Oxford Analytica is an international consulting firm providing strategic analysis of world events.[1] It was founded in 1975 by David Young, an American employee of the National Security Council during the Nixon administration.[2]

Oxford Analytica, Ltd
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryManagement consultancy
Founded1975
FoundersDavid Young
Headquarters
Oxford
,
England
Key people
David K. Young (director)
Websiteoxan.com

Clients of Oxford Analytica consist of governments, international institutions, and public sector bodies, as well as financial institutions, corporations, and other private sector organizations.[3]

The company has access to a network of over 1,400 academics and specialists around the world.[4] Its main activities are in the areas of geopolitics and macroeconomics, and its principal work comprises advisory work[5] and a daily analysis service known as The Oxford Analytica Daily Brief.[6]

Notable former staff

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  • Michael Bates – Conservative ex-Minister who at one time ran Oxford Analytica's Consultancy & Research department.[7]
  • Giulio Regeni – an Italian graduate student kidnapped, tortured and killed in Egypt in 2016 who briefly worked at Oxford Analytica as a research assistant in 2014.[8]
  • Ronald A. Marks – former CIA/Capitol Hill official and IT entrepreneur who ran Oxford Analytica's Washington, D.C. office from 2005 to 2010.[9]
  • Nader Mousavizadeh – advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Oxford Analytica – The Firm". Oxan.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. ^ Malone, David (16 October 2008). "Dave the Plumber | ReCollections". Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Oxford Analytica – Our Clients". Oxan.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Oxford Analytica – Contributor Network". Oxan.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Oxford Analytica – Advisory". Oxan.com. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Oxford Analytica – Daily Brief". Oxan.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  7. ^ "The Rt Hon Lord Bates". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Biography of Giulio Regeni, Cambridge University". www.polis.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Ronald Marks". George Mason University News. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Nader Mousavizadeh, chief executive, Oxford Analytica". The Guardian. 2 February 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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