Geoffrey Tantum

Geoffrey Tantum     (soldier, spook, deep politician?, diplomat, businessman)
Geoffrey Tantum receives an a award for services rendered to Bahrain
Born	Geoffrey Alan Tantum 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
Sandhurst, MI6, Former(?) secretary of Le Cercle  Director In office 2013-03-14 - 2013-06-30 Employer Modac Global Limited  Director In office 2013-12-03 - 2014-03-31 Employer Equilibrium Gulf Limited Resigned  Director (Security Consultant) In office 2003-07-21 - 2013-01-31 Employer South Pool Property Investments Limited  Director In office 2002-02-20 - 2005-02-08 Employer Petra Software Limited "?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.  Le Cercle/UK secretary In office ? Employer Le Cercle In office 1966 - Present Employer MI6 In office 1959 - 1966 Employer UK/Army

Sir Geoffrey Alan Tantum CMG OBE MA MCIL is a former MI6 controller for the Middle East. He reportedly met with Jonathan Aitken every six weeks and swapped information. He was awarded an OBE in 1995. His name was on a list of 117 MI6 operatives posted on the internet in the 1990s by disaffected spook Richard Tomlinson. He was named by The Independent as UK secretary of Le Cercle.

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.

Career

Geoffrey Tantum worked in the UK military from 1959–66, then joined MI6. 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."

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". His co-directors in Petra Software Limited were George Ritchie Gray, Caroline Anne Tantum, Jeremy Michael Wooding and Ralph Douglas. In 2005, he was working for Gulf Consultancy Services, UK. He was a director of South Pool Property Investments Limited from 2003-07-21 to 2013-01-31.

"Geoffrey continues to act as a personal adviser to a senior Gulf client. Geoffrey is a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists in both Arabic and Italian, has broadcast on Arab TV and radio stations and published work on medieval Muslim warfare."

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. Katie Tantum is another daughter.

In 2018 Tantum was honoured "for his outstanding service and contributions in the development of relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Kingdom for over twenty years, during which he promoted common interests and cooperation between the two kingdoms."

Exposure

He attended Le Cercle and was named by The Independent as its UK secretary.

Cover-up

Tantum is not known to have ever had a Wikipedia page. As of July 2019, the only known mentions of him are his inclusion in the 1995 New Year Honours and the 2018 Birthday Honours.

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