Ed Staite blog: How a Sunday Times sting operation works

Ed Staite blog: How a Sunday Times sting operation works

How a Sunday Times sting operation works

On February 8^th I met with two individuals who, I believed at the time, to be executives of a wealth fund who were looking to begin investing in the UK. Specifically they outlined how they were interested in purchasing government assets. The reason for my meeting with ‘Global Zenith’ was, at their request, to discuss support I could provide on issues and crisis management. 

The meeting occurred in a luxury penthouse suite on the fringes of Bloomsbury/Islington with sweeping views across London. For various reasons I will get into later I thought the meeting bizarre. However, as requested, I subsequently provided ‘Global Zenith’ with a summary of the kind of crisis communication work and training I offer my clients. I never heard another word from them. 

Earlier this afternoon I received a call from Heidi Blake, Deputy Insight Editor of the Sunday Times (who was known to me as Hayley from Global Zenith – her picture is below) saying they were about to email me regarding our meeting in February.

  For complete transparency see below for the e-mail I received from Ms. Blake at 13:17 this afternoon: