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Nigel Oakes

Founder of SCL Group
Tracked because Founder of SCL Group · 13 documented connections
Facts on record4
Connections mapped13
Sources cited7
✦ Thin coverage gap +44 connected to 13 entities · only 4 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 1P 3I
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PATTERN person → [affiliation] → person → [affiliation] → company 317× PATTERN person → [employment] → company → [founder] → person 161× PATTERN institution → [contractor] → company → [founder] → person 158× PATTERN person → [affiliation] → person 146× PATTERN company → [affiliation] → company → [founder] → person 144×
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Key Connections
→ Behavioural Dynamics Institute organization
founded
Nigel Oakes founded the Behavioural Dynamics Institute in 1990.
← Strategic Communication Laboratories Limited company
founder
Nigel Oakes founded Strategic Communication Laboratories Limited (SCL Group) in the 1990s.
← SCL Elections company
founder
Nigel Oakes founded SCL Group, the parent company of SCL Elections.
← Cambridge Analytica company
founder
Nigel Oakes founded SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica
← AggregateIQ company
founder
Nigel Oakes was a founder of SCL Group, which was the parent network of both Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ.
← Julian Wheatland person
membership
Julian Wheatland was associated with Nigel Oakes, founder of SCL Group, through the SCL/Emerdata corporate network.
→ SCL Group company
founder
Founded SCL Group in 1993 and served as CEO
Facts (4)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 159d ago · Avg age: 1432d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (1)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Primary Source Nigel Oakes founded the Behavioural Dynamics Institute in 1990 and Strategic Communication Laboratories in 1993
Date: 1990-01-01 Added: 08 Apr 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Wikipedia timeline of company founding
All Connections (13)
→ SCL Group company
founder confirmed
Founded SCL Group in 1993 and served as CEO
founded primary since 1990
Nigel Oakes founded the Behavioural Dynamics Institute in 1990.
← This Is Your Digital Life instrument
affiliation secondary since 2014
Nigel Oakes was founder of SCL Group, the parent organization that received TIYDL data. Oakes oversaw the behavioral research division that used the Facebook data collected by the app.
Potential association inferential since 2026
Nigel Oakes is a founder of SCL Group and appears in the same database as Paul David Ashburner Nix. No documented facts establish a direct connection; only co-occurrence in the entity list supports this link.
founder primary since 1993
Nigel Oakes founded Strategic Communication Laboratories Limited (SCL Group) in the 1990s.
← SCL Elections company
founder primary since 2005
Nigel Oakes founded SCL Group, the parent company of SCL Elections.
Potential Corporate Relationship inferential since Unknown
As founder of SCL Group, Nigel Oakes would likely be connected to any SCL-related entity including Crow Business Solutions MENA, though no direct evidence is provided.
← Cambridge Analytica company
founder primary since 2013
Nigel Oakes founded SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica
← AggregateIQ company
founder primary since 2013
Nigel Oakes was a founder of SCL Group, which was the parent network of both Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ.
← Alexander Nix person
membership secondary since 2014
Nigel Oakes was the founder of SCL Group and Behavioral Dynamics Institute, overseeing executives including Alexander Nix.
← Aleksandr Kogan person
affiliation secondary since 2014
Nigel Oakes was the founder of SCL Group, the parent of Cambridge Analytica, which contracted Kogan's services for data analytics work.
← Julian Wheatland person
membership primary since 2018
Julian Wheatland was associated with Nigel Oakes, founder of SCL Group, through the SCL/Emerdata corporate network.
← Philometrics company
potential_associate inferential since 2026
Nigel Oakes, founder of SCL Group, is listed in the same entity database as Philometrics, suggesting a possible historical or operational link.
Sources (7)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Nigel Oakes — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Nigel Oakes not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Nigel Oakes — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Nigel Oakes — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Nigel Oakes — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Nigel Oakes — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
1990-01-01 ↗ Wikipedia timeline of company founding web_search Processed 📜 Receipt