Government house: In-Q-Tel’s expansion

In-Q-Tel, the strategic venture investment unit of the US intelligence services, has opened its first international offices and hired Peter Tague as executive vice-president from bank Citi. Tague will lead the international investments teams to be based in London, UK, and Sydney, Australia.

He was previously vice-chairman and co-head of global mergers and acquisitions at Citi and he follows a number of former investment bankers into the strategic venture industry in recent years, including Chris Bartlett, head of Verizon Ventures,…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.