349482-mr-guy-david-stjohn-kelso-spindler
- ↑ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/VfXut6AWd0OcU3mIyx_PTa_oF4o
- ↑ https://powerbase.info/index.php/Guy_Spindler
- ↑ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/dog-days-of-soviet-union-coup/
- ↑ Integrity Initiative/Leak/4#Tor Team.pdf
- ↑ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11384084/persons-with-significant-control
- ↑ https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/08/275809.html
- ↑ https://powerbase.info/index.php/File:Screenshot_2021-06-16_at_08.22.25.png
- ↑ https://powerbase.info/index.php/Guy_Spindler
