Animus Associates

Animus Associates Ltd is based at 26 Mount Row, Mayfair, London, W1K 3SQ.though registered to 19-20 Bourne Court, Southend Road, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 8HDAnimus Associates Ltd, company website, undated (accessed 1 August 2015).
The company is a successor to RISC Management which ceased to operate in January 2014. Director Keith Hunter and other key staff went on to set up Animus Associates.Transcript of Evidence given on 16 February 2015, The Litvinenko Inquiry, undated (accessed 1 August 2015).See Mark Doyle, Business Development Director at RISC Management and Animus Associates since September 2012 - LinkedIn Profile (accessed 1 August 2015); Steven Shepherd, head of CISO / IT Risk for Animus Associates - LinkedIn Profile (accessed 1 August 2015); Maria Vasquez, Finance manager at RISC Management and Animus Associates from October 2003 - LinkedIn Profile (accessed 1 August 2015).
According to the company website, 'Animus Associates are a Global Risk Management and Security Consultancy based in the heart of London. We provide a diverse range of Intelligence led professional services supporting our clients to make informed decisions to protect themselves and mitigate Risk.'
== Directors ==
The directors of Animus Associates Ltd are:Animus Associates Ltd, CompanyCheck.co.uk, undated (accessed November 2015).
: * Julius Nussbaum (25 November 2014 - 13 October 2015).
: * Keith Hunter (20 March 2015 - present ).
: * Simon Patrick Hume-Kendall (22 January 2014 - 20 March 2015).
: * Paul Jeremy Duffen (22 January 2014 - present ).
The same address houses a second company, Maddox Advisors (UK), with the same set of directors (incorporated a few months earlier, in November 2013):Maddox Advisors UK Ltd, UKDataCentre.co.uk (data aggregate website), undated (accessed 1 August 2015).
: * Julius Nussbaum (6 January 2014 - 25 November 2014).
: * Keith Hunter (6 January 2013 CHECK DATE - 10 January 2014; 25 November 2014 - present).
: * Simon Patrick Hume-Kendall (6 January 2014 - present ).
: * Paul Jeremy Duffen (6 January 2014 - present).
The shareholders of Maddox and Animus are listed as Julius Nussbaum (95%) and David Blackett Stockard (5%) in one source Undercover Research Group search on CompanyCheck.co.uk, 1 August 2015. though another has Keith Hunter as holding 100% shareholding of Maddox Advisors.Maddox Advisors UK Ltd, Endole.co.uk, undated (accessed 1 August 2015).
Julius Nussbaum is a former lettings negotiator / consultant with Kingsley Estates Ltd.Julius Nussbaum, ZoomInfo.com, undated (accessed 1 August 2015).Kingsleys Estates, Golders Green, RightMove.co.uk, undated (accessed 1 August 2015). He was the only director without a history with the RISC-ISC Global company network; he left Animus Associaties in October 2015.
Note that Hunter set up Maddox long before RISC management ceased to exist. Animus was set up in the same month RISC Management was dissolved, but Hunter did not join as a director until more than a year later.
== Contact details ==
:: t: 0203 011 5588
:: f: 0207 691 7171
:: w: AnimusAssociates.com
==Associated companies==
* RISC-ISC Global company network
* RISC Management
* ISC Global
==Associated people==
* Keith Hunter
* Nigel Brown
* Clifford Knuckey
* Anthony Brightwell
==Notes==