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Smith Brandon International, Inc.
SBI
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryBusiness intelligence
FoundedWashington, D.C., United States (1996 (1996))
Founder
  • Harry B. "Skip" Brandon
  • Gene M. Smith
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Services
ParentKreller Companies
Websitewww.smithbrandon.com

Smith Brandon International, Inc. (SBI) is an American boutique corporate investigations and risk consulting firm based in Washington, D.C.[1] It was founded in 1996 by Gene M. Smith and Harry "Skip" Brandon and today employs a worldwide network of investigators, including former heads of law enforcement agencies, political figures and professionals with legal, financial and intelligence backgrounds.[2][3] SBI offers a range of services, including high-level political analysis, global due diligence, risk avoidance, corporate investigations, financial investigations, political risk assessments and business intelligence services.[1][4]

SBI does not disclose the names of its clients or the specifics of its projects.[2][5] However, SBI's clients include domestic and foreign Fortune 500 companies, as well as small- and medium-sized companies, working internationally in many industries, such as banking, oil, mining and timber.[6][7][8] With assistance from its international network of contacts in the intelligence, business and diplomatic communities, SBI has worked across North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and India .[5][8][9] Ninety-five percent of their work is outside of the U.S.[10]

Founders Smith and Brandon have had close ties with U.S. governmental agencies; Smith was a CIA officer and Brandon was deputy assistant director of the National Security and Counter Terrorism programs for the FBI.[5][11] Both have contributed to various industry journals, such as the Harvard Business Review, and have spoken at various conferences and on national radio programs, including NPR’s Talk of the Nation.[10][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

In January 2020, Kreller Companies acquired SBI.[19][20]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Frequently Asked Questions". Smith Brandon International. http://www.smithbrandon.com/faq. Retrieved February 11, 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Fields, Julia (August 1999). "Intelligence firm profits from overseas contacts". Ottawa Business Journal: 10. 
  3. "About SBI". Smith Brandon International. http://www.smithbrandon.com/about-sbi.html. Retrieved February 11, 2013. 
  4. Larsen, Peter Thal (April 11, 2002). "Insecurity and fear feed a once secretive industry". Financial Times. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ripley, Amanda (July 31, 1998). "Rent-a-Spook". Washington City Paper. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/15527/rent-a-spook. Retrieved February 11, 2013. 
  6. Stein, Jeff (November 20, 1996). "The Dogs of Peace". Salon. http://www.salon.com/1996/11/20/news_586/. Retrieved February 26, 2013. 
  7. Whitefield, Mimi (April 20, 1998). "Risk Analysts Cut a Path for Latin American Investors". The Miami Herald. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Stein, Jeff (March 1997). "Risky Business". Impact 21: 22–25. 
  9. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson (April 10, 2001). "The top players in intelligence industry". Financial Times. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Finder, Joseph (2007). "The CEO's Private Investigation". Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business Publishing) 85 (10): 54. http://hbr.org/2007/10/the-ceos-private-investigation/ar/1. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
  11. Brandon, Harry (August 16, 2004). "Can FBI & CIA Work Together?". CNN (Interview). Interviewed by Soledad O’Brien. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  12. Brandon, Harry; Smith, Gene M. (March–April 1998). "Coping with Disaster: You Need a Plan". MiningVoice 4 (2): 23–27. 
  13. Brandon, Harry; Smith, Gene M. (March 1999). "Expert Advisor: Expect the Unexpected—Terrorism in Today's World". Crime Victims Litigation (The National Center of Victims of Crime) 6 (1): 10–11. 
  14. Smith, Gene M. (November–December 2000). "Credit Risk and Risk Avoidance". Business Credit 102 (10): 58–59. 
  15. Brandon, Harry (August 17, 2005). "Talk of the Nation". National Public Radio (Interview). Interviewed by Neil Conan. Boston, Massachusetts: WBUR. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  16. Smith, Gene M. (2010). "Challenges in International Security: Kidnapping & Crisis Management". Journal of the Washington Institute of China Studies (The Washington Institute of China Studies) 4 (4): 71–76. http://www.wics-usa.org/journal/Papers/Spring-2010/2010Spring-06-ChallengesinInternationalSecurity.pdf. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
  17. Smith, Gene M.; Brandon, Harry (October 9, 2004). "Keynote Speakers". Academy of International Business – Northeast USA 2004 Annual Conference. Smithfield, Rhode Island. http://web.bryant.edu/~aibne/program.htm. Retrieved February 2, 2013. 
  18. Stensgaard, Anne-Birte (March 7, 2005). "FCIB 1st International Credit & Risk Management Conference in the Middle East". AMEinfo.com. http://www.ameinfo.com/55286.html. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
  19. "The Kreller Group Acquires Smith Brandon International, Inc" (Press release). Cincinnati, Ohio: Kreller Companies. PRNewswire. January 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  20. "Cincinnati firm acquires D.C. competitor". https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/01/29/cincinnati-firm-acquires-d-c-competitor.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search. 

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