Our Executive Team

Nicholas Connon

Nicholas Connon is a Director and the CEO of Quintel Intelligence.

Nicholas has an early background in counter terror operations for the British government.

Over the last 12 years Nicholas has been leading teams of investigators, lawyers and auditors in investigations spanning topics such as war crimes, international financial frauds, state sponsored doping, online child exploitation and business disputes amongst others. Nicholas’s reputation comes from working with clients and legal teams to provide accountable and legally obtained evidence that provides the client with a tangible advantage.

Nicholas has spent a significant amount of time in the Middle East, Africa and Europe investigating multi-jurisdictional matters for clients with evidence provided to criminal, civil and arbitration forums in Sweden, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Kenya, South Africa, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and London.

Nicholas has also led internal investigations for organisations facing allegations of employee fraud, contract breach or sexual misconduct. The results of these independent investigations have been provided to regulators and boards under self-reporting guidelines and often formulate the basis of adopted corporate remedies.

Nicholas often advises major law firms, litigation funders and listed corporations on investigative and enforcement strategies to recover judgment debts. In addition to contentious matters, Nicholas helps clients navigate counter-party and Geo-Political risk for acquisitions, investment and JV’s in biotech, pharmaceutical, sports entertainment, real estate, mining, renewable energy and Web3.

Nicholas is a member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) and licensed by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) in the UK. Nicholas has been recognised in successive years as a ‘Ranked Individual’ amongst the leading legal services providers by Chambers & Partners.

Nicholas has twice addressed delegates of the International Bar Association on matters relating to institutional investigations and Investigating War Crimes. More recently Nicholas has addressed international lawyers and restructuring professionals in Dublin and at the International Crime Symposium at Cambridge University on tracing illicit finds and successful recovery strategies for cross border enforcement.

Paul Oakley

Paul is a Director and Chief Operating Officer of Quintel Intelligence.

He has a long and varied background in Intelligence and Counter Intelligence investigations, spanning over twenty years, followed by a decade and a half in the private space conducting investigations in support of litigation and corporate clients.

Paul’s recent instructions include assisting legal teams and litigation funders in designing recovery strategies for stolen assets as part of large-scale corporate frauds. He also advises clients on reporting matters to regulators and developing risk management and mitigation structures.

As with all Quintel Intelligence personnel, Paul’s focus is on accountable legal intelligence to allow his clients to form the most robust legal position possible. Paul brings a wealth of practical and technical intelligence experience to Quintel Intelligence. He has become integral to the business intelligence, threat reporting and due diligence/compliance efforts of several multinational, household name corporations and financial institutions. He advises on KYC, pre-employment DD, pre-M&A DD and sector risk and penetration.

In addition, in 2023, Paul was trained by MasterCard in advanced cryptocurrency investigations, including tracking and tracing stolen funds through decentralised finance structures and smart contracts. He sat on the cryptocurrency editorial board for CityWealth magazine and was recognised in their Top 50 cryptocurrency professionals list.

Paul is ranked individually by Chamber & Partners in Business Intelligence and Investigations. He recently addressed the Forty-Third International Symposium On Economic Crime at Cambridge University.

Louise Foster

Louise Foster is a Director and the Assistant Ops Officer at Quintel and has a broad investigative background. As a former criminal analyst for the City of London Police and Metropolitan Police, Louise has significant experience in complex financial investigations.

Louise is highly experienced in conducting investigations through multiple jurisdictions to track fund flows to the real beneficiary. Utilising Quintel’s international resources, Louise can support a suite of legal orders forcing disclosure and, in some circumstances, World Wide Freezing orders to preserve assets for recovery. Louise has been certified. Citywealth recognises Louise in their Fintech Top 50 Crypto Professionals, which “celebrates the trailblazers in the cryptocurrency and digital assets industry”. Louise is qualified and certified by Mastercard(tm) for investigations supporting banks, payment providers, and regulators to uncover virtual currency-related transactions for use in risk and fraud models.

Louise’s experience in illicit relationship mapping and network analysis has been deployed in her work relating to asset tracing inquiries, enhanced due diligence investigations and sector risk analysis. Louise specialises in investigations focussing on institutional corruption. She has also provided security and risk support to celebrities travelling to high-risk environments as part of their philanthropic endeavours.

Louise is a full member of the Association of British Investigators. Louise is licensed by The Bar Standards Board for licensed access and is recognised as Top 50 Crypto Professional by Citywealth (2023)