Nigel Oakes is a British businessman, widely recognized as the founder and CEO of the Behavioural Dynamics Institute and the SCL Group. The SCL Group served as the parent company for Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ. His companies specialized in psychological warfare and political influence campaigns, primarily for foreign governments, and were involved in influencing elections in developing countries from the early 1990s. Oakes and his ventures gained significant public notoriety following the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which involved the alleged misuse of data for political purposes. He previously faced controversy in 2000, departing Indonesia amidst scrutiny over his work for the Indonesian government. Oakes was a key figure in SCL Group's global operations, including psychological warfare and political influence campaigns for foreign governments. In his earlier life, Oakes first became known to the public in the 1980s through his relationship with Lady Helen Windsor.